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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Crossword Daily

Start your day with the perfect blend of challenge and comfort. Grab your coffee and dive into today's puzzle.

Difficulty: Medium
15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Time & Seasons

Difficulty: Medium (3/5 stars)

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Across

1.Clock measurements (5)
6.Although: Lat. (4)
10.Phil Ivey's event: Abbr. (4)
14.It has two protons (10)
16.Tributary of the Danube. (4)
17.Fight among forest females? (10)
18.Follower of P in accounting and S in finance (4)
19.Belinda Blinked 1; A modern story of ___, erotica and passion ... (start of a long title of a Rocky Flintstone book that's read on the podcast "My Dad Wrote a Porno") (3)
20.December delivery man (5)
21.Andean volcano (5)
22.Cardiology word form (4)
23.Famously enigmatic signature on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" (5)
25.Eensy-weensy (6)
28.Sly laughs (7)
31.Courtroom props (5)
32.Washington to California (9)
34.Hatchet man (4)
35.Ocean crosser (5)
36.Bunch of flowers: Span. (4)
37.DJ who funded Weird Al Yankovic's first EP (9)
39.Moon's characteristic. (5)
40.Thin __ (7)
41.Kind of fiddle (6)
42.____ Lama (5)
43.Biblical race of giants. (4)
44.Sheikdom ender (5)
46.Psychologist Karl who develeloped a set of ESP-testing cards (5)
48.W.W. II agency (3)
51.Feather: Prefix. (4)
52.Spanish blue, look at, young fox (10)
54.Svelte's opposite (4)
55.Fuel ship of a more offensive nature (10)
56.Gels (4)
57.___ Petite (Jackie Wilson song) (4)
58.Detroit-based soft drink company favored by Juggalos (5)

Down

1.Large barrels or casks: Abbr. (4)
2.Hawaiian storm-petrel. (4)
3.Spiny shrub. (4)
4.___ for Rocket (Bradbury short story) (3)
5.Groups within groups (7)
6.... could __ fat (5)
7.Rag? (4)
8.Phenomenon caused by ice crystals between the Earth and sun (9)
9.George Harrison's "___, Mine" (3)
10.Path followed by a specter? (11)
11.Treaty town of 1878 (10)
12.Willing: Abbr, (4)
13.Sanskrit dialect (4)
15.Norse god, son of Mundilfare. (5)
21.McGill University Health Centre, abbr.
22.Those open to attack. (11)
24.Is it ___ is it you? (4)
25.Miranda's nanny on "Sex & the City" (5)
26.Composer Novello and German poet Gurney (5)
27.Yoko Ono, artistically, in the 1960s (10)
29.Macho types (5)
30.System of manual training from Swedish pattern. (5)
32.Cheap run-down auto, slangily (9)
33.Tizzy (3)
35.Darth's daughter (4)
38.Algeria neighbor (4)
39.No longer satisfied with (7)
41.Contemptuous facial expression (5)
43.Small ring (5)
44.Distributing post offices: abbr. (4)
45.Giggle syllable (4)
47.Owl, in Berlin (4)
48.Every Sun., perhaps (4)
49.Victory, to Merkel (4)
50.Black: Comb. form. (4)
52.French month: Abbr. (3)
53.Rocco's "Hurrah!" (3)

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  • • Pop Culture

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