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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - October 31, 2026
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October 31, 2026
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Across
1.One pulling the strings of a racket?10 letters11."bye 4 now"4 letters15.Serene spot within a concrete jungle10 letters16.203,850 square miles, for Yemen4 letters17."That's true"10 letters18.Legume with adzuki and fava varieties4 letters19."You said it, girl!"10 letters20.Nonvegetarian fat4 letters21.Swindle3 letters22.Beer hall assortment4 letters24.Kind of carpet that's difficult to clean4 letters25.Transcribes, as meeting notes7 letters28.Email filter target4 letters29.Burned ___ crisp3 letters30.Gibbs of "The Jeffersons"5 letters32.Seasonal store full of spooky decor15 letters35."De ___" ("You're welcome," in Spanish)4 letters36.Texas' capital6 letters37.Fez or fedora3 letters38.Part of a winter cloud10 letters40.Firework feature4 letters41.City on Australia's Swan Coastal Plain5 letters42.Coloring constraints5 letters43.Dormant plants?13 letters49.Square chocolate seller11 letters50.Figure skater Midori ___3 letters52.A, as in Augsburg3 letters53.Gets under?7 letters54."I'd rather not"3 letters55.Fuel economy stat3 letters56.End zone marker5 letters57.Place with bars and courts3 letters
Down
1.Capital of Fiji4 letters2.Do two weeks' worth of studying in one night, say4 letters3.Willing and ___4 letters4.Kind of energy that a confident, charismatic person conveys13 letters5."... that makes two of us!"8 letters6.Rodeo activity done with a lasso6 letters7.___ Pueblo (New Mexico World Heritage Site)4 letters8."Oh, yeah?"4 letters9.Right triangle ratio4 letters10.Letter-shaped sandal feature6 letters11.Woodworking machine that's mounted8 letters12.Activity with a golden goal?15 letters13.Roughly 365.25 days4 letters14.No-man's-___4 letters23.Citrus used to make Persian love cake5 letters24.Newly hatched arachnid10 letters25."We're ___!" ("It's over for us!")5 letters26.1945 conference site5 letters27."Don't leave me"10 letters28.Its journey begins at a launchpad9 letters29.Hence4 letters31.Poker buy-ins5 letters32.Sound of a clothing tag being removed4 letters33.Swift, to Swifties3 letters34.Short, for short3 letters39.Flightless birds of the Pampas5 letters40.Ominous open-water sight3 letters42.Garlands often adorned with kukui nuts4 letters44.Get ready4 letters45.Small whirlpool4 letters46.Not fake4 letters47.Alphabetically first choir voice4 letters48.Narrow, secluded valley4 letters49.Precious stone3 letters51.Unit of resistance3 letters
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