# Everyday Puzzles Crossword Answers - October 24, 2026

- Across: __ Thames, London riverside area, rhymes with glad — **SHAD**
- Across: Split or shredded with force — **TORE**
- Across: Christina __, heiress daughter of magnate Aristotle — **ONASSIS**
- Across: Latin for "in fact" — **DEFACTO**
- Across: Slow build up — **GRADUAL**
- Across: Joey's agent in Friends — **ESTELLE**
- Across: John Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band — **PIL**
- Across: Chocolate Rain singer __ Zonday — **TAY**
- Down: Heavy food that's filling and not very tasty — **STODGE**
- Down: Knife-sharpening stones — **HONERS**
- Down: Yasser __, chair of the PLO and Nobel prize winner — **ARAFAT**
- Down: Marquis __, French author of erotic novels — **DESADE**
- Down: To shape by molding or carving — **SCULPT**
- Down: What Florentines or Romans call their country — **ITALIA**
- Down: Not involving anyone else; e.g. __ responsible — **SOLELY**

Source: https://cluestash.com/everyday-puzzles/crossword/2026-10-24/