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October 25, 2026

Quick crossword 17596 released



Daily Crossword Challenge

A fresh crossword challenge is now available for puzzle enthusiasts. Today’s puzzle features clues for words ranging from protective headgear to certain flora for cattle feed. Challenge your vocabulary and problem-solving skills with this exciting exercise.

Across Clues

1: Six-letter word for protective headgear.
4: Complete the phrase: Bone ___. Six letters required.
9: A seven-letter word meaning combination.
10: Identifies as final, job, or special with a five-letter word.
11: Five letters that signify a reduction.
12: A seven-letter term for something over-the-top.
13: An eleven-letter expression for providing supporting evidence.
18: A term for a plant used as cattle feed, seven letters.
20: The five-letter name of the creator of fictional characters Pooh and Eeyore.
22: A five-letter word meaning to hang down.
23: Seven letters that mean to mistakenly drop something.
24: Six letters for walking in water.
25: Motionless, expressed in six letters.

Down Clues

1: Six-letter term for heating but not boiling.
2: A five-letter word meaning to connect or link.
3: Seven-letter anagram from ‘USA nerd’ hinting at something in bits.
5: Five letters for an expression meaning up in the air.
6: A seven-letter word for deliberate action.
7: Six letters referring to successfully accomplishing a job.
8: An eleven-letter synonym for similarity.
14: Seven-letter term for jettison.
15: Another word for rife, containing seven letters.
16: A phrase for being short of money, structured in 4 and 2 letters.
17: Six letters for a kind of measurement.
19: Five-letter description of where a buttonhole is worn.
21: Slang term for authentic, consisting of five letters.

Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.