USA Today Crossword October 29, 2026 Answers

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Thursday puzzle · 77 clues — every Across and Down answer for the October 29, 2026 USA Today Crossword.

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Across

1In need of an ice bath, perhapsSORE 5"A Few Good Men" star MooreDEMI 9"Amazing ___" (hymn)GRACE 14Sign of the futureOMEN 15"Get ___ it!"OVER 16"It's not that serious"RELAX 17Snoozes before a late-night eventNAPS 18"Jenni" director ___ Saul GuerreroGIGI 19Pay increaseRAISE 20Fitness offering such as ZumbaGROUPCLASS 23Docs for catsVETS 24Caboose's positionREAR 25Safe spacesHAVENS 27Country with the world's largest elephant populationBOTSWANA 31Neon or heliumGAS 32"Monsters, ___"INC 33Throws outTOSSES 35"___: Sarasota" (Betty White "SNL" sketch imagining a crime show set in a retirement community)CSI 38Made increasingly desperate attemptsGRASPEDATSTRAWS 42Harder to come byRARER 43College URL endingEDU 44Cricket field shapeOVAL 45"That's hilarious"IMDEAD 47Improv actor's "That's a wrap!"ANDSCENE 50Road trip techGPS 51___ and outsINS 53America's national treeOAK 54Royal rank associated with the RomanovsGRANDDUCHESS 60___ chocolate (pistachio-based treat)DUBAI 63The "A" of UAEARAB 64Lyric Opera of Chicago soloARIA 65"Jujutsu Kaisen" mediumANIME 66TiradeRANT 67Broomball venueRINK 68Skeleton partsBONES 69Cheesecake ingredientsEGGS 70Ice hockey player's feintDEKE

Down

1"Crosswords" by Olivia Dean, e.g.SONG 2"This Is Us" actor EppsOMAR 3Documents showing students' gradesREPORTCARDS 4Occurs as a resultENSUES 5Boxer's box?DOGCRATE 6WickedEVIL 7Prefix meaning "huge"MEGA 8Like GuinnessIRISH 9"I'm so angry!"GRR 10Lakers player AustinREAVES 11Like something that's out of this world?ALIEN 12Assigns a part toCASTS 13Former partnersEXES 21Cat's footPAW 22Wise peopleSAGES 26Like outer spaceVAST 27Rhyming vehicleBIGRIG 28Freeway entranceONRAMP 29Connection pointNODE 30Carne ___ASADA 34SurpriseSTUN 35Hibernation siteCAVE 36Many a bird in a Tchaikovsky balletSWAN 37The Emerald ___ISLE 39WitnessSEE 40Wide-open grasslandsPRAIRIES 41Very firmROCKHARD 46Stuff somewhat shared by siblingsDNA 48Isn't sold onDOUBTS 49Squid's ink holderSAC 52Drum kit componentSNARE 54Fortnite, e.g.GAME 55___ queenDRAG 56"Darn it!"DANG 57Lake by ClevelandERIE 58Kitchen fixtureSINK 59"For Pete's ___!"SAKE 60Pat gentlyDAB 6154-Down whose name is said when a player has only one card leftUNO 62Recycling receptacleBIN

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on October 29, 2026, a Thursday, 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.