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Today's Washington Post Sunday Crossword Clues and Answers
October 11, 2026: 144 clues. Each answer stays hidden until you ask for a hint or the answer; every clue has its own page.
Clues and answers (October 11, 2026)
Across
- 1. Marchers in a children's song4 letters, starts with AANTS
- 5. Rolls up, as a flag5 letters, starts with FFURLS
- 10. Brazilian ballroom dance5 letters, starts with SSAMBA
- 15. Apt rhyme of "slam"4 letters, starts with WWHAM
- 19. Dermal opening4 letters, starts with PPORE
- 20. "Never at Rest" subject Newton5 letters, starts with IISAAC
- 21. Under world?5 letters, starts with OOCEAN
- 22. I for an Ioannite4 letters, starts with IIOTA
- 23. Desert descriptor4 letters, starts with AARID
- 24. Remove comedian Carson from the game?11 letters, starts with BBENCHJOHNNY
- 26. Hardly colorful4 letters, starts with DDRAB
- 27. Like "The Thing," but not "The Ring"6 letters, starts with RRATEDR
- 29. Represents7 letters, starts with DDENOTES
- 30. Piece of pad thai6 letters, starts with NNOODLE
- 32. Hip-hop band originally formed by Black Thought and Questlove8 letters, starts with TTHEROOTS
- 34. Consonantless assent3 letters, starts with OOUI
- 35. Held up over time, as a joke8 letters, starts with AAGEDWELL
- 37. Fella3 letters, starts with GGUY
- 38. Fishing or skiing rods5 letters, starts with PPOLES
- 40. Be in the red3 letters, starts with OOWE
- 41. Decide to leave out4 letters, starts with OOMIT
- 45. "Divergent" heroine, when she's the leader of the House?11 letters, starts with SSPEAKERTRIS
- 48. "Right ___ way"4 letters, starts with TTHIS
- 52. Highly positive reviews5 letters, starts with RRAVES
- 54. Make a wrong guess3 letters, starts with EERR
- 55. "I've had a good ___"3 letters, starts with RRUN
- 56. Libertine's opposite5 letters, starts with PPRUDE
- 57. More sarcastic nobleman?10 letters, starts with SSNIDERDUKE
- 60. Singer Neville, when he's presiding over a courtroom?10 letters, starts with JJUDGEAARON
- 62. Left-right combo, maybe6 letters, starts with OONETWO
- 63. Examine by touch7 letters, starts with PPALPATE
- 65. L'eggs fabrics6 letters, starts with NNYLONS
- 66. Org. managing the Near Earth Network4 letters, starts with NNASA
- 67. Be a character, say3 letters, starts with AACT
- 69. Beast found in "sorcery"3 letters, starts with OORC
- 70. Apt rhyme of "slam"3 letters, starts with RRAM
- 72. Poker night stake4 letters, starts with AANTE
- 73. Capital west of Huancayo4 letters, starts with LLIMA
- 75. Cinematic send-up5 letters, starts with SSPOOF
- 77. "Scythe" author Shusterman4 letters, starts with NNEAL
- 79. "Sesame Street" character's nickname when he works for financial institutions?10 letters, starts with BBANKSERNIE
- 83. Singer Manilow's nickname when he makes investments that mature?10 letters, starts with BBONDSBARRY
- 88. Skating legend Midori3 letters, starts with IITO
- 89. Cat collar attachment5 letters, starts with IIDTAG
- 90. "The Fisher King" Oscar winner Mercedes5 letters, starts with RRUEHL
- 91. Weed-clearing tool3 letters, starts with HHOE
- 92. Contract specifics5 letters, starts with TTERMS
- 94. "Tidy" figures4 letters, starts with SSUMS
- 96. Alpo competitor4 letters, starts with IIAMS
- 97. ___ Sports Bureau (source of sports stats)5 letters, starts with EELIAS
- 99. "Get what I mean?"3 letters, starts with SSEE
- 100. "My Gal ___" (1942 musical comedy)3 letters, starts with SSAL
- 101. Seeded bread, often3 letters, starts with RRYE
- 102. "... so what does that mean?"3 letters, starts with AAND
- 103. Brief way of introducing Justice Bader Ginsburg to a big-screen pig?8 letters, starts with RRUTHBABE
- 107. Bad temper3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 109. Terse command to tennis star Sampras to hand over a flower on "The Bachelor"?8 letters, starts with RROSEPETE
- 114. "The Simpsons" clerk critiqued in a 2017 Hari Kondabolu documentary3 letters, starts with AAPU
- 115. On a cruise ship, say4 letters, starts with AASEA
- 116. Shell station offering3 letters, starts with GGAS
- 117. In the ___ (around)4 letters, starts with AAREA
- 118. Salmon on a bagel3 letters, starts with LLOX
- 119. "Fresh Air" airer3 letters, starts with NNPR
- 120. Baseball players who [read the circled phrase] ... or what this puzzle's theme entries represent?13 letters, starts with SSWITCHHITTERS
- 123. Filmmaker Aster3 letters, starts with AARI
- 124. Wolf's lair3 letters, starts with DDEN
- 125. Most prudent6 letters, starts with SSAGEST
- 126. "Far out, man!"6 letters, starts with GGROOVY
- 127. Zero, in soccer matches3 letters, starts with NNIL
