Monday, October 19, 2026

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Difficulty: Easy

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Emotions & Feelings

Difficulty: Easy (2/5 stars)

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Across

1.Burden (4)

5.He's in the forefront (4)

9.Innermost part (5)

14.Beyonce played her in "Cadillac Records" (4)

15.Received: Fr. (4)

16.Like Prince's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" vis-à-vis The Chicks' version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" (5)

17.Pack _____ (end) (4)

18.Short run (4)

19.Like a soliloquist, perhaps (5)

20.Firing (with "to") (12)

23.Ward ___ (canvassing politician) (6)

24.Lady of letters featured in this puzzle's four longest entries (3)

25.Ender Wiggin portrayer ___ Butterfield (3)

28.Great Barrier Island (4)

30.Golfer Omar (6)

32.Global pugilists' grp. (3)

35.1954 Judy Garland film (11)

38.__-Aid (4)

40.Engineers' group. (3)

41.Wagon (4)

42.Terminology (11)

47.Pressure initials (3)

48.Love Me or Leave Me singer Ruth (6)

49.La ___ Jackson (4)

51.Uncompressed audio file (3)

52.Eves. (3)

54.Irritated response to "Aren't you awake yet?" (6)

58.Alternative to ascending on a gondola lift (12)

61.I never _____ much in my life! (5)

64.Island southeast of Borneo (4)

65.Bygone compression company (4)

66.City on the Rhine (5)

67.Aruba or Capri (4)

68.Feel dizzy (4)

69.Move like a dervish (5)

70.Yard, court: French. (4)

71.... ___ my Annabel Lee (4)

Down

1.Stable sound (5)

2.Girl's nickname. (5)

3.Scotland's Loch-- (5)

4.The Merry Widow hero (6)

5.Forward course: French. (7)

6.Noun suffix (4)

7.Banda ___ (2004 tsunami site) (4)

8.Tough-guy Duke of video games (5)

9.Scam artists (7)

10.Fashion mag (4)

11.Hubbub (3)

12.Stimpy's pal (3)

13.Third in a Roman series (3)

21.__ profit: make money (4)

22.His, in Haiti (4)

25.Dripping wet (5)

26.Blaze and Brenda (5)

27.___ a stinker? (Comment from Bugs) (5)

29.Sister of Julius Caesar. (4)

31.Shrimp, on sushi menus (3)

32.Duh, that was obvious (5)

33.Shoeshiner (5)

34.Last Man Standing channel (5)

36.Aged: Lat. abbr. (3)

37.Rumanian river. (4)

39.Year in Nero's reign (3)

43.Alternative to a Gallup survey (7)

44.Swimming-pool meas. (4)

45.Kick up one's heels (7)

46.Indian people of the North (4)

50.Roll to Me Del ___ (6)

53.Flint: Prefix (5)

55.German skin-care brand (5)

56.Japanese hot spring

57.Alloy that resembles platinum (5)

58.One who isn't clean (4)

59.Streets of ___ (4)

60.To Sir With Love actress (4)

61.oh how CUUUUUUTE (3)

62.Common (and much mocked) typo (3)

63.Washington Black author Edugyan (3)

Solving Tools

Across

1.Burden (4)

5.He's in the forefront (4)

9.Innermost part (5)

14.Beyonce played her in "Cadillac Records" (4)

15.Received: Fr. (4)

16.Like Prince's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" vis-à-vis The Chicks' version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" (5)

17.Pack _____ (end) (4)

18.Short run (4)

19.Like a soliloquist, perhaps (5)

20.Firing (with "to") (12)

23.Ward ___ (canvassing politician) (6)

24.Lady of letters featured in this puzzle's four longest entries (3)

25.Ender Wiggin portrayer ___ Butterfield (3)

28.Great Barrier Island (4)

30.Golfer Omar (6)

32.Global pugilists' grp. (3)

35.1954 Judy Garland film (11)

38.__-Aid (4)

40.Engineers' group. (3)

41.Wagon (4)

42.Terminology (11)

47.Pressure initials (3)

48.Love Me or Leave Me singer Ruth (6)

49.La ___ Jackson (4)

51.Uncompressed audio file (3)

52.Eves. (3)

54.Irritated response to "Aren't you awake yet?" (6)

58.Alternative to ascending on a gondola lift (12)

61.I never _____ much in my life! (5)

64.Island southeast of Borneo (4)

65.Bygone compression company (4)

66.City on the Rhine (5)

67.Aruba or Capri (4)

68.Feel dizzy (4)

69.Move like a dervish (5)

70.Yard, court: French. (4)

71.... ___ my Annabel Lee (4)

Down

1.Stable sound (5)

2.Girl's nickname. (5)

3.Scotland's Loch-- (5)

4.The Merry Widow hero (6)

5.Forward course: French. (7)

6.Noun suffix (4)

7.Banda ___ (2004 tsunami site) (4)

8.Tough-guy Duke of video games (5)

9.Scam artists (7)

10.Fashion mag (4)

11.Hubbub (3)

12.Stimpy's pal (3)

13.Third in a Roman series (3)

21.__ profit: make money (4)

22.His, in Haiti (4)

25.Dripping wet (5)

26.Blaze and Brenda (5)

27.___ a stinker? (Comment from Bugs) (5)

29.Sister of Julius Caesar. (4)

31.Shrimp, on sushi menus (3)

32.Duh, that was obvious (5)

33.Shoeshiner (5)

34.Last Man Standing channel (5)

36.Aged: Lat. abbr. (3)

37.Rumanian river. (4)

39.Year in Nero's reign (3)

43.Alternative to a Gallup survey (7)

44.Swimming-pool meas. (4)

45.Kick up one's heels (7)

46.Indian people of the North (4)

50.Roll to Me Del ___ (6)

53.Flint: Prefix (5)

55.German skin-care brand (5)

56.Japanese hot spring

57.Alloy that resembles platinum (5)

58.One who isn't clean (4)

59.Streets of ___ (4)

60.To Sir With Love actress (4)

61.oh how CUUUUUUTE (3)

62.Common (and much mocked) typo (3)

63.Washington Black author Edugyan (3)

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