Belleville News-Democrat Crossword Answers Crossword October 26, 2025

Here are answers to the Crossword in the Belleville News-Democrat on October 26, 2025

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Crossword Clues:
NUMBER	ANSWER	CLUE
1A	6 letters	Social activist Shetty
7A	6 letters	Cozy mountain homes
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13A	8 letters	Ghosts
15A	8 letters	Highway that's not free to use, e.g.
17A	10 letters	Hybrid genre for Billie Eilish
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19A	10 letters	Miniature plant in a Japanese garden
21A	21 letters	Connections that involve conflicting emotions
23A	6 letters	___ out (oblivious)
24A	7 letters	Like some last-resort measures
25A	6 letters	Pure
26A	4 letters	"What tragic news!"
28A	5 letters	Like days of yore
29A	4 letters	___ Crunch (cereal)
30A	3 letters	Vexation
31A	4 letters	Chops, like a tree
33A	4 letters	PREP amount, e.g.
35A	3 letters	Luau instrument, for short
37A	8 letters	"Everything's chaos"
39A	8 letters	Washes thoroughly before a surgery
42A	3 letters	"Kinda"
43A	4 letters	"She on a ___, but her pockets eatin' cheesecake" (Nicki Minaj lyric)
44A	3 letters	Bonobo, e.g.
47A	4 letters	Joints that "don't lie" in a Shakira hit
48A	3 letters	Doechii's genre
50A	4 letters	Actress Shawkat
52A	11 letters	Court MVP?
55A	4 letters	Red dessert wine
56A	5 letters	___ Park, California
58A	9 letters	Sneakily score a run from third base
59A	5 letters	Spelunkers explore them
60A	4 letters	NBA great Thompson
62A	7 letters	Place for a piercing
63A	4 letters	Kappamaki seaweed
64A	6 letters	Scenic views
66A	3 letters	Uno, ___, tres ...
67A	6 letters	Strong, impressive person, colloquially
69A	4 letters	Like a doily
70A	11 letters	Fashionable 18th century hairpiece
75A	4 letters	Some medical shampoo targets
77A	5 letters	"No bid"
79A	9 letters	Place to buy bars and canes
80A	5 letters	Be an ungracious winner
81A	9 letters	Helped out
83A	9 letters	Unresolved plot points
85A	4 letters	Abbr. after a list of authors
86A	3 letters	Illustration in many a fantasy novel
89A	4 letters	"Rad!"
90A	6 letters	Dalmatian or crustacean
93A	7 letters	"It's been a tiring day"
97A	6 letters	Most ready to eat
101A	21 letters	"We should take a few steps back"
104A	4 letters	Sin-ful subject?
105A	11 letters	"Sleep tight!"
106A	4 letters	___ up (increase)
107A	4 letters	Just OK
108A	4 letters	Queries
109A	4 letters	Verbalizes
110A	4 letters	Patella's joint
1D	5 letters	Org. for military families, colloquially
2D	8 letters	Formula One vehicles
3D	9 letters	Ahead of your competition
4D	6 letters	Road, in Italian
5D	4 letters	"What a ___!" ("LOL!")
6D	5 letters	Revved (up)
7D	5 letters	Shaped like a party hat
8D	4 letters	Too
9D	6 letters	___ Nieves (Snow White, in Spanish)
10D	9 letters	Bars that might host St. Patrick's Day parties
11D	8 letters	Polite refusal
12D	5 letters	Draped garments
13D	4 letters	(Kerplunk!)
14D	7 letters	Woeful things
15D	7 letters	Pizza roll brand
16D	4 letters	The "D" of USDA (Abbr.)
17D	3 letters	Chicago trains
18D	5 letters	Bells' loud sounds
19D	5 letters	Wait with ___ breath
20D	3 letters	Suffix for "Senegal"
22D	3 letters	Hallucinogen in the movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats"
27D	6 letters	Freak in the ___ (Excel whiz, humorously)
29D	6 letters	Deep red shade
30D	10 letters	Motto in "The Little Engine That Could"
32D	6 letters	Subject of a will
34D	6 letters	Cunning plot
36D	10 letters	International song competition that ABBA won in 1974
37D	4 letters	Word that's surprisingly not etymologically related to "island"
38D	3 letters	Prefix for "fit" or "place"
40D	3 letters	73-Down rival
41D	4 letters	Trim (down)
42D	3 letters	"___ so there!"
44D	7 letters	Given, like a prize
45D	7 letters	Publicly ridicule
46D	7 letters	Sets of guiding beliefs
49D	3 letters	Mobility rehab pros, for short
51D	12 letters	"Everything is ready for action!"
53D	3 letters	"Greta" actor Stephen
54D	3 letters	___ Hill (S.F. neighborhood)
55D	12 letters	What a car's backup camera might help someone do
57D	3 letters	Quaker grain
59D	3 letters	Fish-and-chips fish
61D	3 letters	Talk and talk and talk
63D	3 letters	Bother and bother and bother
64D	4 letters	E-cigarette
65D	5 letters	LA's region
67D	5 letters	Acronym for a nonwhite individual
68D	4 letters	Georgia sch. for creatives
69D	3 letters	___ nas X
71D	3 letters	Pallid
72D	3 letters	Tabletop RPG with bards
73D	3 letters	40-Down rival
74D	3 letters	"___-hoo!" ("Amazing!")
76D	3 letters	UFO crew
78D	5 letters	Personification of evil
80D	5 letters	Earth's shape
82D	5 letters	Angel hair toppings?
84D	5 letters	Skin woes
86D	5 letters	Hand-y kitchen items?
87D	4 letters	Multiple-choice test options
88D	5 letters	Boscs, Anjous, etc.
90D	4 letters	Secondary Insta accounts
91D	4 letters	"Fiddling" emperor
92D	4 letters	"Indeed"
93D	4 letters	Like, forever
94D	4 letters	Unassertive
95D	4 letters	___ of expertise
96D	4 letters	Stacked item in a cafeteria
98D	4 letters	Actor McGregor
99D	4 letters	"Ditto!"
100D	4 letters	Use a keyboard
102D	3 letters	___ Hotel (lodging at JFK Airport)
103D	3 letters	Chats on Whatsapp, briefly

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