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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 18, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 18, 2026
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Across
1.Rugged four-wheeler, for short3 letters4.Bass staff symbol5 letters9.Little bit of Brylcreem3 letters12.It surrounds the pupil4 letters14.Haim of "One Battle After Another"5 letters15.Quote4 letters16.Orpheus' instrument4 letters17."And that's that"10 letters19.Vessel on a bathroom sink8 letters21.Softest mineral4 letters22.Challenges for endurance runners, informally6 letters23.Shapeless lump4 letters25.VH1 alternative3 letters26.Top dogs6 letters30.Biblical name hidden in "leave no stone unturned"4 letters32.Sweetest part of many sweet treats5 letters34.Rides up?9 letters36.Produced4 letters37.Cooking vessel at a brunch buffet9 letters38."Can't wait!"9 letters41.Outmaneuvers5 letters42.Starchy picnic side dish11 letters44.Bench press units: Abbr.3 letters45."Well ... not if you're not into it"6 letters49.Country code?10 letters55.(Gulp)4 letters56.What makes a martini "dirty"10 letters57."___ old, ___ old"4 letters58.Frolicsome freshwater mammal10 letters59.Disneyland transport4 letters60.Cuddly Australian animals, inaccurately10 letters61.Cool drink suffix3 letters
Down
1.Feels yucky4 letters2.Where you have a sporting chance?10 letters3.Something many people play online10 letters4.Spa treatment with a vampire variety6 letters5.Picture day souvenir10 letters6.Mascara target4 letters7.U-turn from WSW3 letters8.Trivia tidbit4 letters9.Snoozes before nights on the town9 letters10.Appeased hunger pangs3 letters11.King or queen furnishing3 letters13.Birth month for most Virgos: Abbr.4 letters15.Sat unused13 letters18.Victor Frankenstein's workplace3 letters20."What a ___!" ("Bummer!")4 letters24.Sacha Baron Cohen persona5 letters25.Nickname for Mariah Carey4 letters27.Residences5 letters28.Vegan skin care company5 letters29.French seasoning3 letters31.Govt. IDs4 letters33.Significantly better, so to speak9 letters35.Concrete stabilizer5 letters39.Miguel ___, 12-time MLB All-Star7 letters40."They pay me"7 letters43.Brings down with a crane6 letters46.Catherine of "Schitt's Creek"5 letters47.Peripatetic individual5 letters48.Something missing from this puzzle5 letters49.___ in the road4 letters50.Pixar film set in the Communiverse4 letters51.Prima donna4 letters52.It becomes a modern instrument when "F" is added to its front4 letters53.___ Ford, guitarist for the Runaways4 letters54.Taiwanese computer maker4 letters
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