Crossword Answers for October 23, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Friday, October 23, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

34 Across · 36 Down


Across
1A Have serious Crossword Clue
THINKBIG
9A One of the Crossword Clue
MOMMA
14A Annual appraisal Crossword Clue
WHATAYEAR
15A Positioned to Crossword Clue
AHEAD
16A Track event won by the fastest four Crossword Clue
HORSERACE
17A Marvel Comics villain with an explosive Crossword Clue
NITRO
18A American court org. Crossword Clue
USTA
19A Ensemble Crossword Clue
ACCESSORY
21A Some sous-chef Crossword Clue
PEELS
23A Three-time Olympic figure skating Crossword Clue
HENIE
24A A.M. Crossword Clue
OJS
26A Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert? Crossword Clue
LEI
28A “America’s Largest Classroom” Crossword Clue
PBS
29A C Crossword Clue
SNAP
30A With whom one pools pounds for Crossword Clue
FLATMATE
33A C Crossword Clue
CLONE
34A Count to 10, Crossword Clue
COOLOFF
35A Opposite of Crossword Clue
ASHAMED
37A Get past a paywall, Crossword Clue
LOGIN
38A Boundaries between areas with different amounts of Crossword Clue
TANLINES
40A Healing Crossword Clue
ALOE
41A Hardly worth Crossword Clue
MEH
42A Counterpoint Crossword Clue
YET
43A One who’s left at the polls, informally? Crossword Clue
DEM
44A Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960) Crossword Clue
DARIN
46A Plague that precedes lice in Crossword Clue
FROGS
50A “Let go of unrealistic expectations,” e.g. Crossword Clue
DATINGTIP
53A Fabled example of poor competition Crossword Clue
HARE
54A Actress Amanda of “Easy A” Crossword Clue
BYNES
55A Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports Crossword Clue
LUXURYTAX
57A Cartoonish bouncing Crossword Clue
BOINK
58A “Hang on a sec” Crossword Clue
ONEMOMENT
59A They can help one get a leg up, Crossword Clue
QUADS
60A What all the buzz is about? Crossword Clue
WASPNEST
Down
1D ___ days (times past) Crossword Clue
THOSE
2D Emma ___, protagonist of “A Woman of Substance” Crossword Clue
HARTE
3D “Don’t believe one word of that!” Crossword Clue
ITSALLALIE
4D “I’m afraid not, laddie” Crossword Clue
NAE
5D Actress Crossword Clue
KYRA
6D Word with comb or Crossword Clue
BEACH
7D “Your offer is too good to refuse” Crossword Clue
IACCEPT
8D Minestrone Crossword Clue
GREENBEAN
9D Dwelling for Crossword Clue
MANSE
10D “The most beautiful river on earth,” per Thomas Crossword Clue
OHIO
11D One may sit near a bench marking Crossword Clue
METRONOME
12D Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore Crossword Clue
MARYJANES
13D B Crossword Clue
ADO
14D Beat but Crossword Clue
WHUP
20D Daughter of one’s 9- Crossword Clue
SIS
22D Firmly committed Crossword Clue
SETON
25D Beat a map app’s arrival time estimate, Crossword Clue
SPED
27D Global fiscal policy org. Crossword Clue
IMF
29D Poetic device with inexact sound- Crossword Clue
SLANTRHYME
30D “Ha! Betcha didn’t see that coming!” Crossword Clue
FOOLEDYOU
31D Abnormal Crossword Clue
LOGOMANIA
32D Lingering aura of Crossword Clue
AFTERGLOW
33D Most Crossword Clue
CHIEF
34D “Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars”: Crossword Clue
CLAD
36D Said with a wink, Crossword Clue
SLY
39D Reddish fish sometimes served Crossword Clue
AHITUNA
41D “Dang!” Crossword Clue
MAN
44D Pieces in the game Crossword Clue
DISKS
45D S Crossword Clue
NIXES
47D Writer of the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Crossword Clue
OATES
48D Funds for Crossword Clue
GRANT
49D Cellphone hot line? Crossword Clue
SEXT
51D Care Crossword Clue
TEND
52D Remedy for Crossword Clue
PUMP
54D Kind of joint associated with smoking, Crossword Clue
BBQ
56D Pulitzer-winning biographer Crossword Clue
RON

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