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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 13, 2026
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October 13, 2026
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Across
1.Sign of the future4 letters5.Like some stuffed animals5 letters10."Dancing Queen" band4 letters14.Five-star review4 letters15.Main artery5 letters16.Left on ___ (ghosted)4 letters17.College sweetheart?10 letters19.Vow or vulgarism4 letters20.Judicial nonet, for short6 letters21.LGA gate guess3 letters22.Tritons' Golden State sch.4 letters23.Number of even prime numbers3 letters24.Notre Dame's Fighting ___5 letters26.Capital ___ tax5 letters29.College essay?9 letters33.Baby back bones4 letters34.Black and ___ (two-tone drink)3 letters35.Italian sub meat6 letters36."___ to Joy"3 letters37.Husk-y Mexican dish7 letters39.With 50-Down, went wild3 letters40.Thoroughbred's gait6 letters42.Pick me!3 letters43."Correct!"4 letters44.College tuition?9 letters46."Gangnam ___"5 letters47.Dasani competitor5 letters48.Jost's "SNL" co-anchor3 letters49.Greeting gesture4 letters51.Super Mario Bros. console3 letters53.Room service?6 letters57.College merch?15 letters60.Android counterpart3 letters61.Goodwill transaction6 letters62.Staple of African cuisine that's poisonous when raw4 letters63.Boxing result, briefly3 letters64.Corn cakes stuffed with cheese6 letters65.Showbiz achievement for Steven Spielberg, as of Feb. 20264 letters
Down
1.Spheres4 letters2.Ecko or Jacobs of fashion4 letters3.Balsamic accompaniment: Abbr.4 letters4.Treats with a fig variety7 letters5.Outmoded5 letters6.Gehrig or Grant3 letters7.Yen4 letters8.Clingy phenomenon6 letters9.Complete wipe9 letters10.Awakening7 letters11.Event with suits but not ties?10 letters12.Only mammals that fly4 letters13.Diagnosis for a Ritalin prescription4 letters18.Religious sisters4 letters25.Hoppy brews4 letters26.Creature aka "Baby Yoda"5 letters27.Actor Quinn5 letters28."That's what they tell me"10 letters29.Aries in the sky3 letters30.Silly5 letters31."This meeting could have been an ___"5 letters32.Step between lather and repeat5 letters34.Performer such as Gregory Hines9 letters37.Beloved "Beloved" author Morrison4 letters38.Fleur-de-___3 letters41.Juliet, to Romeo5 letters43.Repeat7 letters45.Anxiety6 letters46.Send overnight, perhaps4 letters48."Not all heroes wear ___"5 letters49.Serve ... or the time it takes to be served4 letters50.See 39-Across4 letters52.Character on a Rice Krispies box4 letters54."Not to ___, but ..."4 letters55."Fiddling" emperor4 letters56.Ink stain4 letters58.Lyricist Gershwin3 letters59.___ mode3 letters
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