Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - October 6, 2026
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October 6, 2026
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Across
1.Signs of healing on scrapes and cuts5 letters6.Dedicated poems4 letters10."Omg same"4 letters14.Ancient Aegean region5 letters15.Start of a Spanish cheer4 letters16.Phobia4 letters17.Like grapefruit juice5 letters18.Sinister4 letters19.Greek salad cheese4 letters20.Plan for ending a relationship12 letters23.Boathouse blade3 letters24.World's second-tallest bird3 letters25.Hooting bird of prey3 letters28.Have a meeting of the minds?9 letters33.Major fad5 letters35.Mil. mail drop3 letters36.Deg. for a CFO or a CEO3 letters37.Feathery cleaner6 letters38."Can it!"15 letters42.Protected place for boats6 letters43.Pirate's cry3 letters44.Fib3 letters45.Swedish home furnishing stores5 letters46.One who's not a fast-food fan?9 letters49.Actor Beatty3 letters50."Last Week Tonight" network3 letters52.Company abbr.3 letters53.Nonverbal communication, or what can be found at the starts of 20-, 28-, 38-, and 46-Across12 letters59.Pesky insect4 letters62.From the top4 letters63.Push5 letters64.Numerous4 letters65.__ Millions lottery4 letters66.Republic in the Himalayas5 letters67.Deep black4 letters68.Crafty website4 letters69.Diary passage5 letters
Down
1.Location4 letters2.Gently persuade4 letters3.Years in old Rome4 letters4.Circus tent6 letters5.Opens up at a checkup6 letters6.Eggs __ easy4 letters7.Aria singer, maybe4 letters8.Paperless party announcements6 letters9.Capital of Oregon5 letters10.Questionable4 letters11.Golf peg3 letters12.Gym cushion3 letters13.Noteworthy period3 letters21.Vibration6 letters22.Clog, informally5 letters25.Betting unwisely, in poker slang6 letters26.Frankfurter6 letters27.More roomy6 letters28.Knock down violently, as a door6 letters29.Quick on the __6 letters30.Secured in a 42-Across6 letters31.__ Dhabi3 letters32.Hannah of "Splash"5 letters34.European viper3 letters37.Naturalist Charles with a theory of evolution6 letters39.Org. for tenpins players3 letters40.Mario Kart and Mario Party dinosaur5 letters41.Basketball Hall of Famer Ming3 letters46.14-line poem6 letters47."Purring" car part6 letters48.Shrewdness6 letters51.So-so effort5 letters53.Mythical river of the underworld4 letters54.Bench supports4 letters55.Not home4 letters56.Date with a doc4 letters57.Clockwork part4 letters58.Shortstop De La Cruz who led the majors in stolen bases in 20244 letters59.Bioengineering letters3 letters60.Brit's grandma3 letters61."__ volunteers?"3 letters
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