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Daily Crossword Puzzle #8 for Wed, Oct 21, 2026

ACROSS
1. 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
4. First of billions?
8. Foregone conclusion
12. Hearing organs
14. Make _____ (do battle with)
16. Toward shelter
17. Narrow board
18. Pleas
20. "_____ Recall"
22. Shade tree
23. Newt
24. Compass dir.
25. Consume
28. 54 in ancient Rome
30. Father
31. Plates
35. Area sheltered from the wind
37. Burn to charcoal
40. US Secretary of Labor Elaine L. _
41. Periodic rise and fall of the sea level
42. Former Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud
44. "Corrida" creature
45. Enthusiastic
46. Inactive volcano in Sicily
47. Baseball player Mel
48. Prevent from occurring
50. Commotion
52. Director Reiner
54. Car or cant ending
55. "One Day ___ Time"
58. RI univ.
61. French article
63. Debunk (Brit. slang)
65. Wine waiters
70. Drop; flow; fall
71. Dad
72. Proceeds
73. Locale of original sin
74. Stricken, poetically
75. Confront
76. Eastern Standard Time (abbr.)

DOWN
1. Musical pauses
2. Rings
3. Speak pompously
4. Deep reverence
5. Daniel's nick name
6. Nonscientific branch of learning
7. Greater amount
8. Domesticated feline
9. Writer Wiesel
10. Coral ridge
11. Trial
13. R.R. building
15. 1994 drama film starring Jodie Foster
19. Among
21. Flowery wreath
26. Curves
27. Giggle
29. Winning man's name
30. Sowing specialist
32. Guess
33. Draw slowly or heavily
34. "Barney Miller" actor Jack
35. Not recorded
36. Prepare for publication
38. Keyboard modifier key
39. Wash lightly
41. Small amount or degree
43. Yard entry
49. Hero or heavy, e.g.
51. Working for oneself (abbr.)
53. Waist strap
55. Remain
56. Stories
57. Representative
58. United States Postal Service (abbr.)
59. Wander aimlessly
60. Body of Kaffir warriors
62. Thailand, formerly
64. Compass dir.
66. Floor covering
67. Make supply last
68. To riddle
69. Fast jet (abbr.)