Sunday, October 4, 2026

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Difficulty: Easy

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Mixed

Difficulty: Easy (2/5 stars)

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Across

1.Bldg. maintenance man (4)

5.Icky stuff (4)

9.Understand? (5)

14.Whatever __ Wants (4)

15.Hawaiian food-fish. (4)

16.President of Peru. (5)

17.Ancient Asiatic. (4)

18.Len Deighton novel (4)

19.Highest (5)

20.Vintage sitcom actress? (12)

23.Line on a weather map (6)

24.Spammer, often (3)

25.Center starter (3)

28.Console for which I once owned "Super Mario World" and "Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball" (4)

31.B vitamin (6)

33.Inst. near Olean, N.Y. (3)

36.See 3-Down (11)

38.May ___ you a question? (4)

40.Three-letter acronym for interior linemen who pass-rush (3)

41.Occupied-nation officials: Abbr. (4)

42.Canine care (11)

47.Where teachers are taught: Abbr. (3)

48.Pfizer sleep aid brand (6)

49.City near Albany (4)

50.Crossed (out) (3)

51.Napoleon's Marshal (3)

53.Brown-__ (sycophants) (6)

58.Microscopic bit (12)

61.Composer Jakob: 1550–91 (5)

64.Ballpark antic (4)

65.Architect van der Rohe (4)

66.Chemical alkaloid (5)

67.Willow plant. (4)

68.Georgetown Hoyas' conference (4)

69.There for You singer Sivan (5)

70.Bk. from which the lyrics to "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are adapted (4)

71.Dusseldorf donkey (4)

Down

1.Liquid-__ (Drano rival) (5)

2.How to __ Guy in 10 Days (5)

3.Bit of hype (5)

4.Needed a recharge (5)

5.Blowing in bursts (7)

6.A Somerset Rhapsody composer (4)

7.Exclamation of disgust. (4)

8.Spit food? (5)

9.Started something (7)

10.Teachers' degs. (4)

11.Poi source (3)

12.___ For Innocent (3)

13.Make lace (3)

21.Mountain found in Greece or Tasmania (4)

22.Extraterrestrial peaks (4)

25.Vape juice conduits (5)

26.California grape (5)

27.How some money is held (5)

29.Violin tuning (4)

30.___ out (avoid participation) (5)

32.Sand: Comb. form. (3)

33.Native American people that protested the Dakota Pipeline (5)

34.Hull attachment (5)

35.Humanitarian org. (5)

37.Foyt contemporary (4)

39.Metric measures: Abbr. (3)

43.Land in a Peter, Paul and Mary tune (7)

44.Certain athletes who have won a letter. (4)

45.Like the number i, mathematically (7)

46.Islet: Var. (4)

52.Owwwwww! (5)

54.Role in "The Lion King" (5)

55.Vape juice conduits (5)

56.Like a Boston accent (5)

57.Long legs, in Leghorn (5)

58.Def Leppard "High ___" (4)

59.Setting of many a Monet painting (4)

60.French with (4)

61.__ up (irate) (3)

62.Air traffic controllers' sys. (3)

63.Prefix with pet (3)

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Across

1.Bldg. maintenance man (4)

5.Icky stuff (4)

9.Understand? (5)

14.Whatever __ Wants (4)

15.Hawaiian food-fish. (4)

16.President of Peru. (5)

17.Ancient Asiatic. (4)

18.Len Deighton novel (4)

19.Highest (5)

20.Vintage sitcom actress? (12)

23.Line on a weather map (6)

24.Spammer, often (3)

25.Center starter (3)

28.Console for which I once owned "Super Mario World" and "Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball" (4)

31.B vitamin (6)

33.Inst. near Olean, N.Y. (3)

36.See 3-Down (11)

38.May ___ you a question? (4)

40.Three-letter acronym for interior linemen who pass-rush (3)

41.Occupied-nation officials: Abbr. (4)

42.Canine care (11)

47.Where teachers are taught: Abbr. (3)

48.Pfizer sleep aid brand (6)

49.City near Albany (4)

50.Crossed (out) (3)

51.Napoleon's Marshal (3)

53.Brown-__ (sycophants) (6)

58.Microscopic bit (12)

61.Composer Jakob: 1550–91 (5)

64.Ballpark antic (4)

65.Architect van der Rohe (4)

66.Chemical alkaloid (5)

67.Willow plant. (4)

68.Georgetown Hoyas' conference (4)

69.There for You singer Sivan (5)

70.Bk. from which the lyrics to "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are adapted (4)

71.Dusseldorf donkey (4)

Down

1.Liquid-__ (Drano rival) (5)

2.How to __ Guy in 10 Days (5)

3.Bit of hype (5)

4.Needed a recharge (5)

5.Blowing in bursts (7)

6.A Somerset Rhapsody composer (4)

7.Exclamation of disgust. (4)

8.Spit food? (5)

9.Started something (7)

10.Teachers' degs. (4)

11.Poi source (3)

12.___ For Innocent (3)

13.Make lace (3)

21.Mountain found in Greece or Tasmania (4)

22.Extraterrestrial peaks (4)

25.Vape juice conduits (5)

26.California grape (5)

27.How some money is held (5)

29.Violin tuning (4)

30.___ out (avoid participation) (5)

32.Sand: Comb. form. (3)

33.Native American people that protested the Dakota Pipeline (5)

34.Hull attachment (5)

35.Humanitarian org. (5)

37.Foyt contemporary (4)

39.Metric measures: Abbr. (3)

43.Land in a Peter, Paul and Mary tune (7)

44.Certain athletes who have won a letter. (4)

45.Like the number i, mathematically (7)

46.Islet: Var. (4)

52.Owwwwww! (5)

54.Role in "The Lion King" (5)

55.Vape juice conduits (5)

56.Like a Boston accent (5)

57.Long legs, in Leghorn (5)

58.Def Leppard "High ___" (4)

59.Setting of many a Monet painting (4)

60.French with (4)

61.__ up (irate) (3)

62.Air traffic controllers' sys. (3)

63.Prefix with pet (3)

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