Daily Themed Crossword October 26, 2020 Answers
Every clue and answer from the October 26, 2020 grid, in puzzle order.
October 26, 2020 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Knock lightly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Sub-window on a web browser | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Wall Street worker for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Meghan Trainor's "All About That ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | "Lose Yourself" rapper | Show answer | 6 | |
| #6 | "Easy A" actress ___ Stone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | "She read the story in a dull ___" (droning way) | Show answer | 8 | |
| #8 | Jessica ___ NASA astronaut (anagram of "mire") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Prefix with "inflammatory" or "gravity" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | "City of Gold" in the Mid-East | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Have ___ on (first claim) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | "Give ___ go": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Prohibit or outlaw | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | That girl | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Southern constellation with a palindromic name | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Famous faucet brand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Logan and Ogden's state | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | "Nova" network: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | "What's ___ for me?": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Boon's opposite | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | 2019 song by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello from his self-titled album | Show answer | 8 | |
| #22 | Sheepish female? | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | "___ End" (movie closer) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Soaked like a towel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Small mountains? | Show answer | 5 | |
| #26 | Apple's bitten apple for one | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Actress ___ Esco of "SWAT" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Speech problem | Show answer | 4 | |
| #29 | "Titanic" heroine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Feeling of deep regret | Show answer | 7 | |
| #31 | 2013 Idris Elba starrer "Pacific ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | 2015 single by Shawn Mendes from his debut studio album "Handwritten" | Show answer | 8 | |
| #33 | Black gold | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Appropriate | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | "Long long ___" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | "By ___" (Brit's oath) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Little point to pick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Bearded antelope | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Not negative for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Sault ___ Marie Canada | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Prefix for half a circle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Male offspring | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Sail through the sky | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | "___ You Better" 2016 single by Shawn Mendes from the album "Illuminate" | Show answer | 5 | |
| #45 | Direction indicator for hikers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Chinese "way" of life | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Major blood carrier | Show answer | 5 | |
| #48 | "Collapse into Now" band: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Many CEOs' degrees: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Bop on the head | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "I ___ it" (was sure of) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Santa's syllables | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Luscious locks | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | ___ Wednesday (Lent starter) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | UN agency for the workers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Niels ___ award-winning Danish physicist | Show answer | 4 | |
| #57 | "Price is negotiable" in ads: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Cashew or almond | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | "Gross!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #60 | Buzz Lightyear's "___ Story" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #61 | Peace Prize city? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Assist in a way | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Massage target | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | "___ You" 2014 single by Shawn Mendes from "The Shawn Mendes EP" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Famous baseball slugger Sammy ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | Existential question starter | Show answer | 3 |
How the October 26, 2020 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for October 26, 2020, a Monday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is MONOTONE at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 2 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2020 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for October 26, 2020 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
October 26, 2020 — Questions
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3 Tips for the October 26, 2020 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 66 clues with answers from 3 to 8 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for October 26, 2020 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the October 26, 2020 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.