NYT Daily Crossword - Friday, October 2, 2026

A fabulous Friday puzzle from Joe Marquez! THINGS I MISSED: 18A - named after Alexander Graham Bell! 28A - I got sucked into the common misconception here: "habanero" doesn't have a tilde even in its original language 10D - she believed that the inevitable reduction in chivalrous behavior was worth the right to vote 11D - although this comes from Anglo-French via Middle English, the root meaning "feudal superior", it now can mean either the superior or the vassal/worker, so either reading of the clue could work 47D - they are still neighbours, so the "historically" just refers to the term