USA Today Crossword October 27, 2026 Answers

Across

1AOscars slight4 5AThis cleu hsa two5 10APlace for a mani-pedi3 13AShow off at the skate park, perhaps11 16ARoad goo3 17ACricketers with both batting and bowling skills11 18AWhat the "10" in E10+ represents3 19ABlanketed, say6 20ALooks without blinking6 22A___ Park, Colo.5 23ABaseball hat3 26APlay part3 27AOne with a vision, perhaps4 28AGold purity measurement5 30AMarine mammal in Mallorca?4 33AReach for the stars, say11 35ATool used to scale a Gotham skyscraper7 39ALike stars at night7 40AWildlife you don't see every day11 42ABangladesh's continent4 43ADisney mermaid with a collection of human treasures5 44AMin. fragments4 48ARose and Bruno Mars hit song3 50A"Help wanted" letters3 51AWhite wine grape5 52ASmell and taste, for two6 55ASoothing beverage you might blow on6 56AOmelet ingredient3 57AKindergarten project with pasta11 61ADial-up pioneer3 62AMaking an effort to get along11 63AOrlando-to-Miami direction (Abbr.)3 64APlot-Mandated Friendship Failure, e.g.5 65ARosebud, in "Citizen Kane" (Spoiler alert!)4

Down

1DTotally forgets about something6 2DWin-win6 3DStill awake at 3 a.m., say6 4DCashless exchange6 5DImpact sound4 6DCurrency in Osaka3 7D___ XING (traffic sign)3 8DCopa Mundial cheer3 9DKnights' titles4 10DSci-fi franchise featuring Spock8 11DSummon via beeper4 12D"Tron: ___"4 14DReasons to say "alas"4 15D"Como ___ usted?"4 21DOak tree-to-be5 23DThings selected in The Game of Life7 24DIs for us?3 25DPeppermint ___7 28DSorority's "K"5 29DBeach item5 31DThe "C" of UCLA, for short3 32DName on many a vegetarian frozen meal3 33DNumber after uno3 34DPrefix for "agree"3 35DSports ___3 36DCommon batteries3 37DPlayStation controller button8 38DHarvests5 41DTech exec3 44DSome campus protests6 45DInvolve6 46DPersuade with pressure6 47DSaid6 49DWorker brought in as needed4 51DIconic Atari game4 52DThe seven ___4 53DThey may be fragile4 54DBandmate of Pepa4 55DFine-tune, like a skill4 58D"I Woke Up in a ___"3 59D"The Bear" star Edebiri3 60DTear3