Monday, October 12, 2026

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Difficulty: Easy

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Fashion & Style

Difficulty: Easy (2/5 stars)

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Across

1.Unfortunate feature for a summer sublet (4)

5.Fr. woman (4)

9.Pumps or platforms, e.g. (5)

14.Stereo component (abbr.) (4)

15.Auricular (4)

16.Brand of chips (5)

17.Ancient temples (4)

18.Riverdale High teen impersonating John Wayne? (10)

20.So-called punching bag's locale (6)

22.Assoc. of a barrister (4)

23.Foot, in Latin (3)

24.Emil ___, 1948 and '52 Czech track gold medalist (7)

26.Pulled apart (4)

28.Court danger. (12)

33.Move like ivy (5)

36.South Pacific island (4)

37.General ___ chicken (Chinese menu item) (4)

38.Speak (4)

39.Ridge on a metal object (5)

40.Frozen: Fr. (4)

41.Actress Sofer (4)

42.Moore of "GI Jane" (4)

43.Robert de ___ Waiting... (1984 Bananarama hit) (5)

44.It's learned the hard way (12)

47.Female bears, in Madrid (4)

48.Canadian P.M. (7)

52.United electrical union: Abbr. (3)

55.Symbol of fire prevention (4)

57.Shivering in one's shoes (6)

58.Leveling off (10)

61.Indigenous people of Labrador (4)

62.Sends the mail order (5)

63.Showcase for U.S.paintings (4)

64.To fall: Span. (4)

65.The ___ delicate: Shak. (5)

66.First rap album to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music (Kendrick Lamar, 2018) (4)

67.Head of a boar. (4)

Down

1.Sports analyst Jim (5)

2.Corn belt metropolis (5)

3.On the left side of the Titanic (5)

4.Change a letter in 23-Across to spell... (11)

5.Surrounded by water (6)

6.A or B, e. g. (3)

7.Abbreviated permits (4)

8.Environmentally friendly travel? (11)

9.Code word for "S" (6)

10.Tenth of a grand: Abbr. (3)

11.Them (4)

12.Yell made while standing on a chair (4)

13.Got some sack time (4)

19.What a two-letter Romance-language translation of "the" might be (6)

21.Edith, you're __: Archie Bunker (4)

25.BARK (11)

27.Politico Newt, when he was young? (11)

29.Adriatic seaport. (5)

30.Biblical tribe. (4)

31.Dada : Hindi :: ___ : Tagalog (4)

32.Sets free (4)

33.Rein in (4)

34.East Coast hwy. (4)

35.M.D. specialty (4)

39.Squid Game or "Itaewon Class," e.g. (6)

43.There Is ___ ... (song by the Cure) (4)

45.Letters for Storm Troopers. (6)

46.One who avoids all animal products except fish (6)

49.City near Frankfurt (5)

50.Augsburg article (5)

51.Live through (5)

52.___-daisy! (4)

53.Of grades 1-12 (4)

54.Spend: Scot. (4)

56.Persian lord of infernal regions. (4)

59.Meas. of revolutions (3)

60.Where the famous 'war is hell' photo was taken, briefly (3)

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Across

1.Unfortunate feature for a summer sublet (4)

5.Fr. woman (4)

9.Pumps or platforms, e.g. (5)

14.Stereo component (abbr.) (4)

15.Auricular (4)

16.Brand of chips (5)

17.Ancient temples (4)

18.Riverdale High teen impersonating John Wayne? (10)

20.So-called punching bag's locale (6)

22.Assoc. of a barrister (4)

23.Foot, in Latin (3)

24.Emil ___, 1948 and '52 Czech track gold medalist (7)

26.Pulled apart (4)

28.Court danger. (12)

33.Move like ivy (5)

36.South Pacific island (4)

37.General ___ chicken (Chinese menu item) (4)

38.Speak (4)

39.Ridge on a metal object (5)

40.Frozen: Fr. (4)

41.Actress Sofer (4)

42.Moore of "GI Jane" (4)

43.Robert de ___ Waiting... (1984 Bananarama hit) (5)

44.It's learned the hard way (12)

47.Female bears, in Madrid (4)

48.Canadian P.M. (7)

52.United electrical union: Abbr. (3)

55.Symbol of fire prevention (4)

57.Shivering in one's shoes (6)

58.Leveling off (10)

61.Indigenous people of Labrador (4)

62.Sends the mail order (5)

63.Showcase for U.S.paintings (4)

64.To fall: Span. (4)

65.The ___ delicate: Shak. (5)

66.First rap album to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music (Kendrick Lamar, 2018) (4)

67.Head of a boar. (4)

Down

1.Sports analyst Jim (5)

2.Corn belt metropolis (5)

3.On the left side of the Titanic (5)

4.Change a letter in 23-Across to spell... (11)

5.Surrounded by water (6)

6.A or B, e. g. (3)

7.Abbreviated permits (4)

8.Environmentally friendly travel? (11)

9.Code word for "S" (6)

10.Tenth of a grand: Abbr. (3)

11.Them (4)

12.Yell made while standing on a chair (4)

13.Got some sack time (4)

19.What a two-letter Romance-language translation of "the" might be (6)

21.Edith, you're __: Archie Bunker (4)

25.BARK (11)

27.Politico Newt, when he was young? (11)

29.Adriatic seaport. (5)

30.Biblical tribe. (4)

31.Dada : Hindi :: ___ : Tagalog (4)

32.Sets free (4)

33.Rein in (4)

34.East Coast hwy. (4)

35.M.D. specialty (4)

39.Squid Game or "Itaewon Class," e.g. (6)

43.There Is ___ ... (song by the Cure) (4)

45.Letters for Storm Troopers. (6)

46.One who avoids all animal products except fish (6)

49.City near Frankfurt (5)

50.Augsburg article (5)

51.Live through (5)

52.___-daisy! (4)

53.Of grades 1-12 (4)

54.Spend: Scot. (4)

56.Persian lord of infernal regions. (4)

59.Meas. of revolutions (3)

60.Where the famous 'war is hell' photo was taken, briefly (3)

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