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Saturday, October 10, 2026

Crossword Daily

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Difficulty: Medium
15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Travel & Places

Difficulty: Medium (3/5 stars)

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Across

1.Not in the __ (in no way) (5)
6.Words of hesitation (4)
10.Montevideo miss: Abbr. (4)
14.Sport on horseback (10)
16.Get better (4)
17.Baroque chamber work (10)
18.What "he wouldn't hurt" (4)
19.Some Mercedes-Benzes (3)
20.Mississippi, for one (5)
21.How to __ Your Dragon
22.Bush and Clinton, once (4)
23.They go on and off the highway (5)
25.Easy or Sesame (6)
28.Small opening in the ear. (8)
31.Lawyer Root et al. (5)
32.___ Wilson, Mark Twain hero. (9)
33.Lynn ___, top bridge player (4)
34.Hawaiian tree (5)
35.Come here at ___! (4)
36.*Fallible in very ordinary ways (9)
38.Met luminary (5)
39.19-Across ___ (song performed by Stephen Stills and Billy Porter at the 2020 15-Across) (8)
40.Dr. Zaius's realm (6)
41.Able was ___ saw Elba (5)
42.Having tender tootsies (4)
43.Actress Anouk (5)
45.Ending with folk (5)
47.What blooms do, to bards (3)
50.Type of fur (4)
51.Thoroughbred. (10)
53.T-shirt szs. (4)
54.The Spirit creator (10)
55.___ Mayo, Phoebe Atwood Taylor's sleuth. (4)
56.Time ___ the essence (4)
57.See 52 Across (5)

Down

1.Fliers: Abbr. (4)
2.Anglo-Saxon nobleman. (4)
3.World War II foes (4)
4.The Chi airer, for short (3)
5.Throws punches (7)
6.Lab burners (5)
7.Rodeo rope (4)
8.Added to Excel (9)
9.Latvia's cap. (3)
10.Expert at keeping dogs away? (11)
11.Clicked again, as a seat belt (10)
12.Anklebones (4)
13.Code Black actress Emily ___ Lind (4)
15.Untagged, in tag (5)
21.Certain feds (4)
22.Knee-high to a grasshopper (11)
24.The Egg ____ (4)
25.Same! (5)
26.16th century Council site (5)
27.Easy as ABC (10)
28.Sudanese group (5)
29.Game with cards numbered 1 to 60 (5)
30.Legally revoke, as a legacy (5)
32.Singer with the 1991 country hit "Maybe It Was Memphis" (9)
34.Bayeux's river (4)
37.___-Belisha. (4)
38.Implant that helps find a lost dog (7)
40.There is ___ in the affairs of men (Shakespeare) (5)
42.Flying-disc game, informally (5)
43.1960s New York City fusion music (4)
44.Pet food brand (4)
46.With 121-Across, part of an afternoon repast (4)
47.Cubist Rubik (4)
48.Lake in Lombardy (4)
49.Mannheim mister (4)
51.Bahamas, Caymans, and other isls. (3)
52.Laird's H. Q.: Abbr. (3)

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