Thursday, November 5, 2026

Crossword Daily

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Difficulty: Medium

15x15 Grid

Daily Crossword

Theme: Mixed

Difficulty: Medium (3/5 stars)

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Across

1.And two, ___ . . . (7)

8.Northern hazes (7)

15.Classification for violent video games (7)

16.Sturdy fastener (7)

17.Penetrate every part of (7)

18.Erodes away (7)

19.Cooling units, briefly (3)

20.Its five buttons represent the five branches of Chinese government (7)

22.Philosopher Chu ___ (3)

23.Religious symbol (4)

25.Like Romeo and Juliet (5)

26.Cowpoke's polite assent (4)

27.- (5)

29.What blooms do, to bards (3)

30.The name of The Name of the Rose's narrator (4)

31.Transfer tube (6)

33.Annual art exhibition in Paris. (8)

36.Andean tubers (4)

38.Jenny Craig advice (4)

39.Failed to laugh at, maybe (8)

43.Sparkling. (6)

47.Not a dup. (4)

48.Borderlands center (3)

50.Onetime Houston hockey team (5)

51.Jap general, took Port Arthur (1905). (4)

52.My Own Private __ (5)

54.High (Ger.) (4)

55.October November December (sales season) (abbr)

56.Rind (7)

58.Reel Big Fish genre (3)

59.How most people take a step... and also the correct footwork for lead's first step on a foxtrot feather step (7)

61.Opposite of "make clear" (7)

63.Deposits of native metal. (7)

64.Cherries ___ (robin's report) (7)

65.Reading evaluation? (7)

66.1973 man-becomes-cobra movie (7)

Down

1.Spoils (7)

2.Like Pippi Longstocking (7)

3.Coast, e.g. (7)

4.Canadian cable channel for children (3)

5.The King and I setting (4)

6.Wrap up by (5)

7.Beginning of toddler-dom (6)

8.And ___ when I saw him . . . (8)

9.Actress Smulders of "The Avengers" series (5)

10.Dazzling display (4)

11.Used to be called, for short (3)

12.Temporarily benched (7)

13.I suppose (7)

14.Apostle known as "the Zealot" (7)

21.Onetime Spahn moundmate (4)

24.The Chronicles of Japan up to A. D. 696. (7)

26.Navajo greeting (7)

28.Night: pref. (4)

32.Complain, or complainer (3)

34.Headpiece often worn by Orthodox Jewish women (3)

35.Actress Ward (4)

37.Most rundown (8)

39.Amanda of 'L.A. Law' (7)

40.Press agents? (7)

41.Do some serious soul-searching (7)

42.___ II razor (4)

44.___ Still a Rose: Aretha Franklin hit

45.Scale models (7)

46.Features of forks in the road and slingshots (7)

49.Shaggy dogs, for short (6)

52.Large flash drives with buttons and a headphone plug, essentially (5)

53.Mr. and/___. (5)

56.1992 Derby winner Lil _____ (4)

57.Edgar Allan and his brother the amateur poet (4)

60.Troy weight: Abbr. (3)

62.___-One (rapper) (3)

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Across

1.And two, ___ . . . (7)

8.Northern hazes (7)

15.Classification for violent video games (7)

16.Sturdy fastener (7)

17.Penetrate every part of (7)

18.Erodes away (7)

19.Cooling units, briefly (3)

20.Its five buttons represent the five branches of Chinese government (7)

22.Philosopher Chu ___ (3)

23.Religious symbol (4)

25.Like Romeo and Juliet (5)

26.Cowpoke's polite assent (4)

27.- (5)

29.What blooms do, to bards (3)

30.The name of The Name of the Rose's narrator (4)

31.Transfer tube (6)

33.Annual art exhibition in Paris. (8)

36.Andean tubers (4)

38.Jenny Craig advice (4)

39.Failed to laugh at, maybe (8)

43.Sparkling. (6)

47.Not a dup. (4)

48.Borderlands center (3)

50.Onetime Houston hockey team (5)

51.Jap general, took Port Arthur (1905). (4)

52.My Own Private __ (5)

54.High (Ger.) (4)

55.October November December (sales season) (abbr)

56.Rind (7)

58.Reel Big Fish genre (3)

59.How most people take a step... and also the correct footwork for lead's first step on a foxtrot feather step (7)

61.Opposite of "make clear" (7)

63.Deposits of native metal. (7)

64.Cherries ___ (robin's report) (7)

65.Reading evaluation? (7)

66.1973 man-becomes-cobra movie (7)

Down

1.Spoils (7)

2.Like Pippi Longstocking (7)

3.Coast, e.g. (7)

4.Canadian cable channel for children (3)

5.The King and I setting (4)

6.Wrap up by (5)

7.Beginning of toddler-dom (6)

8.And ___ when I saw him . . . (8)

9.Actress Smulders of "The Avengers" series (5)

10.Dazzling display (4)

11.Used to be called, for short (3)

12.Temporarily benched (7)

13.I suppose (7)

14.Apostle known as "the Zealot" (7)

21.Onetime Spahn moundmate (4)

24.The Chronicles of Japan up to A. D. 696. (7)

26.Navajo greeting (7)

28.Night: pref. (4)

32.Complain, or complainer (3)

34.Headpiece often worn by Orthodox Jewish women (3)

35.Actress Ward (4)

37.Most rundown (8)

39.Amanda of 'L.A. Law' (7)

40.Press agents? (7)

41.Do some serious soul-searching (7)

42.___ II razor (4)

44.___ Still a Rose: Aretha Franklin hit

45.Scale models (7)

46.Features of forks in the road and slingshots (7)

49.Shaggy dogs, for short (6)

52.Large flash drives with buttons and a headphone plug, essentially (5)

53.Mr. and/___. (5)

56.1992 Derby winner Lil _____ (4)

57.Edgar Allan and his brother the amateur poet (4)

60.Troy weight: Abbr. (3)

62.___-One (rapper) (3)

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