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October 12, 2026

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1.World Cup 2026 org.4 letters 5.Like many Swiss mountains6 letters 11.Litigator's profession3 letters 14.Iowa city4 letters 15.Appropriate nickname for a dachshund6 letters 16.Homer's father3 letters 17.Waterfowl sitting front row for the stand-up set?11 letters 19.Sleep on it!3 letters 20.Govt. rules4 letters 21.Biblical animal shelter3 letters 22.Mad Libs request4 letters 23.Florentine 205 letters 25."Liquid bread"3 letters 26.___ Barbara5 letters 27.Earlier in time3 letters 28.Crustacean whose brain is frazzled?11 letters 31.Tater morsels4 letters 33.Terminate3 letters 34.Flinch5 letters 35.Encounter4 letters 37.Spanish term of endearment4 letters 38.Kids' injuries5 letters 40.Chattering piece of chatter3 letters 41.Starter dishes, for short4 letters 45.Baby sheep interrogated for its baa-d behavior?11 letters 48.Luau loop3 letters 49.Ascends5 letters 50.Bit of sunshine3 letters 51.Enlists anew5 letters 53.Many, many years4 letters 54.Many, many years3 letters 55.Rowboat propellers4 letters 56.Take an unexpected turn3 letters 57.Freshwater fish defeated big-time?11 letters 61.Bird whose egg created the sun, per some Australian Aboriginal mythology3 letters 62.Current measure6 letters 63."My treat"4 letters 64.Craft kit initialism3 letters 65.Spaghetti and ziti6 letters 66.Interpret4 letters

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1.Distant3 letters 2.Textspeak preface3 letters 3.Hero's assurance7 letters 4.Source of intelligence5 letters 5.Flabbergasts4 letters 6.Spearheaded3 letters 7.Powered a bicycle7 letters 8.Accustomed6 letters 9.Chip that's undesirable4 letters 10.Frightened cry3 letters 11.Terse7 letters 12.Blogger's bio page7 letters 13.Moist towelette brand6 letters 18.Nine-to-fiver's cry of relief4 letters 22.Aslan's kingdom6 letters 23.Large container for liquid3 letters 24.Restaurant critic Anton3 letters 25.Isn't equivalent?4 letters 26.Cruise vehicle4 letters 29.Inventor of a popular peanut butter cup5 letters 30.Throng5 letters 32."Cheeses"6 letters 36.Fish that resemble snakes4 letters 37.Seek divine guidance4 letters 38.Paper fortune teller's medium7 letters 39.Smart aleck7 letters 40.Envelop7 letters 42.Wedding guest's guest7 letters 43.Vim or vigor3 letters 44.Bro's sib, possibly3 letters 45.Fed like a capybara6 letters 46.Wilts6 letters 47.German sausage, informally4 letters 52.Blunder5 letters 54.Austen's 1815 comedy of manners4 letters 55.Laudatory poems4 letters 57.Cicada's dietary staple3 letters 58.Period that may be named for a Taylor Swift album3 letters 59."Pulp Fiction" actress Thurman3 letters 60."Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor and character Danson3 letters

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