Friday, October 2, 2026

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Difficulty: Easy

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Family & Relationships

Difficulty: Easy (2/5 stars)

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Across

1.Close to (5)

6.Harps, in Italy (4)

10.Menu choice (4)

14.Pile up (5)

15.Tolkein trilogy, briefly (4)

16.The redshank. (4)

17.Couldn't stand (5)

18.Pacific spot (4)

19.Van Damme and his ilk (4)

20.Aeronautical eng. (3)

21.Kumquat or papaya (11)

24.Hole-poking tools (4)

25.Nun (6)

26.Serious-mindedness (11)

31.Second word in a children's counting rhyme (5)

32.Castling requirement (4)

33.Sat. churchgoers (3)

36.River near Nairobi (4)

37.Greg Evans's comic strip (5)

39.Discontinue: Abbr. (4)

40.Common liquid fuel, oddly (3)

41.Matchbox 20 song off debut album (4)

42.Weaver caste, Assam. (5)

43.*Besting in brainpower (11)

46.You've Got a __ .... (6)

50.The USA, in Spanish-language media (4)

51.Dieting agreement? (11)

54.Policy for minorities: Abbr. (3)

57.Bath and body company that lets you exchange empty product containers for free facemasks (4)

58.___ a loss (4)

59.Siddhartha author (5)

61.To another place: Lat. (4)

62.Japanese island (4)

63.Ewoks' home (5)

64.Silence! calls (4)

65.Alfonso's queen et al. (4)

66.Unchaff again (5)

Down

1.Rhyme scheme (4)

2.Tech. degree (4)

3.Earth pigment: Fr. (4)

4.Quarterback's target: Abbr. (3)

5.Truman opponent (7)

6.Close, but no cigar (6)

7.Wait Until Dark villain Harry (4)

8.Sound of a spit (4)

9.Telecom from Stockholm (8)

10.Boats: Abbr. (5)

11.Alaskan islander (5)

12.Meredith's half sister on "Grey's Anatomy" (5)

13.Corn sugar (5)

22.Some cars (3)

23.Alma mater of DuBois and Wells (4)

24.Units with 12 {/mesi/} (4)

26.Intuitively reasonable but rarely actually used name for an online publication (4)

27.Luzon native (4)

28.Desert alkalis: Geol. (4)

29.Electric-sparked waves discovered by Blondlot, 1903. (5)

30.Extremely long time (3)

33.Gymnast Lee who won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics (4)

34.Journey's end (abbr.) (4)

35.__ in a poke (4)

37.Boisterous baseball squad? (8)

38.Frogmen's unit: Abbr. (3)

39.___ Mare, city of Rumania. (4)

41.Sierra Leone native (4)

42.Conspiracy theorist who questions whether things that really happened really happened (7)

44.Natural body passage (6)

45.DOE's predecessor (3)

46.E (5)

47.Castro and Julia (5)

48.Ice cream sammie brand (5)

49.Old Toyota compacts (5)

52.Fed (4)

53.__ avis (4)

54.British supermarket (4)

55.. . . walk before thee like ___: Shak. (4)

56.Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of ___" (4)

60.Benz ending (3)

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Across

1.Close to (5)

6.Harps, in Italy (4)

10.Menu choice (4)

14.Pile up (5)

15.Tolkein trilogy, briefly (4)

16.The redshank. (4)

17.Couldn't stand (5)

18.Pacific spot (4)

19.Van Damme and his ilk (4)

20.Aeronautical eng. (3)

21.Kumquat or papaya (11)

24.Hole-poking tools (4)

25.Nun (6)

26.Serious-mindedness (11)

31.Second word in a children's counting rhyme (5)

32.Castling requirement (4)

33.Sat. churchgoers (3)

36.River near Nairobi (4)

37.Greg Evans's comic strip (5)

39.Discontinue: Abbr. (4)

40.Common liquid fuel, oddly (3)

41.Matchbox 20 song off debut album (4)

42.Weaver caste, Assam. (5)

43.*Besting in brainpower (11)

46.You've Got a __ .... (6)

50.The USA, in Spanish-language media (4)

51.Dieting agreement? (11)

54.Policy for minorities: Abbr. (3)

57.Bath and body company that lets you exchange empty product containers for free facemasks (4)

58.___ a loss (4)

59.Siddhartha author (5)

61.To another place: Lat. (4)

62.Japanese island (4)

63.Ewoks' home (5)

64.Silence! calls (4)

65.Alfonso's queen et al. (4)

66.Unchaff again (5)

Down

1.Rhyme scheme (4)

2.Tech. degree (4)

3.Earth pigment: Fr. (4)

4.Quarterback's target: Abbr. (3)

5.Truman opponent (7)

6.Close, but no cigar (6)

7.Wait Until Dark villain Harry (4)

8.Sound of a spit (4)

9.Telecom from Stockholm (8)

10.Boats: Abbr. (5)

11.Alaskan islander (5)

12.Meredith's half sister on "Grey's Anatomy" (5)

13.Corn sugar (5)

22.Some cars (3)

23.Alma mater of DuBois and Wells (4)

24.Units with 12 {/mesi/} (4)

26.Intuitively reasonable but rarely actually used name for an online publication (4)

27.Luzon native (4)

28.Desert alkalis: Geol. (4)

29.Electric-sparked waves discovered by Blondlot, 1903. (5)

30.Extremely long time (3)

33.Gymnast Lee who won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics (4)

34.Journey's end (abbr.) (4)

35.__ in a poke (4)

37.Boisterous baseball squad? (8)

38.Frogmen's unit: Abbr. (3)

39.___ Mare, city of Rumania. (4)

41.Sierra Leone native (4)

42.Conspiracy theorist who questions whether things that really happened really happened (7)

44.Natural body passage (6)

45.DOE's predecessor (3)

46.E (5)

47.Castro and Julia (5)

48.Ice cream sammie brand (5)

49.Old Toyota compacts (5)

52.Fed (4)

53.__ avis (4)

54.British supermarket (4)

55.. . . walk before thee like ___: Shak. (4)

56.Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of ___" (4)

60.Benz ending (3)

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