CRSWRD #36 — Saturday, October 17, 2026

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#36 Sat, Oct 17

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Published Saturday, October 17, 2026 · Answers added October 18, 2026, 00:00 UTC

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1 Across Tennis serve winner (3) — ACE
Other clues: “Top card in the deck”, “Top card”, “Expert”
4 Across Decay (3) — ROT
Other clues: “___ gut”, “Decompose”
5 Across Requires (7) — DEMANDS
Other clues: “Insists on”
9 Across Number ___ (3) — ONE
Other clues: “Single”, “Unity”
10 Across End of an ___ (3) — ERA
Other clues: “Historical period”, “Time period”, “Epoch”
11 Across Entrance (7) — GATEWAY
Other clues: “___ drug”, “Portal”
13 Across Large deer (3) — ELK
Other clues: “Rocky Mountain animal”, “Wapiti”
14 Across Soap base (3) — LYE
Other clues: “Caustic”

1 Down ___ rock (5) — ARENA
Other clues: “Sports venue”, “Stadium”, “Fight venue”
2 Down Halley's ___ (5) — COMET
Other clues: “Space ice ball with tail”, “Tail star”, “Sky streak”
3 Down Greek letter after zeta (3) — ETA
Other clues: “Arrival est.”, “Greek letter”
5 Down Man's best friend (3) — DOG
Other clues: “Hot ___”, “Canine”, “Pet”
6 Down Recently (5) — NEWLY
Other clues: “Just now”
7 Down Male duck (5) — DRAKE
Other clues: “Rapper ___”, “Duck”
8 Down I'd ___ so (3) — SAY
Other clues: “Speak”, “Utter”
12 Down Electric ___ (3) — EEL
Other clues: “Slippery fish”, “Snake fish”, “Sushi item”

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