Crosswords With Friends hints and answers for October 21, 2026
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Today’s Crosswords With Friends clues, hints & answers
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Volcanic material that buried Pompeii (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
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Artist and activist Yoko (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
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Prefix for natal or liberal (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
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___ Island (reality series) (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOVE→
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Press ___ (media packet) (3)
Starts with K, ends with TKIT→
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Opal or sapphire for example (3)
Starts with G, ends with MGEM→
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Country to the north of the Strait of Hormuz (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRAN→
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Creation of ___ (Bible-themed painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel) (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
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The ___ We Were (Streisand song) (3)
Starts with W, ends with YWAY→
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Take a chance (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDARE→
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Overinflated balloons sound (3)
Starts with P, ends with PPOP→
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Adams Rib actor who played a police captain in Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: 2 wds. (12)
Starts with S, ends with YSPENCERTRACY→
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Had followers (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
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The End of ___ Street (recent sci-fi movie) (3)
Starts with O, ends with KOAK→
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Part of a list (4)
Starts with I, ends with MITEM→
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___ fly (baseball play that advances a runner) (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
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Part of a Harvard email address (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEDU→
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Pioneering TV comedian who played a businessman in Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: 2 wds. (11)
Starts with M, ends with EMILTONBERLE→
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Pigeons cry (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCOO→
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River-blocking structure (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDAM→
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Biblical garden setting (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
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Resident of the Mojo Dojo Casa House in Barbie (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKEN→
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Darth Vaders boyhood nickname (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
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Warp-resistant tropical wood (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTEAK→
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Tricky (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
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You aint seen nothin ___! (3)
Starts with Y, ends with TYET→
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Soft drink introduced in 1886 (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOKE→
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as if my life depended ___: 2 wds. (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
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Annoyed (8)
Starts with B, ends with DBOTHERED→
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Protractor measurement (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANGLE→
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Look (like) (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEEM→
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School assignment done outside of class time (8)
Starts with H, ends with KHOMEWORK→
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Covered in goop (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSLIMY→
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Dear ___ Hansen (musical) (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEVAN→
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Animal lair (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDEN→
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Like this clues number (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEVEN→
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Totally spellbound (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRAPT→
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Broadband connection: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDSL→
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Animal such as a bonobo (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
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Birds with showy tails (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPEACOCKS→
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___ Nights Alright for Fighting (1973 Elton John hit) (8)
Starts with S, ends with YSATURDAY→
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Best pitcher on a softball team (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
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Bodybuilders workout site (3)
Starts with G, ends with MGYM→
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Parka for one (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOAT→
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Sally ___ (first American woman in space) (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDE→
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Move stealthily (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSLINK→
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Shiny black hardwood (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEBONY→
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Depeche ___ (British band) (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMODE→
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Furniture chain based in Sweden (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
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Give out as heat (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNOEL→
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Dont ___ me stop you! (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELANE→
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53 clues.
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For example: Volcanic material that buried Pompeii (ASH); Artist and activist Yoko (ONO); Prefix for natal or liberal (NEO).
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