Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - October 27, 2026
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October 27, 2026
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Across
1.Stories and Reels app, familiarly5 letters6.20s dispensers4 letters10.That woman3 letters13.Tot, to a Scot5 letters14.Bath accessory5 letters16.Santa __, California3 letters17.Ecstatic, like a nursery rhyme cow?11 letters19.North Atlantic fish3 letters20.Weaken, in gaming slang4 letters21.Low card in cribbage3 letters22.Chicken __ masala5 letters24.Ecstatic, like a tightrope performer?12 letters28.Volcanic rock6 letters31."... but I may be wrong"5 letters32.Scare5 letters33.Shark called the "cheetah of the ocean"4 letters35.Larger __ life4 letters38.Animated response?3 letters39.Like exorbitant prices, and like 17-, 24-, 51-, and 62-Across?7 letters42.World Cup shout3 letters43.Ladder rung4 letters45.Et __: and others4 letters46."Li'l" resident of Dogpatch5 letters48.Skin soother5 letters50.Unfairly partisan6 letters51.Ecstatic, like a songbird?12 letters55."Let me repeat ... "5 letters56.Team transport3 letters57.Tardy4 letters61.Karaoke aid3 letters62.Ecstatic, like a big pig?11 letters66.Sharon Olds' "__ to My Whiteness"3 letters67.Tolerate5 letters68."Worth __ penny!"5 letters69.Month, in Mexico3 letters70.Parroted4 letters71.Cosmic fate5 letters
Down
1.Victorious cry4 letters2.Campbell of "The Lincoln Lawyer"4 letters3.Prophetic one4 letters4.Power struggle within a company, e.g.7 letters5.Kitchen pest3 letters6.Smart __5 letters7.Oscar winner Marisa5 letters8."I'm a cow!"3 letters9.NorCal airport3 letters10.Collaborative coding events10 letters11.Japanese mushroom5 letters12.Plane-tracking tech5 letters15.Writer Chekhov5 letters18.Sentry's shout4 letters23.Playing to break a tie, for short4 letters25.Offerings to Buddhist monks4 letters26.Pioneer in mobile phone technology5 letters27.Shipboard booze4 letters28.Reusable totes, e.g.4 letters29.Came to rest4 letters30.Judgment-free environments10 letters33.NFLer Garrett who made a record 23 sacks in 20255 letters34.Poke bowl tuna3 letters36.Not aweather4 letters37.Trivia champion, perhaps4 letters40.Intoxicating Polynesian drink4 letters41.Brush target4 letters44.Daddy, in Spanish4 letters47.Layered pastry with honey and nuts7 letters49.Golfer Ko in the LPGA Hall of Fame5 letters50.Major shindig4 letters51.Classic handmade sign for TV cameras5 letters52.Brief digression5 letters53."Humble" quarters5 letters54.Raced on a sled5 letters58.Affirm as true4 letters59.Time in office4 letters60.Irish New Age singer4 letters63.Org. with Hornets and Bulls3 letters64.Cool3 letters65.Shriek after a squeak3 letters
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