Crossword Answers for October 2, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Friday, October 2, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

35 Across · 35 Down


Across
1A Important figure on staff? Crossword Clue
CLEF
5A Photographer’s inits. Crossword Clue
SLR
8A “For real” Crossword Clue
TRULY
13A Funky- Crossword Clue
RIPE
14A Sugar substitute? Crossword Clue
SWEETIEPIE
16A W Crossword Clue
AMID
17A Core-focused workout in a humid Crossword Clue
HOTPILATES
18A Unit of sound Crossword Clue
BEL
19A Like Mitt Romney and Ken Crossword Clue
MORMON
20A Lead-in to “coin” for a major Crossword Clue
DOGE
21A “Whew!” Crossword Clue
CLOSEONE
23A Whose fault your mistake might Crossword Clue
NOONES
25A Hybrid Crossword Clue
LIGER
26A Member of a noble Crossword Clue
SCION
28A Request after eating a habanero, Crossword Clue
AGUA
29A What comes from needing little, per Crossword Clue
WEALTH
31A Small dosage amts. Crossword Clue
MGS
34A Question posed at the end of a successful job Crossword Clue
WHENCANYOUSTART
37A Waze ways: Abbr. Crossword Clue
STS
38A Spends a long time in front of the mirror, Crossword Clue
PRIMPS
39A I Crossword Clue
IDEA
40A Word with cane or Crossword Clue
CANDY
41A Villainous Crossword Clue
SNEER
42A Home to the Basilica of St. Crossword Clue
ASSISI
45A Highly controlling? Crossword Clue
PILOTING
48A Like a golf course, Crossword Clue
MOWN
49A Snap, crackle and Crossword Clue
NOISES
51A ___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020 Crossword Clue
NBA
52A “Never been better!” Crossword Clue
IFEELGREAT
54A Site of a 1956 international Crossword Clue
SUEZ
55A Animal chased by Toto in “The Wizard of Oz” Crossword Clue
SIAMESECAT
56A Key in a Crossword Clue
ISLE
57A Figure with three faces, in Crossword Clue
SATAN
58A Brief Crossword Clue
SEC
59A They’re stretched out before some Crossword Clue
MATS
Down
1D Hard-shelled Crossword Clue
CRABCLAWS
2D Public Crossword Clue
LIMELIGHT
3D Written posts? Crossword Clue
EPILOGUES
4D S Crossword Clue
FED
5D Like some Crossword Clue
SWORN
6D “I need to get a word in!” Crossword Clue
LETMESAYMYPIECE
7D Possible result of a Crossword Clue
REPO
8D B Crossword Clue
TIL
9D Not stop at the end of a chapter, Crossword Clue
READON
10D Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___ Crossword Clue
UPTON
11D One doing the lord’s work? Crossword Clue
LIEGE
12D Words of Crossword Clue
YESES
14D “Skedaddle!” Crossword Clue
SHOO
15D Condition that can be caused by excess Crossword Clue
TINNITUS
19D Debussy’s “La ___” Crossword Clue
MER
22D Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit “Down” Crossword Clue
SEAN
24D Sounds from Crossword Clue
OOHS
27D Clip Crossword Clue
CLOP
29D Some weather service Crossword Clue
WARNINGS
30D “Wheat Capital” of Crossword Clue
ENID
31D Label on some domestic Crossword Clue
MADEINUSA
32D Eco-friendly area around a Crossword Clue
GREENBELT
33D Stares into Crossword Clue
STARGAZES
35D Ones doing balancing acts? Crossword Clue
CPAS
36D Windows feature? Crossword Clue
TINT
40D P Crossword Clue
CINEMA
41D Message that might be signaled with Crossword Clue
SOS
42D O Crossword Clue
AMISS
43D European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Crossword Clue
SOFIA
44D Beads for an Crossword Clue
SWEAT
46D Director Lee ___ Crossword Clue
ISAAC
47D Neighbor of an Estonian, Crossword Clue
LETT
50D They’re sometimes picked for their Crossword Clue
ORES
53D Wiseman who directed “Ballerina” and “Live Free or Die Hard” Crossword Clue
LEN
54D ___ Crossword Clue
SIM

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October 2, 2026

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