Crossword Answers for October 9, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Friday, October 9, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

31 Across · 37 Down


Across
1A M Crossword Clue
CLASSACTS
10A “Super Dry” Crossword Clue
ASAHI
15A Visual aid with a three-dimensional Crossword Clue
RELIEFMAP
16A Persona non Crossword Clue
LEPER
17A By an even stronger argument, at Crossword Clue
AFORTIORI
18A Stars to gaze up Crossword Clue
IDOLS
19A Not Crossword Clue
SANE
20A Squishy Crossword Clue
NERFBALL
22A Cackling Crossword Clue
HYENAS
25A World’s third-largest river by discharge, after the Amazon and the Crossword Clue
ORINOCO
27A Miserly sorts, Crossword Clue
SCROOGES
30A R Crossword Clue
GAP
31A Like a certain Crossword Clue
CORONARY
32A Mango Crossword Clue
PITS
33A The astronomer Tycho Brahe, for Crossword Clue
DANE
34A Org. concerned with Crossword Clue
TSA
35A Wine Crossword Clue
LEES
36A ___ Kar-wai, acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker behind 1994’s “Chungking Express” Crossword Clue
WONG
37A Hounds that can run up to 35 m.p.h. Crossword Clue
WHIPPETS
39A It’s mine, all mine! Crossword Clue
EGO
40A NPR program since 1987 Crossword Clue
FRESHAIR
41A Two aces, Crossword Clue
TOPPAIR
43A Kind of Crossword Clue
KAISER
47A C Crossword Clue
WELLTODO
50A “Do I ___ to eat a peach?”: T.S. Crossword Clue
DARE
51A Record of the year? Crossword Clue
ANNAL
52A Drawing on another’s Crossword Clue
PARASITIC
55A H Crossword Clue
SEETO
56A Much-anticipated rivalry game in soccer’s La Crossword Clue
ELCLASICO
57A Hidden element of FedEx’s Crossword Clue
ARROW
58A Extremely difficult and ultimately Crossword Clue
SISYPHEAN
Down
1D Hit the hay Crossword Clue
CRASH
2D Morgan ___, sorceress in King Arthur Crossword Clue
LEFAY
3D Not having Crossword Clue
ALONE
4D What Odysseus’ crew waxed on about? Crossword Clue
SIRENSONG
5D Mahjong Crossword Clue
SET
6D Org. concerned with Crossword Clue
AFI
7D “Really?!” Crossword Clue
CMON
8D Zero out, in a Crossword Clue
TARE
9D Device geared to draw rotationally symmetrical Crossword Clue
SPIROGRAPH
10D Accounts for checking? Crossword Clue
ALIBIS
11D Compact, Crossword Clue
SEDAN
12D “My mistake” Crossword Clue
APOLOGIES
13D Some Navy aircraft during W.W. Crossword Clue
HELLCATS
14D Org. requiring crypto disclosures beginning in 2025 Crossword Clue
IRS
21D Glenn who co-founded the Crossword Clue
FREY
23D A lot of Crossword Clue
ACRE
24D Broadway show inits. Crossword Clue
SRO
26D Psy-___ Crossword Clue
OPS
28D Near failure, Crossword Clue
ONTHEROPES
29D Fertile Crossword Clue
OASIS
31D Swiss Army knife Crossword Clue
CANOPENER
32D Aid for someone studying a Crossword Clue
PETRIDISH
33D One who regularly takes a best friend out? Crossword Clue
DOGOWNER
35D Princess who says “Governor Tarkin! I should have expected to find you holding Vader’s leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board” Crossword Clue
LEIA
36D Like some noodles and Crossword Clue
WET
37D Habeas corpus, e.g. Crossword Clue
WRIT
38D Cricket’s Men in Green, on Crossword Clue
PAK
40D D Crossword Clue
FALLOW
42D Student of Crossword Clue
PLATO
44D “Gymnopédies” Crossword Clue
SATIE
45D Jong who wrote “Fear of Flying” Crossword Clue
ERICA
46D Scouting Crossword Clue
RECON
48D Artist with an absurdist humor book all about his Crossword Clue
DALI
49D Sauron’s soldiers in “The Lord of the Rings” Crossword Clue
ORCS
51D ___ Crossword Clue
ASA
53D Gymnast Crossword Clue
ALY
54D E Crossword Clue
SAP

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