This might shock you Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “This might shock you” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of October 4, 2026? It has 7 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 4, 2026
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STUNNER is the answer to “This might shock you”. It means one that stuns.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
One that stuns.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: TNSNRUE.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with S and ends with R.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (October 4, 2026)
Across
- 1. State that's home to the International Cryptozoology Museum5 letters, starts with MMAINE
- 6. PC platform that preceded Windows5 letters, starts with MMSDOS
- 11. Mr. Potato Head pair4 letters, starts with EEYES
- 15. Crunchy lunch initials3 letters, starts with BBLT
- 18. "Elf" actor Ed5 letters, starts with AASNER
- 19. "Wanted Dead or ___" (Bon Jovi power ballad)5 letters, starts with AALIVE
- 20. Android message4 letters, starts with TTEXT
- 21. Mrs. Potato Head pair4 letters, starts with EEARS
- 23. Body of water that kinda reminds you of a 1990s PC game?11 letters, starts with MMYSTICRIVER
- 25. Road that was sorta built for using smartphone programs?9 letters, starts with AAPPIANWAY
- 27. Solution for a washer6 letters, starts with BBLEACH
- 28. Emotional butterflies6 letters, starts with NNERVES
- 30. Not feeling 100 percent3 letters, starts with IILL
- 31. ___ and yang3 letters, starts with YYIN
- 32. Quaker grains4 letters, starts with OOATS
- 33. Small unit of work3 letters, starts with EERG
- 35. No. that may be followed by an ext.3 letters, starts with TTEL
- 36. Crystalline seasoning4 letters, starts with SSALT
- 37. "The Ship" musician Brian3 letters, starts with EENO
- 38. Be a penny-pincher6 letters, starts with SSCRIMP
- 41. "What We Do in the Shadows" actor Berry4 letters, starts with MMATT
- 43. When you might make a right5 letters, starts with OONRED
- 45. Migratory colonist during the Great Trek4 letters, starts with BBOER
- 47. Properties that were kinda inspired by singer Ives?15 letters, starts with BBURLESQUEHOUSES
- 51. Butt muscles, briefly6 letters, starts with GGLUTES
- 53. ___ citizenship4 letters, starts with DDUAL
- 54. Currently being drafted, say6 letters, starts with UUNSENT
- 55. "Dig in!"7 letters, starts with LLETSEAT
- 57. Rocket booster, e.g.?6 letters, starts with NNBAFAN
- 59. Most up-to-date6 letters, starts with LLATEST
- 63. Performance enhancer3 letters, starts with AAMP
- 64. Con's counterpart in a debate3 letters, starts with PPRO
- 65. Mountain that's hidden in "Vietnam"4 letters, starts with EETNA
- 66. Course for prospective U.S. citizens3 letters, starts with EESL
- 68. "The Girls" author Cline4 letters, starts with EEMMA
- 69. Bird that's sorta known for sitting on a window ledge?10 letters, starts with SSILLYGOOSE
- 72. Fast-food products that are kinda shaped like a mad dog?10 letters, starts with CCURLYFRIES
- 75. Whom "I saw ... sitting on a seesaw" in a tongue twister4 letters, starts with EESAU
- 76. ___ Arbor (University of Michigan's home)3 letters, starts with AANN
- 77. "Leave it," in editing4 letters, starts with SSTET
- 79. This might shock you3 letters, starts with EEEL
- 80. Scurrying sewer critter3 letters, starts with RRAT
- 81. Surf and turf, e.g.6 letters, starts with RRHYMES
- 83. Real ___ broker6 letters, starts with EESTATE
- 85. Play station?7 letters, starts with DDAYCARE
- 87. Term for a Dubya adviser6 letters, starts with BBUSHIE
- 89. Fat used in biofuel production4 letters, starts with LLARD
- 91. "___ Skelter" (song on the Beatles' White Album)6 letters, starts with HHELTER
- 92. Photo that's sorta cold?15 letters, starts with PPOLAROIDPICTURE
- 97. Strip for a saxophonist4 letters, starts with RREED
- 98. 2024 Oscar-winning film starring Mikey Madison5 letters, starts with AANORA
- 99. Exams taken in H.S.4 letters, starts with SSATS
- 100. Triangular pastry that may be dipped in mango chutney6 letters, starts with SSAMOSA
- 102. West side of NYC?3 letters, starts with NNEW
- 103. Talk while acting out4 letters, starts with SSASS
- 105. 121 Down personnel3 letters, starts with MMDS
- 108. Stomach3 letters, starts with GGUT
- 109. Sitarist's melodic pattern4 letters, starts with RRAGA
- 113. Stein filler, at times3 letters, starts with AALE
- 114. Feeling while fuming3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 115. "Does that work for you?"6 letters, starts with IISITOK
- 117. Agrees to participate6 letters, starts with OOPTSIN
- 119. Offense that you'd kinda expect comedian Sahl to commit?9 letters, starts with MMORTALSIN
- 122. Mixed greens dish that's sorta cool?11 letters, starts with RRADISHSALAD
- 124. Assert with conviction4 letters, starts with AAVER
- 125. "We're talking past ___ other"4 letters, starts with EEACH
- 126. Brief flash of light5 letters, starts with GGLINT
