Down for a Cross
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How to Enter Answers
Click a cell once to enter an answer, and click that same cell again to switch between horizontal and vertical orientations
Click the clues to move the cursor directly to the cell for that answer
Hold down the
Shift
key to enter multiple characters for rebus answers
Basic Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut
Description
Letter / Number
Fill in current cell and advance cursor to next unfilled cell in the same word, if any
.
(period)
Toggle pencil mode on/off
Arrow keys
Either move cursor along current orientation or change orientation without moving cursor
Space bar
Flip orientation between down/across
Delete
or
Backspace
Clear current cell
Alt
+
S
,
W
, or
P
Check
S
quare,
W
ord, or
P
uzzle
Alt
+
Shift
+
S
,
W
, or
P
Reveal
S
quare,
W
ord, or
P
uzzle
Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts
[
and
]
OR
Shift
with arrow keys
Move cursor perpendicular to current orientation without changing orientation
Tab
and
Shift+Tab
Move cursor to first unfilled square of next or previous unfilled clue
Home
OR
End
Move cursor to the beginning or end of a clue
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Basics
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Original "Magnum, P.I." network
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San Antonio NBA player
12
___ Lloyd ("Lost" character)
13
Chihuahua, e.g.
15
Freeze and say "cheese"
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"Holy cannoli!"
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Jeweled headpiece
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Alternative to printed sheet music
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Made soapy spheres
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Cake whose name translates to "grandmother"
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"Clueless" actress Donovan
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Beer that's faster to brew than lager
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Use ransomware on, maybe
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Creature that's the smallest mammal by length
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Soda container
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Ripped
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Indulge in gaiety
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Travel adapter's target
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Meds you don't swallow whole
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Bill who voiced Fear in "Inside Out"
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Hairy TV cousin
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Useful thing
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Seek answers
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Make a false step
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Bounce a basketball with both hands
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Didn't discard
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Power-ups in Mario Kart
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Peruvian city home to Mistura Food Festival
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"Yeah, right"
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Place for blush
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Clock radio switch
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"Yeah, right"
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Makes some dough
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Quick meal
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Person signing autographs
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Vietnamese holiday
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River that's reimagined as a wall in "Hadestown"
DOWN
1
"Look at those tiny paws!"
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Scrooge's exclamation
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Walloped
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Sugarcane part
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Bed in a nursery
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Old-fashioned boyfriend?
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Novi Sad resident
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Marketing pitch
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Colorful frozen treats
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Country with the most Miss Universe wins
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Like some bricks and roses
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Texter's segue
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Small glob
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Place for a musical "worm"
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Allow
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Quantity of baked goods
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Luau greeting
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Fry quickly
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Doomscroller's feeling
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Round object
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"Fine, act childish, then!"
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Positive change
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In the manner of
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Female sheep
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Pet scan expert?
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"if it's not 2 much trouble"
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Part of Syria's official name
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Hurtful remark
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Piece of pepperoni
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Potential pitfalls
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Rookie's first game
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Vibrato-heavy performance
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State aloud
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Surname on tractors
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Doesn't maintain confidentiality
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Quota
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Like a ghost town
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Give some lip to?
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Discover alternative, for short
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USA Today Thursday, Oct 02, 2025 Bi-ble Reading
Daily Puzzle | By Jake Halperin
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