Crossword Answers for October 8, 2026 – Solve Every Clue Fast

Thursday, October 8, 2026 — verified Across & Down clues

33 Across · 41 Down


Across
1A One who might use they/them pronouns, Crossword Clue
ENBY
5A Sensation after getting a tattoo, for Crossword Clue
ITCH
9A How low can they go? Crossword Clue
BASSI
14A Meteor shower? Crossword Clue
TELESCOPE
16A Stay under the covers all morning, to a Crossword Clue
LIEIN
17A T Crossword Clue
COUNTERARGUMENT
19A Piano Crossword Clue
ETUDE
20A “It’s never paid to ___ against America”: Warren Crossword Clue
BET
21A Place-holding letters on a Crossword Clue
TBA
22A B Crossword Clue
COWED
24A T Crossword Clue
RETROCHIC
27A In the way Crossword Clue
ALA
28A D Crossword Clue
BORE
29A Time to go fast? Crossword Clue
LENT
30A Audacious, Crossword Clue
BALLSY
33A “Midnight Cowboy” con Crossword Clue
RATSO
36A P Crossword Clue
FLIPOFASWITCH
40A Take a hankie to, Crossword Clue
DABAT
41A Nora who wrote “When Harry Met Sally ?” Crossword Clue
EPHRON
43A Counterpart of Brahma and Crossword Clue
SIVA
46A Expand, as Crossword Clue
RISE
48A Hawaiian fish with a palindromic Crossword Clue
ONO
49A D Crossword Clue
HAIRYBACK
52A Deciduous tree often found in regions dominated by Crossword Clue
ASPEN
54A Just a number, they Crossword Clue
AGE
55A Long-lasting birth control option, in Crossword Clue
IUD
56A Turn Crossword Clue
UPEND
58A Naive regal Crossword Clue
DRINKSALLAROUND
63A C Crossword Clue
EERIE
64A It separates China and South Crossword Clue
YELLOWSEA
65A Everybody’s Crossword Clue
DEALS
66A I Crossword Clue
SASS
67A S Crossword Clue
STEM
Down
1D And so on, in Crossword Clue
ETC
2D Hero famously “red-pilled,” in Crossword Clue
NEO
3D Perceived Democratic electoral Crossword Clue
BLUEWALL
4D Matchmaker in “Fiddler on the Roof” Crossword Clue
YENTE
5D Like many summertime coffee Crossword Clue
ICED
6D Caped Crossword Clue
TORERO
7D Professional who’s busiest in Apr. Crossword Clue
CPA
8D T Crossword Clue
HERBTEAS
9D Popeye’s Crossword Clue
BLUTO
10D Making money or becoming famous, Crossword Clue
AIM
11D S Crossword Clue
SEETHE
12D Penalty box in hockey, Crossword Clue
SINBIN
13D U Crossword Clue
INTACT
15D Hoop Crossword Clue
STUD
18D Neighbor of Switz. Crossword Clue
GER
22D Something inside or outside a wine bar? Crossword Clue
CAB
23D Count of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” Crossword Clue
OLAF
25D U Crossword Clue
ERRATIC
26D Gingham or Crossword Clue
CLOTH
28D Common policy at a neighborhood Crossword Clue
BYOB
31D Remote sensing technology that uses Crossword Clue
LIDAR
32D Eponymous Belgian resort Crossword Clue
SPA
34D Cringeily Crossword Clue
TWEE
35D Tiny slug? Crossword Clue
SIP
37D Units of electric Crossword Clue
FARADAYS
38D Spray from a Crossword Clue
CROPDUST
39D S Crossword Clue
HONE
42D Start to stick? Crossword Clue
NON
43D Under a parasol, Crossword Clue
SHADED
44D “My feelings exactly” Crossword Clue
IAGREE
45D Host Meredith of “25 Words or Less” Crossword Clue
VIEIRA
47D Cézanne painted a “Pyramid” of Crossword Clue
SKULLS
50D “Oh no!” Crossword Clue
YIKES
51D Clear stuff in a Crossword Clue
BUS
52D Prefix often meaning “gas” Crossword Clue
AERO
53D Flakes out? Crossword Clue
SNOWS
57D Thelma and Louise, e.g. Crossword Clue
PALS
59D Signifier of no value, in many programming Crossword Clue
NIL
60D Grazing Crossword Clue
LEA
61D First name signifier? Crossword Clue
NEE
62D Counterpart of a sire, on a horse Crossword Clue
DAM

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