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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 26, 2026
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October 26, 2026
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Across
1.Take a breather4 letters5.Lounge around4 letters9.Drink noisily, as soup5 letters14.Ancient Andean4 letters15.Creative thought4 letters16.Hawaiian porch5 letters17.*Thor, Zeus and Indra9 letters19.Parenthetical comment5 letters20.Synagogue skullcap6 letters21.Charged atoms4 letters23.Rocks, in a bar3 letters24.*Lifted items11 letters30.Nickname for Teresa4 letters32.Hard to come by4 letters33.Feel under the weather3 letters34.Liability's opposite5 letters37.Flustered state6 letters40.*Descartes' first principle, in Latin13 letters43."You think I won't?!"6 letters44.Get ready to drive on a course5 letters45.The NBA's Thunder, on scoreboards3 letters46.Indian flatbread4 letters48.Bawls4 letters52.*Kind and generous disposition11 letters57.Cheer syllable3 letters58.Cold War inits.4 letters59.Duke in "Twelfth Night"6 letters61.Birthing coach5 letters64."That can't stay!" ... or an observation about what each starred clue's answer contains9 letters67.Key over Shift5 letters68.Person whose white hat is called a toque4 letters69.She, in Paris4 letters70.Swerves suddenly5 letters71.Tools used on tree trunks4 letters72.Rose in a cornfield, perhaps4 letters
Down
1.Take the chance6 letters2.Bait or lure6 letters3.Checks (out)6 letters4.Waterproof covering4 letters5."Let there be ___"5 letters6.Big fuss3 letters7.Z, in New Zealand3 letters8.Not as difficult6 letters9.Informal language5 letters10.Cowboy's rope5 letters11.Mono- relative3 letters12."Far out!"3 letters13.Pizzeria order3 letters18.More, in Mexico3 letters22.All wound up6 letters25.Cookie shaped like its first or last letter4 letters26.Cause for a replay review of a steal, often7 letters27.Waikiki's locale4 letters28.Carpe ___4 letters29.Type of camera, for short3 letters31.Herb with parsley, rosemary and thyme, in song4 letters35.Cellphone's ___ card3 letters36.Shorthand pros6 letters38."Will pay later" letters3 letters39.There are six in one fl. oz.4 letters40.One may be in tiers at a wedding!4 letters41.Killer whale4 letters42.Casino city near Lake Tahoe4 letters43."Silly me!"3 letters47.Youngest continent by median age6 letters49.Baltimore baseball player6 letters50.Slip-on bracelet6 letters51.Waved away, as a fly6 letters53.It's often a foot long5 letters54.Bygone Russian monarchs5 letters55.Slacks off5 letters56.Physicians, for short3 letters60.Hearty dish4 letters61.Actor Patel3 letters62.The difference between nine and 103 letters63.Salt Lake City athlete3 letters65.Brief expression of gratitude3 letters66.Giggle syllable3 letters
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