Like "The Thing," but not "The Ring" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Like "The Thing," but not "The Ring"” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of October 11, 2026? It has 6 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2026
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RATEDR is the answer to “Like "The Thing," but not "The Ring"”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 6-letter answer that starts with R.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: TARRDE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Unlike a kids' movie”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (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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Questions
What is the answer to “Like "The Thing," but not "The Ring"”?
RATEDR, 6 letters.
When was “Like "The Thing," but not "The Ring"” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of October 11, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with R.