NYT Daily Crossword - Sunday, October 4, 2026

Roger, roger! A great and effective debut theme from Kathryn Bale. Over and out! THINGS I MISSED: 71A - all of the above, apparently 79A - his father was a wrestler and also founded Benihana! 98A - this is not actually a word in any Indigenous language but a faux-Native word invented by some dude (apparently it derives from part of the Latin phrase "veritas caput" = "the true head" of the river) 110A - a new enough invention that it doesn't even have a mention in Wikipedia 2D - Argentinian-born long-time guard for the San Antonio Spurs 42D - more or less invented by the pharaoh Ankhenaten 44D - One Direction, of course 59D - a credit score first developed by Fair, Isaac & Co. 60D - pre-Shakespearean phrase meaning "now and again" 93D - he was still active in the 80s but most of his achievements are from the 70s