USA Today Crossword October 7, 2026 Answers

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Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues — every Across and Down answer for the October 7, 2026 USA Today Crossword.

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Across

1Online forum admins, for shortMODS 5GoalsAIMS 9Speck in the seaISLE 13Bitter-smellingACRID 15Hurdle for an aspiring atty.LSAT 16Ready to receive a passOPEN 17"Nifty!"NEATO 18"Just doing my best"ITRY 19Spellcasting toolWAND 20Occasion for a tabletop meeting?GAMENIGHT 22Spots for some home gardensYARDS 23Actor de ArmasANA 24___ tartare (alliterative fish dish)TUNA 25First-classAONE 26"More info to come later" (Abbr.)TBD 27Ballet garmentTUTU 29Prof's helpersTAS 32ScufflesMELEES 35Portmanteau for a content creator who might whisper in videosASMRTIST 37Midterms or finalsEXAMS 38Either . in :-)EYE 39Fear-inducingEERIE 40One may be lukewarmRESPONSE 42ApprovalASSENT 43Educated guess (Abbr.)EST 44Performs like Sexyy RedRAPS 45"___ Stuff" (Donna Summer hit)HOT 46Engage in an IRL fantasy battleLARP 48End of a walkie-talkie messageOVER 50___ penGEL 53Like fish in need of scrapingSCALY 55"Swear!"PROMISEME 57In it for the long ___HAUL 58Prize grabber in an arcadeCLAW 59"Leave this instant!"GONOW 60"Thus . . ."ERGO 61Fine-tuneHONE 62Country where soup joumou is enjoyedHAITI 63Like a fireplace in need of cleaningASHY 64Apple device whose smallest iteration, ironically, wasn't the NanoIPOD 65Baobabs or banyansTREES

Down

1"One Piece," e.g.MANGA 2Atlantic or PacificOCEAN 3Genre for "The Pitt" or "The Crown"DRAMA 4LocationSITE 5Set straight?ALIGN 6"I need to know the answer now"ISTHATAYESORANO 7Corner storeMART 8PigpenSTY 9Des Moinesian or DavenporterIOWAN 10Fifth wheel?SPARETIRE 11Offer temporarilyLEND 12Brings to a closeENDS 14"You have nothing to apologize for"DONTBESORRY 21Birth control options, for shortIUDS 22"I absolutely agree!"YOURESORIGHT 25Cash sourceATM 26Short-term employeeTEMP 28FunctionUSE 30"C ___ crossword"ASIN 31Editor's "leave this"STET 32___ mortalsMERE 33Old flamesEXES 34Vindication for a comeback victorLASTLAUGH 36Try outTEST 38Sixth sense, for shortESP 41Take an afternoon restNAP 42*clears throat*AHEM 47Metallic mixtureALLOY 49PromisedVOWED 50Wish granterGENIE 51Be theatricalEMOTE 52F1 driver HamiltonLEWIS 53___ butterSHEA 54Pixar movie whose soundtrack includes "Life Is a Highway"CARS 55"Ice cube dropping into water" soundPLOP 56SkyrocketSOAR 58Ho ___ Minh CityCHI

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on October 7, 2026, a Wednesday, 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.