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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 27, 2026
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October 27, 2026
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Across
1.Floating ice chunk4 letters5.Deal with it4 letters9.Bypass4 letters13.Woodwind with a silent E4 letters14.Mystical glow4 letters15.Paquin of "The Piano"4 letters16.Palindromic hour4 letters17.*Way to run or ski10 letters20.Person who's frequently spotted, say?6 letters22.Spill the ___3 letters23.Amphitheater level4 letters24.Like the Ivy League5 letters26."To conclude ..."6 letters28.Black ___ (Africa's longest venomous snake)5 letters31.Tap dancer Gregory5 letters33.Soothing succulents5 letters34.**Comedy about Delta Tau Chi9 letters39.Book ID4 letters40.___ coding (AI-driven programming)4 letters41.Bird-shaped Easter candies5 letters42."I haven't the vaguest"6 letters44.2010 health law inits.3 letters46.You're reading one4 letters47.Droopy4 letters48.Polite email sign-off7 letters50.Aromatic7 letters53.What tree rings denote3 letters54.Free soloist's handhold4 letters55.***Gold or platinum10 letters61.AOC's title3 letters62.President after Carter6 letters63.Chimney buildup4 letters64.Guitar music blaster3 letters65.Layered vegetables that ogres are like, per Shrek6 letters66.YouTuber Chamberlain or actress Stone4 letters67."Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan)3 letters68."Don't you agree?"6 letters69.Color akin to aqua4 letters
Down
1.Stoner's pipe4 letters2.Guy in a Gen Z subculture4 letters3.Enough space4 letters4.Like hard-to-categorize songs ... and three entries in this puzzle?12 letters5.Prickly pears, e.g.5 letters6.Your and my3 letters7.Rectangular snack for a 20-Across10 letters8.Simplicity4 letters9.Biological pouch3 letters10.Garlic ___ (pizzeria appetizer)5 letters11.Greenlandic people5 letters12.Comic strip unit5 letters18."The Crucible" town5 letters19.*Have a go at3 letters21."What a shame!"4 letters25.Word after "pad" or "Muay"4 letters27."By yesterday"4 letters28.Entree4 letters29.Part of aka4 letters30.Samsung Galaxy Store downloads10 letters32.Dorothy, to Auntie Em5 letters35.Cookware company whose name means "the crucible"9 letters36.Had in hand4 letters37.Musical composition4 letters38.**Purpose3 letters40.Alternatives to joints8 letters43.Defib pro3 letters45.Cards ___ Humanity (party game)7 letters49.Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address3 letters50."Go away!"5 letters51.Tangy Mexican condiment5 letters52.Sink, as a putt5 letters56.Showbiz feat that Obama is halfway to achieving4 letters57."Will you let me?"4 letters58."___ Like It Hot"4 letters59.NYC home of "Campbell's Soup Cans"4 letters60.***List-ending abbr.4 letters62.King, in Quebec3 letters
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