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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 7, 2026
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October 7, 2026
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Across
1.Event to declutter one's garage, perhaps7 letters8.Nabisco wafer brand5 letters13.Deli wrap, in a sense8 letters14.Slightly beat out5 letters15."I see exactly what you're saying"15 letters17.It's in vein!3 letters18.Photo ___3 letters19."Gosh darn it!"6 letters20."Love your work!"6 letters23.Something shown to a disrespectful guest4 letters24.___ Lanka3 letters25.Voracious readers9 letters30.Black Sabbath and Megadeth, for two10 letters33.Decisively defeat4 letters34."No need to help me"10 letters35.Longtime CBS police procedural3 letters36.Garment with a series of dates on the back10 letters37.Similar (to)4 letters38.Turn out unhappily for all10 letters39.Religious spinoff4 letters40.Bow's opposite, on a ship5 letters41.Search matches4 letters42.M.A. seeker's exam3 letters45.Not pos.3 letters46.Disastrous failure6 letters48.Singers' breaks?11 letters52."I Can't Breathe" singer3 letters53.Apple product since 20076 letters54.Hush-hush docs4 letters55.Cousin of LLC and Ltd.3 letters56."You've gone ___"6 letters57.Hall of Fame running back Dorsett4 letters58.Pod occupant3 letters
Down
1.Stop equivocating10 letters2.Guitar, to a rocker3 letters3.Family docs3 letters4.Perched atop5 letters5.For each4 letters6."We should!"4 letters7.Part of a historical timeline3 letters8.Person who didn't make it6 letters9.By mistake7 letters10.Actress Horne or Olin4 letters11.___ for life4 letters12.Primates such as siamangs4 letters13.Like a close guess4 letters15."Li'l ol' me?"3 letters16.Li'l peeks8 letters21.Pope before Leo XIV7 letters22.Malady7 letters23.Shohei Ohtani, for one6 letters25.Traded repartee8 letters26.Off-topic10 letters27.One is upwardly mobile!10 letters28.Local groups, concert venues, etc.10 letters29.Work period5 letters30.Blind rodents of song4 letters31.MBA student's req.4 letters32.Slinger of Singapore slings9 letters37.Palestine's continent4 letters41.___ fit (tantrum)5 letters42.The ability to dig in4 letters43.Taken-back auto4 letters44.Effect in this clue ... is clue ... clue ... ue4 letters46.Creme caramel, by another name4 letters47.Toothed whale in the dolphin family4 letters49."That sounds painful"3 letters50.Messenger molecule3 letters51.Unnecessary fuss3 letters
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