Crossword Answers for October 13, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

36 Across · 40 Down


Across
1A ___ classic (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” or “Pulp Fiction,” e.g.) Crossword Clue
CULT
5A Spongy Crossword Clue
BOGS
9A T Crossword Clue
CHAMP
14A E Crossword Clue
ETCH
15A Dirt pie Crossword Clue
OREO
16A Greek goddesses of the Crossword Clue
HORAE
17A Optional mission in a video Crossword Clue
SIDEQUEST
19A Gradually eat Crossword Clue
ERODE
20A Selfless Crossword Clue
ALTRUIST
21A Shindig for someone to announce whether they’re having a boy or a Crossword Clue
GENDER
22A ? Crossword Clue
REVEAL
23A Lie next Crossword Clue
ABUT
25A Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in Crossword Clue
SNL
26A Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut Crossword Clue
LAVAFLOW
31A Go downhill Crossword Clue
SKI
34A Feedbag Crossword Clue
OATS
36A Shindig for someone settling into a new Crossword Clue
HOUSE
37A ? Crossword Clue
WARMING
40A Flips, Crossword Clue
RESELLS
42A Skirt, as an Crossword Clue
AVOID
43A Jennifer who wrote “A Visit From the Goon Squad” Crossword Clue
EGAN
45A Auction Crossword Clue
LOT
46A Cowboy’s Crossword Clue
BANDANNA
48A Show stoppers? Crossword Clue
ADS
51A Goes Crossword Clue
ROTS
52A Shindig for someone who’s about to tie the Crossword Clue
BRIDAL
56A ? Crossword Clue
SHOWER
60A Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in Crossword Clue
MILANESE
62A Surfers ride Crossword Clue
WAVES
63A L Crossword Clue
CAFETERIA
64A Wolf in “The Jungle Book” Crossword Clue
AKELA
65A Initials on a map until 1991 Crossword Clue
USSR
66A Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done ? with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the Crossword Clue
WRAP
67A ? Crossword Clue
PARTY
68A Boxing Crossword Clue
TKOS
69A Jazz singer Crossword Clue
SYMS
Down
1D ___ Millan, celebrity dog Crossword Clue
CESAR
2D H Crossword Clue
UTILE
3D High-def flat screen, for Crossword Clue
LCDTV
4D “Ay, ___ the rub” Crossword Clue
THERES
5D Broth that might come from a dissolved Crossword Clue
BOUILLON
6D Magnetite and Crossword Clue
ORES
7D Whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts, from the Crossword Clue
GESTALT
8D B Crossword Clue
SOT
9D Spotted African Crossword Clue
CHEETAHS
10D Car’s Crossword Clue
HORN
11D Longtime Yankee slugger, Crossword Clue
AROD
12D E Crossword Clue
MADE
13D Member of a Crossword Clue
PEER
18D Ke Huy ___, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Crossword Clue
QUAN
21D Boss, in Crossword Clue
GUV
24D Major Iraqi port Crossword Clue
BASRA
27D A Crossword Clue
FOE
28D Quiet Crossword Clue
LULL
29D Scandinavian Crossword Clue
OSLO
30D Toward Crossword Clue
WEST
31D Mop, as the Crossword Clue
SWAB
32D Polynesian Crossword Clue
KAVA
33D Smooth out, as a wrinkled Crossword Clue
IRON
35D Talent Crossword Clue
AGENT
38D Mediocre, in modern Crossword Clue
MID
39D “?Tis entirely likely” Crossword Clue
IDARESAY
41D Those going along with others’ unhealthy Crossword Clue
ENABLERS
44D Item worn with a hazmat Crossword Clue
GASMASK
47D Negative Crossword Clue
NOR
49D “Curses!” Crossword Clue
DRAT
50D Fibrous connecting Crossword Clue
SINEWS
53D Second-largest city in Northern Crossword Clue
DERRY
54D “Take me ___” Crossword Clue
ASIAM
55D B Crossword Clue
LEAPS
56D S Crossword Clue
SWAP
57D Ceremonial Maori Crossword Clue
HAKA
58D D Crossword Clue
OVER
59D Mark left by a Crossword Clue
WELT
61D “Should that be true ?” Crossword Clue
IFSO
63D Word before “one’s losses” or “both ways” Crossword Clue
CUT

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October 13, 2026

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