USA Today Crossword October 29, 2026 Answers

Across

1AIn need of an ice bath, perhaps4 5A"A Few Good Men" star Moore4 9A"Amazing ___" (hymn)5 14ASign of the future4 15A"Get ___ it!"4 16A"It's not that serious"5 17ASnoozes before a late-night event4 18A"Jenni" director ___ Saul Guerrero4 19APay increase5 20AFitness offering such as Zumba10 23ADocs for cats4 24ACaboose's position4 25ASafe spaces6 27ACountry with the world's largest elephant population8 31ANeon or helium3 32A"Monsters, ___"3 33AThrows out6 35A"___: Sarasota" (Betty White "SNL" sketch imagining a crime show set in a retirement community)3 38AMade increasingly desperate attempts15 42AHarder to come by5 43ACollege URL ending3 44ACricket field shape4 45A"That's hilarious"6 47AImprov actor's "That's a wrap!"8 50ARoad trip tech3 51A___ and outs3 53AAmerica's national tree3 54ARoyal rank associated with the Romanovs12 60A___ chocolate (pistachio-based treat)5 63AThe "A" of UAE4 64ALyric Opera of Chicago solo4 65A"Jujutsu Kaisen" medium5 66ATirade4 67ABroomball venue4 68ASkeleton parts5 69ACheesecake ingredients4 70AIce hockey player's feint4

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1D"Crosswords" by Olivia Dean, e.g.4 2D"This Is Us" actor Epps4 3DDocuments showing students’' grades11 4DOccurs as a result6 5DBoxer's box?8 6DWicked4 7DPrefix meaning "huge"4 8DLike Guinness5 9D"I'm so angry!"3 10DLakers player Austin6 11DLike something that's out of this world?5 12DAssigns a part to5 13DFormer partners4 21DCat's foot3 22DWise people5 26DLike outer space4 27DRhyming vehicle6 28DFreeway entrance6 29DConnection point4 30DCarne ___5 34DSurprise4 35DHibernation site4 36DMany a bird in a Tchaikovsky ballet4 37DThe Emerald ___4 39DWitness3 40DWide-open grasslands8 41DVery firm8 46DStuff somewhat shared by siblings3 48DIsn't sold on6 49DSquid's ink holder3 52DDrum kit component5 54DFortnite, e.g.4 55D___ queen4 56D"Darn it!"4 57DLake by Cleveland4 58DKitchen fixture4 59D"For Pete's ___!"4 60DPat gently3 61D54-Down whose name is said when a player has only one card left3 62DRecycling receptacle3