Crossword Answers for October 21, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

39 Across · 35 Down


Across
1A Teacher’s pet, say, in Crossword Clue
KISSUP
7A Cumming who won a Tony for “Cabaret” Crossword Clue
ALAN
11A White Crossword Clue
FIB
14A Not well Crossword Clue
ARCANE
15A Driving range? Crossword Clue
LANE
16A N.H.L.’s Mammoth, on Crossword Clue
UTA
17A Driver’s Ed: Crossword Clue
PARKINGFINE
19A Alt tab? Crossword Clue
LSD
20A Sporty vehicles, in Crossword Clue
UTES
21A Reunion attendee, for Crossword Clue
GRAD
22A B Crossword Clue
DULLS
24A Crop whose trade contributed to the Opium Crossword Clue
TEA
25A Parisian Crossword Clue
OUI
26A Tender bend- Crossword Clue
BUMKNEE
28A Gym: B+ Crossword Clue
MOVINGAVERAGE
31A ___ faire (festival with jousting) Crossword Clue
REN
32A Life phase, Crossword Clue
ERA
33A In the thick Crossword Clue
AMID
34A Had dinner at Crossword Clue
ATEIN
37A Great Crossword Clue
WOE
38A Nutrition Crossword Clue
DIETS
39A ___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry dish) Crossword Clue
LOMO
40A T Crossword Clue
BAR
41A Baby Crossword Clue
SON
42A Wood shop: Crossword Clue
BUILDINGSUPER
46A Have the same opinion Crossword Clue
AGREEON
47A Chemical suffix that indicates a double Crossword Clue
ENE
48A “A Nightmare on ___ Street” Crossword Clue
ELM
51A Scene that may begin “Follow that car!” Crossword Clue
CHASE
52A Like a tennis player who didn’t even swing, Crossword Clue
ACED
54A Sneaker Crossword Clue
AVIA
55A Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr. Crossword Clue
ONT
56A History: A+ Crossword Clue
PASTPERFECT
59A Look back on with Crossword Clue
RUE
60A At any Crossword Clue
EVER
61A Stephen King’s telekinetic teen of Crossword Clue
CARRIE
62A Figures in some rumored landings, for Crossword Clue
ETS
63A Short Instagram Crossword Clue
REEL
64A Difficult, as a Crossword Clue
KNOTTY
Down
1D W Crossword Clue
KAPUT
2D Like a passionate solver discovering a filled-in airline magazine crossword, Crossword Clue
IRATE
3D Edvard Munch painting, with “The” Crossword Clue
SCREAM
4D Fifth Avenue Crossword Clue
SAKS
5D Mono- Crossword Clue
UNI
6D Bird that gives pebbles as a courtship Crossword Clue
PENGUIN
7D Bravo Crossword Clue
ALFA
8D Made Crossword Clue
LAIDBARE
9D Actress Dowd of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Crossword Clue
ANN
10D “Can I help?” Crossword Clue
NEEDME
11D First and last, Crossword Clue
FULLNAME
12D “That checks out” Crossword Clue
ITSLEGIT
13D Rotten Crossword Clue
BADSEEDS
18D Sly look, Crossword Clue
GRIN
23D Kyiv’s Crossword Clue
UKRAINE
25D Bake-off Crossword Clue
OVEN
27D Sch. that’s home to Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Crossword Clue
UVA
29D Birds with a Baltimore Crossword Clue
ORIOLES
30D Physicist Crossword Clue
GEORG
34D White Crossword Clue
ALBACORE
35D One that’s hard to Crossword Clue
TOUGHNUT
36D Airline headquartered in Crossword Clue
EMIRATES
37D “Are you ready for this?” Crossword Clue
WANNASEE
38D Fabulous, in Crossword Clue
DOPE
40D Info that might include “Originally from …” Crossword Clue
BIO
41D Open-air part of a cruise Crossword Clue
SUNDECK
43D More Crossword Clue
DEEPER
44D Soak Crossword Clue
SEEP
45D B Crossword Clue
REVERT
49D A Crossword Clue
LICIT
50D Fellow crew Crossword Clue
MATEY
53D Shortcut Crossword Clue
CTRL
54D Musical lead-in to Crossword Clue
AFRO
57D Blvd. Crossword Clue
AVE
58D Tried for Crossword Clue
RAN

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