USA Today Crossword October 27, 2026 Answers

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Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues — every Across and Down answer for the October 27, 2026 USA Today Crossword.

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Across

1Oscars slightSNUB 5This cleu hsa twoTYPOS 10Place for a mani-pediSPA 13Show off at the skate park, perhapsPOPAWHEELIE 16Road gooTAR 17Cricketers with both batting and bowling skillsALLROUNDERS 18What the "10" in E10+ representsAGE 19Blanketed, sayCOATED 20Looks without blinkingSTARES 22___ Park, Colo.ESTES 23Baseball hatCAP 26Play partACT 27One with a vision, perhapsSEER 28Gold purity measurementKARAT 30Marine mammal in Mallorca?ORCA 33Reach for the stars, sayDARETODREAM 35Tool used to scale a Gotham skyscraperBATROPE 39Like stars at nightTWINKLY 40Wildlife you don't see every dayRARESPECIES 42Bangladesh's continentASIA 43Disney mermaid with a collection of human treasuresARIEL 44Min. fragmentsSECS 48Rose and Bruno Mars hit songAPT 50"Help wanted" lettersSOS 51White wine grapePINOT 52Smell and taste, for twoSENSES 55Soothing beverage you might blow onHOTTEA 56Omelet ingredientEGG 57Kindergarten project with pastaMACARONIART 61Dial-up pioneerAOL 62Making an effort to get alongPLAYINGNICE 63Orlando-to-Miami direction (Abbr.)SSE 64Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure, e.g.TROPE 65Rosebud, in "Citizen Kane" (Spoiler alert!)SLED

Down

1Totally forgets about somethingSPACES 2Win-winNOLOSE 3Still awake at 3 a.m., sayUPLATE 4Cashless exchangeBARTER 5Impact soundTHUD 6Currency in OsakaYEN 7___ XING (traffic sign)PED 8Copa Mundial cheerOLE 9Knights' titlesSIRS 10Sci-fi franchise featuring SpockSTARTREK 11Summon via beeperPAGE 12"Tron: ___"ARES 14Reasons to say "alas"WOES 15"Como ___ usted?"ESTA 21Oak tree-to-beACORN 23Things selected in The Game of LifeCAREERS 24Is for us?ARE 25Peppermint ___PATTIES 28Sorority's "K"KAPPA 29Beach itemTOWEL 31The "C" of UCLA, for shortCAL 32Name on many a vegetarian frozen mealAMY 33Number after unoDOS 34Prefix for "agree"DIS 35Sports ___BRA 36Common batteriesAAS 37PlayStation controller buttonTRIANGLE 38HarvestsREAPS 41Tech execCIO 44Some campus protestsSITINS 45InvolveENTAIL 46Persuade with pressureCOERCE 47SaidSTATED 49Worker brought in as neededTEMP 51Iconic Atari gamePONG 52The seven ___SEAS 53They may be fragileEGOS 54Bandmate of PepaSALT 55Fine-tune, like a skillHONE 58"I Woke Up in a ___"CAR 59"The Bear" star EdebiriAYO 60TearRIP

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on October 27, 2026, a Tuesday, 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.