- 128. Surgery locales, for short3 letters, starts with OORS
- 129. Canaries' constructions5 letters, starts with NNESTS
- 130. One providing patient assistance5 letters, starts with NNURSE
- 131. Stag's mate3 letters, starts with DDOE
Down
- 1. In different places5 letters, starts with AAPART
- 2. "Chasing Pirates" musician Jones5 letters, starts with NNORAH
- 3. Clichéd5 letters, starts with TTRITE
- 4. Meal from the Hebrew word for "order"5 letters, starts with SSEDER
- 5. Stringy7 letters, starts with FFIBROUS
- 6. "___ your time wisely"3 letters, starts with UUSE
- 7. Money spent in Pretoria5 letters, starts with RRANDS
- 8. String securing a shoe4 letters, starts with LLACE
- 9. Dope or dupe7 letters, starts with SSCHNOOK
- 10. More covered in chimney grime7 letters, starts with SSOOTIER
- 11. Muscular woe4 letters, starts with AACHE
- 12. Group publishing the SuppleMentally Blog5 letters, starts with MMENSA
- 13. Permanent restriction3 letters, starts with BBAN
- 14. "Have there been updates?"7 letters, starts with AANYNEWS
- 15. "Black ___" (Iggy Azalea song featuring a spider in its music video)5 letters, starts with WWIDOW
- 16. Gigantic crowd5 letters, starts with HHORDE
- 17. In the least5 letters, starts with AATALL
- 18. Twin sister of Dipper on "Gravity Falls"5 letters, starts with MMABEL
- 25. Unit equivalent to a newton-meter5 letters, starts with JJOULE
- 28. Pet playing fetch3 letters, starts with DDOG
- 31. Words of appreciation3 letters, starts with OODE
- 33. Composed notes, say5 letters, starts with TTYPED
- 36. "What's ___ on?"5 letters, starts with GGOING
- 38. Cold-weather garment5 letters, starts with PPARKA
- 39. Walk proudly5 letters, starts with SSTRUT
- 41. "The most detestable habit in all modern cinema is the homage": ___ Welles5 letters, starts with OORSON
- 42. Heaven-sent food5 letters, starts with MMANNA
- 43. Collegiate octet5 letters, starts with IIVIES
- 44. "Thanks for coming to my ___" (sarcastic conclusion to a rant)7 letters, starts with TTEDTALK
- 46. Spew volcanically5 letters, starts with EERUPT
- 47. Less likely to win Miss Manners's approval5 letters, starts with RRUDER
- 48. Cheerful song syllables7 letters, starts with TTRALALA
- 49. Great Lake by Sarnia5 letters, starts with HHURON
- 50. Busy person's reply to "Got a minute?"5 letters, starts with IIDONT
- 51. "That makes no ___"5 letters, starts with SSENSE
- 53. Fix, as in fashion3 letters, starts with SSEW
- 56. Subject of labor negotiations3 letters, starts with PPAY
- 58. Traveled here and there6 letters, starts with RROAMED
- 59. Get hitched secretly5 letters, starts with EELOPE
- 60. ___ Elordi, portrayer of Frankenstein's monster in the 2025 film "Frankenstein"5 letters, starts with JJACOB
- 61. Tangle up6 letters, starts with EENMESH
- 64. MLB player, e.g.3 letters, starts with PPRO
- 68. Fairway rides5 letters, starts with CCARTS
- 71. "Touching the Void" mountain range5 letters, starts with AANDES
- 74. Goddess mentioned in the Pyramid Texts4 letters, starts with IISIS
- 75. Letter following rho5 letters, starts with SSIGMA
- 76. Sudden attack5 letters, starts with FFORAY
- 78. Having the means4 letters, starts with AABLE
- 79. "Just a little ___"3 letters, starts with BBIT
- 80. Took night courses?9 letters, starts with AATESUPPER
- 81. Policy forbidding refunds and exchanges9 letters, starts with NNORETURNS
- 82. Grosses out9 letters, starts with NNAUSEATES
- 84. Over-the-line figure9 letters, starts with NNUMERATOR
- 85. Region of western Germany along a river9 letters, starts with RRHINELAND
- 86. 1947 musical comedy featuring stowaways on a ship bound for a Brazilian city9 letters, starts with RROADTORIO
- 87. English equivalent of the French word at 34 Across3 letters, starts with YYES
- 93. "It's fine, I guess"3 letters, starts with MMEH
- 95. Displays of disrespect7 letters, starts with SSLIGHTS
- 96. "You win"7 letters, starts with IIRESIGN
- 98. Napkin's place3 letters, starts with LLAP
- 103. Uncertain someone?5 letters, starts with RRANDO
- 104. Low voice in a glee club4 letters, starts with BBASS
- 105. City on the Nile5 letters, starts with AASWAN
- 106. Sandy shade5 letters, starts with BBEIGE
- 108. Cry of team spirit3 letters, starts with RRAH
- 110. Ingredients in some Dairy Queen Blizzards5 letters, starts with OOREOS
- 111. Deliver, in a restaurant5 letters, starts with SSERVE
- 112. "Whoa there, tiger"4 letters, starts with EEASY
- 113. Kick out5 letters, starts with EEXILE
- 121. St. Louis winter hrs.3 letters, starts with CCST
- 122. Mr. Capote, to friends3 letters, starts with TTRU
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