- 127. Reaches across5 letters, starts with SSPANS
- 128. Partner of Dreyer in the ice cream business3 letters, starts with EEDY
- 129. Tuxedo shirt fastener4 letters, starts with SSTUD
- 130. Sad song5 letters, starts with EELEGY
- 131. Not long before the top of the hour5 letters, starts with TTENTO
Down
- 1. Spirited Cuban dance5 letters, starts with MMAMBO
- 2. Sanctuaries5 letters, starts with AASYLA
- 3. Atlas blowup5 letters, starts with IINSET
- 4. Company's financial resources minus liabilities9 letters, starts with NNETASSETS
- 5. Rocker Burdon of the Animals and War4 letters, starts with EERIC
- 6. Damage3 letters, starts with MMAR
- 7. Hurl insults during election season8 letters, starts with SSLINGMUD
- 8. Get into an Olympic pool, in a way4 letters, starts with DDIVE
- 9. Blatant5 letters, starts with OOVERT
- 10. Wait on, at a restaurant5 letters, starts with SSERVE
- 11. LAX predictions4 letters, starts with EETAS
- 12. "Ya got it"3 letters, starts with YYEP
- 13. Makes amends for8 letters, starts with EEXPIATES
- 14. "Be ___, my heart"5 letters, starts with SSTILL
- 15. Big ___ (London clock tower)3 letters, starts with BBEN
- 16. People who get into arguments in the bar?7 letters, starts with LLAWYERS
- 17. Worker who was recently hired7 letters, starts with TTRAINEE
- 22. Churches' governing bodies6 letters, starts with SSYNODS
- 24. "Dark Lady" singer of the 1970s4 letters, starts with CCHER
- 26. Pennsylvania city near Brush Mountain7 letters, starts with AALTOONA
- 29. Trees such as Boston's Liberty Tree4 letters, starts with EELMS
- 34. Part of a skeleton's cage3 letters, starts with RRIB
- 36. This might shock you7 letters, starts with SSTUNNER
- 39. Like clowns and dolls in many horror films6 letters, starts with CCREEPY
- 40. Dried plums6 letters, starts with PPRUNES
- 42. Color similar to cyan4 letters, starts with AAQUA
- 44. ___ Butter (cookie brand)6 letters, starts with NNUTTER
- 45. Imperfection7 letters, starts with BBLEMISH
- 46. One-up, as in a game7 letters, starts with OOUTPLAY
- 48. Diagnostic procedure on a blood sample, say7 letters, starts with LLABTEST
- 49. Panache4 letters, starts with EELAN
- 50. "Damn right!"8 letters, starts with HHELLYEAH
- 51. Comedian Nikki who was the first woman to host the Golden Globe Awards solo6 letters, starts with GGLASER
- 52. Sea called "the cold, quiet, immovable ocean" in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"8 letters, starts with SSARGASSO
- 56. One seen in Animation Domination promos4 letters, starts with TTOON
- 58. Permanent marker on one's head, for short7 letters, starts with FFACETAT
- 60. Territory such as Dubai7 letters, starts with EEMIRATE
- 61. Used finger paint, say7 letters, starts with SSMEARED
- 62. One providing quality control by sipping wine6 letters, starts with TTASTER
- 67. Wintertime racer4 letters, starts with SSLED
- 70. ___ vertebrae (largest parts of the spine)6 letters, starts with LLUMBAR
- 71. Iroquoian "People of the Standing Stone"7 letters, starts with OONEIDAS
- 73. Where the placenta forms6 letters, starts with UUTERUS
- 74. NHL team whose mascot is Gritty6 letters, starts with FFLYERS
- 78. Soft mineral4 letters, starts with TTALC
- 82. Bicontinental area7 letters, starts with EEURASIA
- 84. 9 times, briefly?4 letters, starts with SSEPT
- 86. Transparent adhesive9 letters, starts with CCLEARTAPE
- 88. Shows disdain for8 letters, starts with HHISSESAT
- 90. The performer Andro Gin or HercuSleaze, e.g.8 letters, starts with DDRAGKING
- 92. Colombia neighbor6 letters, starts with PPANAMA
- 93. Bob Marley song about unity7 letters, starts with OONELOVE
- 94. Took down7 letters, starts with LLOWERED
- 95. Schools of thought4 letters, starts with IISMS
- 96. Avian mob member3 letters, starts with EEMU
- 101. "However," in IMs4 letters, starts with OOTOH
- 104. French city once known as the "Little Rome of Gaul"5 letters, starts with AARLES
- 106. Sad song5 letters, starts with DDIRGE
- 107. Bathroom enclosure5 letters, starts with SSTALL
- 110. Lewis's literary lion5 letters, starts with AASLAN
- 111. Certain pro in the big leagues, aptly5 letters, starts with GGIANT
- 112. "To sum things up ..."5 letters, starts with AANDSO
- 115. Shown sharply on TV4 letters, starts with IINHD
- 116. Garfield's panting pal4 letters, starts with OODIE
- 118. "Hey! C'mere!"4 letters, starts with PPSST
- 120. "___ to keep up"3 letters, starts with TTRY
- 121. Dept. with ventilators3 letters, starts with IICU
- 123. Farm pen3 letters, starts with SSTY
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the Washington Post Sunday on October 4, 2026, January 25, 2026.
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Questions
What is the answer to “This might shock you”?
STUNNER, 7 letters: one that stuns.
When was “This might shock you” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of October 4, 2026, and 2 more times before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
7 letters, starting with S.