Crossword Answers for October 28, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

38 Across · 48 Down


Across
1A “Futurama” Crossword Clue
BENDER
7A Stadium Crossword Clue
OLES
11A Like some Crossword Clue
ORAL
15A Colored part of an Crossword Clue
AREOLA
16A Fish whose name is a synonym for “complain” Crossword Clue
CARP
17A Gullible Crossword Clue
RUBE
18A Jack Torrance, in “The Shining” Crossword Clue
HERESJOHNNY
20A Machu Picchu Crossword Clue
INCA
21A Not remain silent, Crossword Clue
ACT
22A Top choices? Crossword Clue
BRAS
23A Customary Crossword Clue
WONTS
24A Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931’s “Frankenstein” Crossword Clue
ITSALIVEITSALIVE
29A First in a line of 14 Crossword Clue
LEOI
30A Draft Crossword Clue
OXEN
31A Not in financial Crossword Clue
AFLOAT
34A ___ Crossword Clue
EARLY
37A D Crossword Clue
GOB
40A With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in “The Fly” Crossword Clue
BEAFRAIDBE
42A Prefix with presence or Crossword Clue
OMNI
43A Light hit at the Crossword Clue
BUNT
44A See 40- Crossword Clue
VERYAFRAID
47A C Crossword Clue
ADD
48A Megastar’s Crossword Clue
ARENA
50A Slopes to the Crossword Clue
SLANTS
51A Isolate, in corporate- Crossword Clue
SILO
53A “Stop,” as said to someone filling a Crossword Clue
WHEN
54A Jigsaw, in “Saw” Crossword Clue
IWANTTOPLAYAGAME
62A Silently Crossword Clue
NODTO
63A W Crossword Clue
SLUG
64A Matcha or Crossword Clue
TEA
65A Affectedly Crossword Clue
TWEE
66A Indicators of irony ? or a way to describe the answers to 18-, 24-, 40-/44- and 54-Across? Crossword Clue
SCAREQUOTES
70A United Arab Emirates Crossword Clue
OMAN
71A Visibility Crossword Clue
HAZE
72A Boxing match result, Crossword Clue
BRUISE
73A Join Crossword Clue
WELD
74A Historian’s Crossword Clue
ERAS
75A Cut Crossword Clue
SLICED
Down
1D Religion with the key text Kitáb-i- Crossword Clue
BAHAI
2D Build, as a Crossword Clue
ERECT
3D Old-timey “Darn!” Crossword Clue
NERTS
4D One chasing the big bucks? Crossword Clue
DOE
5D Aboveground Crossword Clue
ELS
6D Colonial rule in Crossword Clue
RAJ
7D Brownish-yellow Crossword Clue
OCHRE
8D Hawaii’s sixth-largest Crossword Clue
LANAI
9D German artist Crossword Clue
ERNST
10D Profession in many Hitchcock Crossword Clue
SPY
11D M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange Crossword Clue
ORIOLE
12D Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990 Crossword Clue
RUNNINGMAN
13D “Abbott Elementary” Crossword Clue
ABCTV
14D One might be month-to- Crossword Clue
LEASE
19D “It’s so clear,” in Crossword Clue
OBVI
23D Like some Crossword Clue
WAXY
25D In the Crossword Clue
ALOFT
26D King who disowns Crossword Clue
LEAR
27D S Crossword Clue
IOTA
28D San José Crossword Clue
SOL
31D Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio Crossword Clue
ABBA
32D Fight à la the Capulets and Crossword Clue
FEUD
33D Finalizes the business agreement, Crossword Clue
LANDSADEAL
34D Site of a tempting Crossword Clue
EDEN
35D Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed Crossword Clue
ABRA
36D Jedi of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Crossword Clue
REY
38D “Consider this taken care of” Crossword Clue
ONIT
39D Actions at Crossword Clue
BIDS
41D “___ got bad news” Crossword Clue
IVE
42D Member of the genus Pongo, Crossword Clue
ORANG
45D Like a used Crossword Clue
ASHY
46D Pet Crossword Clue
FLEA
48D Etta James, Crossword Clue
ALTO
49D Cause a stink? Crossword Clue
ROT
52D Plan (to) Crossword Clue
INTEND
53D Word with freeze or Crossword Clue
WAGE
54D Being dragged Crossword Clue
INTOW
55D “Knock my socks off!” Crossword Clue
WOWME
56D ___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” Crossword Clue
OSCAR
57D City Crossword Clue
PLAZA
58D They might be shaped like minnows or Crossword Clue
LURES
59D Top-level storage Crossword Clue
ATTIC
60D Group of antlered deer, Crossword Clue
MEESE
61D Made less Crossword Clue
EASED
66D The Beatles’ “___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window” Crossword Clue
SHE
67D Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, Crossword Clue
QBS
68D Something to Crossword Clue
URL
69D Sí, across the Crossword Clue
OUI

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October 28, 2026

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