USA Today Crossword October 18, 2026 Answers

Across

1A"So?"3 4ABaby buggy?5 9A"___ Gotta Have It"4 13ATV explorer4 15APandemonium5 16ALayer of paint4 17A"The Woman King" and "How to Get Away With Murder" star considered to be one of the greatest actors of all time10 19A___-bitty4 20AChanges the subject, perhaps?5 21APassover ritual5 23AI've got your number! (Abbr.)3 24ARenovates6 26ASoy sauce alternative6 28ASome undergrad degrees3 29ANeon garments for crossing guards5 33ARolled corn chip brand5 34AHad a big fight7 36A___-cute (rom-com trope)4 37ACalifornia Eagle owner-editor who foiled a KKK plot and ran for U.S. vice president13 40AVery damp crawl space?4 41ADangers6 42ADogs and cats, but not puppies and kittens6 45ALike stags and roosters4 46AMany a wall flower?3 49AParts of courses7 51AStew made with dal and tamarind6 53A"Firstly . . ."3 54AFloor plan sections5 57ALike the joke "What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!"5 58AFace coverings5 60A"All About Love" and "The Will To Change" author who paved the way for intersectional feminism9 62AFriend, in Spanish5 63ARadiate4 64A"The Price of ___"4 65AMatching groups4 66ASkip it!4 67A___ Moines, IA3

Down

1DPart of speech of "truly"6 2D"I don't know!"6 3D"Star Wars" robots6 4DTV type3 5DExfoliant ingredients, for short4 6DParty with kandi bracelets4 7DNull and ___4 8DThat's useful!5 9DThe S in STEM (Abbr.)3 10DSome unpopular opinions8 11DFilling stations?8 12DOne might be paid to change the locks?7 14DPalo ___, CA4 18DLetter sign-off6 22DPet rodent3 25DPeddle4 27DSome parents5 30DPig food4 31DSacred clan symbol5 32DKama ___5 34DTakes a tumble5 35DWord yelled before a coin flip5 37DSpy's moniker8 38DTake care of someone's place8 39DIt lightens things up6 40DGrapefruit cocktails7 43DTrunk5 44DWord before "Caps" and "Balls"3 46DIn another country6 47DIrritate6 48DLovers' meetups6 50DNot drunk5 52DSounds from stock characters?4 55DOfficewide email4 56DPiece of paper for parental permission4 59DMetric units of weight (Abbr.)3 61D4G ___3