Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - October 24, 2026
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October 24, 2026
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Across
1.Garage equipment8 letters9.One who takes things the wrong way?6 letters15.Ancient Egypt's "plant of immortality"8 letters16.How donburi is served6 letters17.Parent who seems to do it all8 letters18.Umami-rich snack6 letters19.Audrey Tautou film6 letters20.Admits6 letters22.RSVP part3 letters23.Chaps whose business is picking up?6 letters24.Habitat for some gnomes4 letters26.Groups with routine practice sessions10 letters30."Over there," in Portuguese3 letters31.Small bluff4 letters32.Dough6 letters33.Billboard entries7 letters35."Tell the truth!"7 letters36.Proceeds without a pause6 letters37.Common tamale ingredient4 letters38."__ help!"3 letters39.Ephemeral post, colloquially10 letters41.Terrarium growth4 letters42.Pen6 letters43.Go unused3 letters44.Porowski of "Queer Eye"6 letters45.Place to enter a security code6 letters48.Jumped out of one's skin?6 letters50.What files can help with8 letters52.Preferring platonic connections, for short6 letters53.University founded by Booker T. Washington8 letters54.Reacts to a riot, say6 letters55."Sure, hon"8 letters
Down
1.Isabel Allende's "La __ de los espíritus"4 letters2.Grad4 letters3.Means of access for some watering holes10 letters4.Attract6 letters5."Complicated" singer Lavigne5 letters6.Part of a viral load?4 letters7.Maven3 letters8.Korean company whose name means "three stars"7 letters9.Capacity built via repetition10 letters10."Be right with you!"9 letters11.Low-quality internet content8 letters12.Word in Spanish 101 and French 1014 letters13.Diagnostic test, for short3 letters14.Bylaw, for short3 letters21.Key part of an exit strategy3 letters23."Be right with ewe!" sounds?4 letters24.Drink that may be topped with cardamom5 letters25.Strange5 letters26.Style guides?10 letters27."Gaycation" co-host10 letters28.Stands by5 letters29.Saw places5 letters31.Green transport, gray water recycling, etc.9 letters34."Yo!" de Cologne?8 letters35."Just do it," e.g.4 letters37.Access, in a way7 letters40."Saving Fish From Drowning" novelist3 letters41.__ oath6 letters43.Like flan5 letters44.Six-time MLB All-Star Moisés4 letters45.Tuscan city known for a campanile4 letters46.Painter's calculation4 letters47.Sacred animals in Nara, Japan4 letters48.__ educado: rude, in Spanish3 letters49.Pop singer Rita3 letters51.North Sea bird3 letters
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