# Everyday Puzzles Crossword Answers - October 8, 2026

- Across: Irritatingly smug smile — **SMIRK**
- Across: Dampen or muffle a loud noise — **DEADEN**
- Across: Tapestries concealing alcoves — **ARRASES**
- Across: Website-building company based in Tel Aviv — **WIX**
- Across: Code for Beijing Capital International Airport — **PEK**
- Across: Loudly, making a ruckus — **NOISILY**
- Across: Lender at high interest rates, old term — **USURER**
- Across: A knight's trusty horse — **STEED**
- Down: From dusk till __ — **DAWN**
- Down: Joker's quote: "Why so __?" — **SERIOUS**
- Down: Follower of the theory relating to communism — **MARXIST**
- Down: International Development Association, initialism — **IDA**
- Down: File a legal case for compensation — **SUE**
- Down: Another word for "breathe", especially in biology — **RESPIRE**
- Down: Another way of saying "knelt" — **KNEELED**
- Down: Icelandic cultured dairy product — **SKYR**

Source: https://cluestash.com/everyday-puzzles/crossword/2026-10-08/