USA Today Crossword October 18, 2026 Answers

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Sunday puzzle · 74 clues — every Across and Down answer for the October 18, 2026 USA Today Crossword.

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Across

1"So?"AND 4Baby buggy?LARVA 9"___ Gotta Have It"SHES 13TV explorerDORA 15PandemoniumCHAOS 16Layer of paintCOAT 17"The Woman King" and "How to Get Away With Murder" star considered to be one of the greatest actors of all timeVIOLADAVIS 19___-bittyITTY 20Changes the subject, perhaps?EDITS 21Passover ritualSEDER 23I've got your number! (Abbr.)TEL 24RenovatesREDOES 26Soy sauce alternativeTAMARI 28Some undergrad degreesBAS 29Neon garments for crossing guardsVESTS 33Rolled corn chip brandTAKIS 34Had a big fightFELLOUT 36___-cute (rom-com trope)MEET 37California Eagle owner-editor who foiled a KKK plot and ran for U.S. vice presidentCHARLOTTABASS 40Very damp crawl space?POOL 41DangersPERILS 42Dogs and cats, but not puppies and kittensADULTS 45Like stags and roostersMALE 46Many a wall flower?ART 49Parts of coursesLESSONS 51Stew made with dal and tamarindSAMBAR 53"Firstly . . ."ONE 54Floor plan sectionsROOMS 57Like the joke "What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!"CORNY 58Face coveringsMASKS 60"All About Love" and "The Will To Change" author who paved the way for intersectional feminismBELLHOOKS 62Friend, in SpanishAMIGO 63RadiateEMIT 64"The Price of ___"SALT 65Matching groupsSETS 66Skip it!ROPE 67___ Moines, IADES

Down

1Part of speech of "truly"ADVERB 2"I don't know!"NOIDEA 3"Star Wars" robotsDROIDS 4TV typeLCD 5Exfoliant ingredients, for shortAHAS 6Party with kandi braceletsRAVE 7Null and ___VOID 8That's useful!ASSET 9The S in STEM (Abbr.)SCI 10Some unpopular opinionsHOTTAKES 11Filling stations?EATERIES 12One might be paid to change the locks?STYLIST 14Palo ___, CAALTO 18Letter sign-offASEVER 22Pet rodentRAT 25PeddleSELL 27Some parentsMAMAS 30Pig foodSLOP 31Sacred clan symbolTOTEM 32Kama ___SUTRA 34Takes a tumbleFALLS 35Word yelled before a coin flipTAILS 37Spy's monikerCODENAME 38Take care of someone's placeHOUSESIT 39It lightens things upBLEACH 40Grapefruit cocktailsPALOMAS 43TrunkTORSO 44Word before "Caps" and "Balls"SNO 46In another countryABROAD 47IrritateRANKLE 48Lovers' meetupsTRYSTS 50Not drunkSOBER 52Sounds from stock characters?MOOS 55Officewide emailMEMO 56Piece of paper for parental permissionSLIP 59Metric units of weight (Abbr.)KGS 614G ___LTE

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on October 18, 2026, a Sunday, in Across and Down order. Tap any clue to open its solution page with the answer, its letter count, and every other date it has appeared. Looking for a different day? Head to the full archive or use the search bar at the top of the page.