Puzzle solutions for Friday, Oct. 2, 2026
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CROSSWORDS
USA TODAY crossword
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Los Angeles Times crossword
Today's crossword (McMeel)
Daily Commuter crossword
SUDOKU
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JUMBLE
USHER FEVER EMBLEM ELICIT
The lawyers who had faith that teaming up would result in success were − FIRM BELIEVERS
(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)
CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLES
Celebrity Cipher
"I've hurt my ankle and my foot a couple times and I've laced my shoes up and just went back and played." − LeBron James
(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)
Cryptoquote
YOU CAN ONLY OFFEND ME IF YOU MEAN SOMETHING TO ME. − CHRIS ROCK
(Distributed by King Features)
Cryptoquip
REALITY COMPETITION SHOW FEATURING GIFTED OWLS, OSPREYS AND SUCH: "AMERICA'S GOT TALONS."
(Distributed by King Features)
OTHER PUZZLES
Boggle
PAGE COVER AUTHOR LIBRARY CHAPTER
(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)
Lexigo
GEESE, EDGES, SLEIGH, HUNGER, REGIMEN
(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)
KenKen
Scrabblegrams
7 Little Words
SWAY
PRECEDES
LODGES
SATURATION
TOKYO
MISTY
SHORT
(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)
Find the Words
Day trip to the peninsula
(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)
Kubok
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