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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 19, 2026
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October 19, 2026
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Across
1.Mates5 letters6.Turbine component5 letters11.Portable bed3 letters14.Fabled author?5 letters15.Hang, as a curtain5 letters16.Colorful card game3 letters17."That's quite the commotion!"11 letters19.Shaq's Southern alma mater3 letters20.Flattering poem3 letters21.Like the grin of a villain8 letters23.Like an Adele album named after her age at its release7 letters27.Young plant shoot6 letters28.Word after "gal" or "pen"3 letters29.The "Y" in FYI4 letters31.Shakespearean king4 letters32.Some running shoes5 letters34."Until we meet again!"4 letters36.Draft beer sources4 letters39.Tenant's expense4 letters40.Heed, as advice5 letters41.Bruins' sch.4 letters42."Here are the CliffsNotes" letters4 letters43."And after THAT ..."4 letters44.Leia and Han's romance, in the "Star Wars" franchise5 letters45."Je t'___" (French for "I love you")4 letters47.Overrun (with)4 letters49.Yam in purple ice cream3 letters50.Garden-variety5 letters51.Quahog's location7 letters53.Saint Patrick's plant8 letters56.Notable period3 letters57.Toronto Pearson, for Air Canada3 letters58."That's doable!" ... or what one might say about the ends of 17-Across, 11-Down and 25-Down11 letters63.Roth ___3 letters64.Calvin and Hobbes, e.g.5 letters65.Saw logs5 letters66.Touch on the back3 letters67.Extraterrestrial5 letters68.Safe space5 letters
Down
1.Crow sound3 letters2."That's sorta funny"3 letters3.Fiestaware's country of origin, for short3 letters4.___ City (Detroit)5 letters5.Occasions for massages7 letters6.Nutrition stat3 letters7.Fantasy brutes4 letters8.Spicy rolled chip brand5 letters9.Like the layout in "The Office" but not "Office Space"8 letters10.End a career6 letters11."Karma Chameleon" group11 letters12.Initial stage5 letters13.Concert series4 letters18.Nevada city4 letters22.Absorb6 letters23.Mind-boggling works5 letters24.Valencia alternative5 letters25.Like Mr. Magoo without glasses11 letters26.How a couple might go for their date?5 letters30.Yelp user, at times5 letters33.Space with a skylight6 letters35.Gin and ___5 letters37.Prop in geography class5 letters38.Fully filled5 letters40.Supported one's farmer's market8 letters44.Predicting a Wall Street decline7 letters46.Yacht spot6 letters48.Took a plane4 letters50."Star Trek" officer5 letters52.Food from heaven5 letters53.Send, as a package4 letters54.Sleeveless top, for short4 letters55.Joint for proposing4 letters59.IRS ID3 letters60.Federal URL ending3 letters61.All the rage?3 letters62.Lowest number containing both binary digits3 letters
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