Every clue from the Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Daily Crossword with its answer, and the solved grid. Want to try it yourself first? Play puzzle #5, or today's puzzle.
Across
- 1Amazes (1 Across, 4 letters): AWES
- 5Lamb's cry (5 Across, 3 letters): BAA
- 8Phone someone (8 Across, 4 letters): CALL
- 12Folder in a cabinet (12 Across, 4 letters): FILE
- 13Painting or sculpture (13 Across, 3 letters): ART
- 14Confused scuffle (14 Across, 5 letters): MELEE
- 15Teen's poster subject (15 Across, 4 letters): IDOL
- 16Fib (16 Across, 3 letters): LIE
- 17Courteous (17 Across, 6 letters): POLITE
- 18Exact copy (18 Across, 7 letters): REPLICA
- 20Small villages (20 Across, 7 letters): HAMLETS
- 21Before, in poems (21 Across, 3 letters): ERE
- 22Team list (22 Across, 6 letters): ROSTER
- 24Single (24 Across, 3 letters): ONE
- 25Put on, as a hat (25 Across, 3 letters): DON
- 26Owns (26 Across, 3 letters): HAS
- 27Curved line (27 Across, 3 letters): ARC
- 29Ant community (29 Across, 6 letters): COLONY
- 32Nights before holidays (32 Across, 4 letters): EVES
- 34Even score (34 Across, 3 letters): TIE
- 35Speak like a senator (35 Across, 5 letters): ORATE
- 36Bale contents (36 Across, 3 letters): HAY
- 37Fashion craze (37 Across, 5 letters): TREND
- 39Country lodging (39 Across, 3 letters): INN
- 40"Darn it!" (40 Across, 4 letters): DRAT
- 42Card game with tricks and bids (42 Across, 6 letters): BRIDGE
- 43Pester (43 Across, 3 letters): NAG
- 44Exist (44 Across, 3 letters): ARE
- 45Fireplace piece (45 Across, 3 letters): LOG
- 46Coffee cup (46 Across, 3 letters): MUG
- 48Breakfast bowlful (48 Across, 6 letters): CEREAL
- 50Beach color (50 Across, 3 letters): TAN
- 53Tires out (53 Across, 7 letters): WEARIES
- 55Make bigger, as a photo (55 Across, 7 letters): ENLARGE
- 57Makes mad (57 Across, 6 letters): ANGERS
- 58Noah's boat (58 Across, 3 letters): ARK
- 59Tempt (59 Across, 4 letters): LURE
- 60T-bone, for one (60 Across, 5 letters): STEAK
- 61One of a pair of dice (61 Across, 3 letters): DIE
- 62Got a perfect score on (62 Across, 4 letters): ACED
- 63"Hey, over here!" (63 Across, 4 letters): PSST
- 64Ready, ___, go! (64 Across, 3 letters): SET
- 65Notices (65 Across, 4 letters): SEES
Down
- 1Burning (1 Down, 5 letters): AFIRE
- 2Broader (2 Down, 5 letters): WIDER
- 3Run off to marry (3 Down, 5 letters): ELOPE
- 4Put on the market (4 Down, 4 letters): SELL
- 5Juliet's perch (5 Down, 7 letters): BALCONY
- 6Opera songs (6 Down, 5 letters): ARIAS
- 7Had dinner (7 Down, 3 letters): ATE
- 8Big string instrument played sitting down (8 Down, 5 letters): CELLO
- 9Pushed away, as friends (9 Down, 9 letters): ALIENATED
- 10Letters on a sign (10 Down, 9 letters): LETTERING
- 11Wine dregs (11 Down, 4 letters): LEES
- 14Mother (14 Down, 3 letters): MOM
- 17Break down, as a sentence (17 Down, 5 letters): PARSE
- 19Pressed, as shirts (19 Down, 6 letters): IRONED
- 20Weighty (20 Down, 5 letters): HEAVY
- 23Playhouse (23 Down, 7 letters): THEATER
- 25Period at the end of a sentence (25 Down, 3 letters): DOT
- 28Give up, as territory (28 Down, 4 letters): CEDE
- 29Quarter or dime (29 Down, 4 letters): COIN
- 30Christmas tree trimmings (30 Down, 9 letters): ORNAMENTS
- 31English and Spanish (31 Down, 9 letters): LANGUAGES
- 33Leisurely walk (33 Down, 6 letters): STROLL
- 36Rabbits' cousins (36 Down, 5 letters): HARES
- 38Fix dishonestly, as a contest (38 Down, 3 letters): RIG
- 41Competitions (41 Down, 5 letters): RACES
- 42Bed cover (42 Down, 7 letters): BLANKET
- 47Wonderful (47 Down, 5 letters): GREAT
- 49Spooky (49 Down, 5 letters): EERIE
- 50Ceasefire (50 Down, 5 letters): TRUCE
- 51See eye to eye (51 Down, 5 letters): AGREE
- 52Requires (52 Down, 5 letters): NEEDS
- 53Stinging insect (53 Down, 4 letters): WASP
- 54Annoy (54 Down, 3 letters): IRK
- 56"Sad to say..." (56 Down, 4 letters): ALAS
- 58Commercials (58 Down, 3 letters): ADS
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