Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Crossword Daily

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Difficulty: Easy

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Reading & Writing

Difficulty: Easy (2/5 stars)

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Across

1.Abode: Var. (7)

8.Ovine epithet from a conspiracy theorist (7)

15.Enliven: Lat. (7)

16.Cybermessaging service (7)

17.1967 soul classic by Aretha Franklin (7)

18.Elevated (7)

19.Clock setting in Mount Pearl, Canada (3)

20.Comical routines (7)

22.Old newsroom machine (abbr.) (3)

23.Days of old (4)

25.. . . enter ___: Matt. 10:5 (5)

26.___ tab (settled in, at the bar) (4)

27.African tree (5)

29.___ for Rocket (Bradbury short story) (3)

30.Of an ecological unit (5)

31.Ultimatum word (6)

33.Second mother, of old (8)

35.E. I. persimmon. (4)

37.Indian honorifics (4)

38.Exhibitionist athletic event (8)

42.Word in many sequel titles (6)

46.Special Topics in Calamity Physics novelist Marisha (5)

47.Nocturnal bird (3)

49.Evan of Lemonheads (5)

50.Ancient Briton, e.g. (4)

51.Sorry (5)

53.Ocasek and others (4)

54.45% of M (3)

55.Saint Paul suburb named after an ancient region of northern Europe (7)

57.Credit info corp. (3)

58.Re old Egypt's underworld (7)

60.The essence of something (7)

62.Of an Adriatic region. (7)

63.Genus of herons. (7)

64.An alkaloid. (7)

65.At the first opportunity (7)

Down

1.Jocular expression of reproach (7)

2.Come into ___.

3.Dry, cold Mediterranean wind (7)

4.Mischief maker (3)

5.Ides of Mar. victim (4)

6.Companion of mehitabel (5)

7.Play varsity ball (6)

8.Checkup charges (8)

9.Easy-to-clean kitchen surface (5)

10.Truncated traffic signs (4)

11.Norma Jean et al. (3)

12.Egyptian salt bogs depression. (7)

13.The Quiet American setting (7)

14.Ivy campus, nostalgically (7)

21.Last one __ a rotten... (4)

24.Shelley or Gray (7)

26.Symbol on the cover of Rush's "2112" (7)

28.Asahel in Douai version. (5)

30.Acted the mole (5)

32.Big finish? (3)

34.Fuck up (3)

36.Cheerfulness. (8)

38.Food lines? (7)

39.What this country ___ a good . . . (7)

40.High-speed Net provider (7)

41.Mariner's direction. (4)

43.Arithmetical remainder after division. (7)

44.They're rolled out under the stars (7)

45.Simple (7)

48.Word before or after {/first/} (6)

51.Senator John

52.Outback pooch (5)

55.Unpaid and incorporeal assistant (4)

56.Houston athlete (4)

59.Zipped-file format (3)

61.100 yrs. (3)

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Across

1.Abode: Var. (7)

8.Ovine epithet from a conspiracy theorist (7)

15.Enliven: Lat. (7)

16.Cybermessaging service (7)

17.1967 soul classic by Aretha Franklin (7)

18.Elevated (7)

19.Clock setting in Mount Pearl, Canada (3)

20.Comical routines (7)

22.Old newsroom machine (abbr.) (3)

23.Days of old (4)

25.. . . enter ___: Matt. 10:5 (5)

26.___ tab (settled in, at the bar) (4)

27.African tree (5)

29.___ for Rocket (Bradbury short story) (3)

30.Of an ecological unit (5)

31.Ultimatum word (6)

33.Second mother, of old (8)

35.E. I. persimmon. (4)

37.Indian honorifics (4)

38.Exhibitionist athletic event (8)

42.Word in many sequel titles (6)

46.Special Topics in Calamity Physics novelist Marisha (5)

47.Nocturnal bird (3)

49.Evan of Lemonheads (5)

50.Ancient Briton, e.g. (4)

51.Sorry (5)

53.Ocasek and others (4)

54.45% of M (3)

55.Saint Paul suburb named after an ancient region of northern Europe (7)

57.Credit info corp. (3)

58.Re old Egypt's underworld (7)

60.The essence of something (7)

62.Of an Adriatic region. (7)

63.Genus of herons. (7)

64.An alkaloid. (7)

65.At the first opportunity (7)

Down

1.Jocular expression of reproach (7)

2.Come into ___.

3.Dry, cold Mediterranean wind (7)

4.Mischief maker (3)

5.Ides of Mar. victim (4)

6.Companion of mehitabel (5)

7.Play varsity ball (6)

8.Checkup charges (8)

9.Easy-to-clean kitchen surface (5)

10.Truncated traffic signs (4)

11.Norma Jean et al. (3)

12.Egyptian salt bogs depression. (7)

13.The Quiet American setting (7)

14.Ivy campus, nostalgically (7)

21.Last one __ a rotten... (4)

24.Shelley or Gray (7)

26.Symbol on the cover of Rush's "2112" (7)

28.Asahel in Douai version. (5)

30.Acted the mole (5)

32.Big finish? (3)

34.Fuck up (3)

36.Cheerfulness. (8)

38.Food lines? (7)

39.What this country ___ a good . . . (7)

40.High-speed Net provider (7)

41.Mariner's direction. (4)

43.Arithmetical remainder after division. (7)

44.They're rolled out under the stars (7)

45.Simple (7)

48.Word before or after {/first/} (6)

51.Senator John

52.Outback pooch (5)

55.Unpaid and incorporeal assistant (4)

56.Houston athlete (4)

59.Zipped-file format (3)

61.100 yrs. (3)

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