Friday, October 16, 2026

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Difficulty: Medium

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Mixed

Difficulty: Medium (3/5 stars)

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Across

1.Within ___ of (near) (5)

6.Queens guards?: Abbr. (4)

10.Superskillful one (4)

14.*2019 Taika Waititi film about a boy with an animal nickname (10)

16.About (4)

17.Times when hokey humor prevailed? (10)

18.Mah jongg piece (4)

19.Muscle test, for short (3)

20.President of Brazil. (5)

21.Suggesting a calf. (5)

22.Missile system (4)

23.Bob Barker game show, for short (4)

25.*Sprite flavor combo (6)

28.Horses. (8)

32.Stage manager's job (5)

33.Onetime head of the Medellín drug cartel (9)

34.Law degrees. (4)

35.Earthenware griddle (5)

36.Sacramento arena (4)

37.Transition to embarrassed silence (9)

39.Sizzling entree (5)

40.Like many cabinet woods (8)

41.___ Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Napoleon XIV hit) (6)

42.Red states? (4)

43.Norwegian dish of curds. (4)

44.Foul-mouthed video game character (5)

47.Foolproof Tarte ___ & Rough Puff Pastry (Claire Saffitz recipe) (5)

49.Bill in fashion (3)

52.Ancient Norse war galley. (4)

53.Cartoonists named Peter (10)

55.1960s animal performer named after a coastal British Columbia town (4)

56.Core of the dark side? (10)

57.Suffer, in Scotland (4)

58.__ and Away (4)

59.Crystalline rock (5)

Down

1.Awry: Var. (4)

2.Cheers beer-guzzler (4)

3.Go on ___ (party hard) (4)

4.Beloved comic's nickname (3)

5.Falling apart (7)

6.The Blacklist home (5)

7.___ City (Tampa neighborhood) (4)

8.Notorious online hub for illegal file sharing, with "The" (9)

9.Keep after sch. (3)

10.Temperature raiser (11)

11.First Chinese dynasty (4)

12.___ grow back fast, I'm sure! (reassurance after a bad haircut) (4)

13.Teen TV dramedy "__ 101" (4)

15.Rolled up (5)

21.Atlantic seaport of Spain. (4)

22.French guy who's a pool shark? (11)

24.Pain (4)

25.Best Buy buy (5)

26.Card game (5)

27.City for which Right Said Fred was too sexy (5)

28.Heavy felted Persian carpet. (5)

29.Longtime Sprint CEO William (5)

30.Kid's electronically-driven toy vehicle, informally (5)

31.Vancouver Indian. (5)

33.Egomaniac's exercise of authority (9)

35.Ford and Lincoln, but not Eisenhower (4)

38.For fear that (4)

39.Inability to mingle (7)

41.Big name in nutrition (5)

43.African veranda. (5)

44.___ A (interview format) (4)

45.Yogi or Boo-Boo (4)

46.Lemony Snicket villain Squalor (4)

48.Cancel. (4)

49.Long Bolivian river (4)

50.Alternatives to S Corps (4)

51.Call ___ (stop play after service) (4)

53.Sweetfish (3)

54.Indonesian island (3)

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Across

1.Within ___ of (near) (5)

6.Queens guards?: Abbr. (4)

10.Superskillful one (4)

14.*2019 Taika Waititi film about a boy with an animal nickname (10)

16.About (4)

17.Times when hokey humor prevailed? (10)

18.Mah jongg piece (4)

19.Muscle test, for short (3)

20.President of Brazil. (5)

21.Suggesting a calf. (5)

22.Missile system (4)

23.Bob Barker game show, for short (4)

25.*Sprite flavor combo (6)

28.Horses. (8)

32.Stage manager's job (5)

33.Onetime head of the Medellín drug cartel (9)

34.Law degrees. (4)

35.Earthenware griddle (5)

36.Sacramento arena (4)

37.Transition to embarrassed silence (9)

39.Sizzling entree (5)

40.Like many cabinet woods (8)

41.___ Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Napoleon XIV hit) (6)

42.Red states? (4)

43.Norwegian dish of curds. (4)

44.Foul-mouthed video game character (5)

47.Foolproof Tarte ___ & Rough Puff Pastry (Claire Saffitz recipe) (5)

49.Bill in fashion (3)

52.Ancient Norse war galley. (4)

53.Cartoonists named Peter (10)

55.1960s animal performer named after a coastal British Columbia town (4)

56.Core of the dark side? (10)

57.Suffer, in Scotland (4)

58.__ and Away (4)

59.Crystalline rock (5)

Down

1.Awry: Var. (4)

2.Cheers beer-guzzler (4)

3.Go on ___ (party hard) (4)

4.Beloved comic's nickname (3)

5.Falling apart (7)

6.The Blacklist home (5)

7.___ City (Tampa neighborhood) (4)

8.Notorious online hub for illegal file sharing, with "The" (9)

9.Keep after sch. (3)

10.Temperature raiser (11)

11.First Chinese dynasty (4)

12.___ grow back fast, I'm sure! (reassurance after a bad haircut) (4)

13.Teen TV dramedy "__ 101" (4)

15.Rolled up (5)

21.Atlantic seaport of Spain. (4)

22.French guy who's a pool shark? (11)

24.Pain (4)

25.Best Buy buy (5)

26.Card game (5)

27.City for which Right Said Fred was too sexy (5)

28.Heavy felted Persian carpet. (5)

29.Longtime Sprint CEO William (5)

30.Kid's electronically-driven toy vehicle, informally (5)

31.Vancouver Indian. (5)

33.Egomaniac's exercise of authority (9)

35.Ford and Lincoln, but not Eisenhower (4)

38.For fear that (4)

39.Inability to mingle (7)

41.Big name in nutrition (5)

43.African veranda. (5)

44.___ A (interview format) (4)

45.Yogi or Boo-Boo (4)

46.Lemony Snicket villain Squalor (4)

48.Cancel. (4)

49.Long Bolivian river (4)

50.Alternatives to S Corps (4)

51.Call ___ (stop play after service) (4)

53.Sweetfish (3)

54.Indonesian island (3)

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