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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 21, 2026
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October 21, 2026
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Across
1.Sleep on it!3 letters4.Yousafzai who won the Nobel Peace Prize at 176 letters10.Mouth-related4 letters14.Place for a piercing3 letters15.Wore away6 letters16.Walk nervously4 letters17.Upholstering tools (In this answer, unscramble letters 5-9)10 letters19.Grew older4 letters20.Oz dog4 letters21."You've Got Mail" co.3 letters22.Doing nothing4 letters24.Uses a straw5 letters26.Current state of affairs (... letters 3-7)9 letters30.To each ___ own5 letters32.Golf tee, e.g.3 letters33."I can't with that"3 letters34.Create, as an architectural plan6 letters37.Venus de ___4 letters38.Goal of a PR stunt (... letters 2-7)13 letters42.Elaborate prank4 letters43.Appeared6 letters44.Mo. to enjoy pumpkin spice3 letters45.Speedometer stat3 letters47.Toboggans, e.g.5 letters50.Certain platonic admiration (... letters 4-7)9 letters54.Rain delay covers5 letters56."One other thing ..."4 letters57.Purpose3 letters59.Indian wrap4 letters60.Great white shark predator4 letters62.Gym playlist ... or a theme hint10 letters65."Excuse me?"4 letters66.Crisp beers6 letters67.Marvel's ___-Man3 letters68.Civil Rights pioneer Parks4 letters69.Two-channel sound system6 letters70.Filthy room3 letters
Down
1.Defeats5 letters2.Eschew cooking, say6 letters3.Debbie Downer portrayer Rachel6 letters4.Centenarian Brooks3 letters5.Vicinity4 letters6.Brand symbols5 letters7.Do grown-up tasks, in slang5 letters8.Male name hidden in this clue3 letters9.It's full of pop-ups6 letters10.Iridescent gems5 letters11.Angrily leave a game8 letters12.Card worth 1 or 11 in blackjack3 letters13.Was ahead3 letters18.Bulbasaur and Charizard can be found in it7 letters23.Made a hole3 letters25.Address for a king4 letters27.___ of one's eye5 letters28.Not pretty4 letters29.Cry of amused surprise3 letters31.Genre for Lil Baby3 letters35.Jet Li's martial arts specialty5 letters36.Yam used to flavor desserts3 letters37.Iraq's region7 letters38.An ellipse has two of them4 letters39.Exhausting lifestyles8 letters40.WhatsApp chats, briefly3 letters41.Boston NBAer4 letters42.Person who doesn't share3 letters45.Roast hosts, for short3 letters46.Searches for prey6 letters48."Squid Game" and "The White Lotus"6 letters49.Run like Usain Bolt6 letters51.Sacred animal in Inca culture5 letters52.Boot camp nickname5 letters53.Person on the Appalachian Trail5 letters55.Youngest sexagenarian's age5 letters58.Cry from an unsatisfied toddler4 letters60.Rower's need3 letters61.Letter after pi3 letters63.Granola grain3 letters64.Bob Hope's group, once: Abbr.3 letters
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