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Sunday, October 18, 2026

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Difficulty: Easy
15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: General Knowledge

Difficulty: Easy (2/5 stars)

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Across

1.Anxiety, in Avila
6.Holdings traded on an exchange: Abbr.
10.C.S.A. soldiers
14.Bake shop
16.Leading man, in Italy
17.Excessive attentiveness
18.Cape Cod site
19.Surprised shout
20.Chose
21.Islamic garment
22.Harmonious, in Rastafari
23.Ratio phrase
25.Nearby
28.Jazz pianist Oscar
32.Rich, as soil
33.Impatient surfer's activity
34.___ Mawr College
35.Slab ___ (class of font that includes Courier and Rockwell)
36.Hungarian city
37.Cooped-up feline
39.Mountain people of India
40.Annual December pub crawl
41.Last call, for some
42.From Dixie (abbr.)
43.Lil ___ ("Old Town Road" rapper)
44.Emulates the faucet in my old apartment that annoyed me profoundly
47.Portland's bay
49.Meas. of periodic rate
52.You know who's real a hero? ___, from 'Heroes.' That's a hero: Dwight Schrute
53.She was born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson
55.Tale: Abbr.
56.Paperless
57.Prank
58.Chicago Cubs insignia
59.Comedy duo behind the viral video "The Fox"

Down

1.Lhasa __
2.Sodium hydroxide, in chem. class
3.Spook
4.Numerals on a sequel's sequel
5.I'm ___ as Kansas in August . . .
6.Number of hills in Rome, in Rome
7.And if my wishes came ___ / It would have been you
8.Beverly Cleary's specialty
9.Get it?
10.What Brits call "claret"
11.Babylonian goddess of waters.
12.In need of fattening up
13.I ___ bad moon...
15.Palatable.
21.I ___ rock from the moon (Talking Heads lyric)
22.1975 autobiography with a picture of the Vulcan salute on its cover
24.Old Russian measure
25.Mountain range in Zurich.
26.Return: Ital.
27.Emperors Quartet composer
28.Yearly: Abbr.
29.Icelandic band ___ Ros
30.Burdens: Lat.
31.Linguistics tool that's a visualization of the frequency of words in a corpus
33.Make up
35.Hint: Abbr.
38.They can be steel-cut, rolled, or instant
39.My apologies
41.Gem surface
43.Org. protecting boys and girls
44.Arabic letter.
45.Japanese-British singer/songwriter ___ Sawayama
46.Cockney employer?
48.Emulated
49.Quadrennial natl. political event
50.Some hybrid cars, jocularly
51.Garage workers, for short
53.Three times, in prescriptions
54.Soccer goal, in Madrid

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