Crosswords With Friends hints and answers for October 22, 2026

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Today’s Crosswords With Friends clues, hints & answers

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___ every trick in the book (try everything) (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
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Colossal (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHUGE→
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Longtime maker of TVs and radios (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARCA→
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Nut with a cap (5)
Starts with A, ends with NACORN→
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Appliance for removing wrinkles (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRON→
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Club in a softball game (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBAT→
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Complete (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTOTAL→
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Actor Platt or Stiller (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBEN→
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Bee beetle or butterfly (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINSECT→
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Try to get browner skin (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTAN→
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Neighbor of Sweden and Finland: Abbr. (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
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Early rapper Kool Moe ___ (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
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Area for parking cars (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
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Not sleeping (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAWAKE→
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Big step (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTRIDE→
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The Name of the Rose author Umberto (3)
Starts with E, ends with OECO→
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Frankenstein star Oscar (5)
Starts with I, ends with CISAAC→
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Body part with a lobe and a canal (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
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Thats terrible news!: 2 wds. (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHNO→
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Join with the traffic on a highway (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMERGE→
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The Gilded ___ (HBO period drama) (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
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Walked back and forth (5)
Starts with P, ends with DPACED→
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Become spoiled (3)
Starts with R, ends with TROT→
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At Last singer James (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETTA→
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Cheez ___ (dip made by Kraft) (4)
Starts with W, ends with ZWHIZ→
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Spiritual radiance (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
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Defensible like an argument (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETENABLE→
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City-related (5)
Starts with U, ends with NURBAN→
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Mark from an old surgery (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSCAR→
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Nibbles on (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEATS→
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Images on desktop screens (5)
Starts with I, ends with SICONS→
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Very young kid (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTOT→
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Section of a historical timeline (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
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Tragic Shakespearean king (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLEAR→
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Make music with the voice (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSING→
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Irish performer of Only Time and May It Be (4)
Starts with E, ends with AENYA→
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Make a meal (4)
Starts with C, ends with KCOOK→
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Authentic and real (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUE→
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Wraps up (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
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Reddish-purple vegetable (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBEET→
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Higher than (4)
Starts with O, ends with ROVER→
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Dont be ___ sure (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTOO→
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Picassos field (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
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Ran away (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFLED→
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Apiece (4)
Starts with E, ends with HEACH→
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Chopped into small cubes like onions (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETWOTONE→
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White heron (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIMAGE→
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Opposite of far (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDICED→
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Villain in Othello (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEGRET→
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One-gulp serving of liquor (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNEAR→
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Romance writer Roberts (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSHOT→
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Mischievous child (4)
Starts with U, ends with TUNIT→
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What a shore borders (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANORA→
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Section of a circle (3)
Starts with I, ends with PIMP→

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61 clues.

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For example: ___ every trick in the book (try everything) (USE); Colossal (HUGE); Longtime maker of TVs and radios (RCA).

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