NYT Crossword Hints October 29 2023

Our NYT Crossword Hints for October 29, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.

NYT Crossword Hints, October 29, 2023

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 10/29/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.


  • OutKast or Black Star

  • Shift neighbor

  • Striped minnow used in drug development

  • Character who lives on the “tippy-top floor” of the Plaza Hotel

  • What integrals calculate

  • Got comfortable with

  • Holiday building material (GABARDINE)

  • Stay up all night finishing a book, maybe (GABARDINE)

  • Chocolate brand with a mountain logo

  • Like some language exams

  • Slangy term of endearment

  • “You ___?”

  • Without

  • Lighter alternative to a laptop

  • Makes some stitches

  • “Siddhartha” author

  • Elixir

  • In itself

  • Captcha target

  • Washington post (SATEEN)

  • Thumbs-up (SATEEN)

  • James of “The Blacklist”

  • Location for a tragus piercing

  • Site with a “Culturally Jewish” option

  • “Calvin and Hobbes” bully

  • The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards

  • Fare that’s filled and folded

  • Fends (off)

  • Makes a decision

  • Lead-in to wife or life

  • “Pay attention!”

  • Mongolian word in an honorary title

  • Brooklyn art school

  • Having similar qualities … or what four pairs of answers in this puzzle are?

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  • French film director Claire

  • Rapper who popularized Auto-Tune

  • Hawkins who wrote “The Girl on the Train” (2015)

  • Mother ___

  • Latin “Behold!”

  • Clog in a bathtub drain, maybe

  • Monkeys (around)

  • Part of an old-age plan, for short

  • Nev. neighbor

  • Where Six Flags theme parks originated

  • Severe punishment

  • Floors

  • Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE)

  • Liable to make mistakes (NEOPRENE)

  • Follower of sit or stand

  • Object of wishful thinking?

  • “___ we all?”

  • Like most running shoes

  • Easily shockable sort

  • Recipe verb

  • “Pop ___,” British show that launched Simon Cowell’s TV career

  • List ender

  • Voting groups

  • 12-month rentals, often: Abbr.

  • Country that’s more than 2,600 miles long

  • Grabbing distance (CASHMERE)

  • Philadelphia specialty (CASHMERE)

  • Carnival performer

  • Jamaican tangelo

  • Got close to, with “on”

  • “Understood”

  • Big ask?

  • Reacts to a grand gesture, maybe

  • Grand

  • Skirt style

  • Ornate garden features

  • Broken down

  • Visits, as a restroom

  • “Love, Reign ___ Me” (song by the Who)

  • Formula 1 event

  • Sole protector?

  • True

  • Young fellow

  • Famed New York City deli

  • Weed gummy, e.g.

  • Bugaboos

  • Dungeons & Dragons and others, for short

  • Did a great job, in Gen Z lingo

  • Pride : lions :: business : ___

  • Components of a mind map

  • Super-big fans

  • ____ conjecture, one of math’s Millennium Prize Problems

  • Toy with verbal commands

  • Lancaster of old Hollywood

  • Ready for battle, say

  • Galette fruit

  • “Weapon” in a backyard water fight

  • Unrepeated instances

  • Kind of moss

  • What vampires don’t turn into, in “Twilight”

  • Gave in

  • Get seriously conked

  • Understand someone else’s side

  • Away

  • Try out

  • Altman who’s the C.E.O. of OpenAI

  • Energy sanctions measure

  • A red one is sweeter than a green one

  • Soaps, e.g.

  • Goodbyes

  • Carbon levy, for instance

  • Filipino spring roll

  • “As It ___” (Harry Styles hit)

  • It’s found next to mercurio on the periodic table

  • Bear’s home

  • Type of quasiparticle

  • Common Father’s Day gift

  • Towel word

  • How everything appears in hindsight

  • Visual arts style

  • “Hip Hop Is Dead” musical artist

  • Towel word

  • Dark plain on the moon’s surface

  • Take care of

  • Baguette topper

  • “It must be exhausting always rooting for the ___” (Taylor Swift lyric)

  • TV ratings name

  • Extrema

  • Kind of comb

  • Rainbow creator

  • Mr. Whipple of old commercials, e.g.

  • Trick-taking card game

  • Thumbs (through)

  • Some hotel lobbies

  • Car model whose name comes from the Japanese word for “crown”

  • Who said “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance”

  • Something that may be cast

  • Painter Rivera

  • “WandaVision” actress Elizabeth

  • ___ United, English soccer team

  • Grin with a glow

  • Ship that may have inspired Homer’s “Odyssey”

  • Masticate

  • Old car inits.

  • Part of a Yahtzee set

  • Pharmacy giant

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15×15 grids on weekdays to larger 21×21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.


The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.


NYT Crossword (Main Grid)
Image via NYT Crossword

Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day’s puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.