Windows 95
Released 2026.06.28, a medium crossword puzzle
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Crossword
FEATURED CLUE | 60-across: The nos. in Windows 95 and COVID-19, for two
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The Commons
CLUE: One whose coat of arms displays a unicorn (4) — 🖋️Wyna Liu and Paolo Pasco
CLUE: Lead-in to brain or body (3) — 🖋️Evan Kalish
⬇️ Answers below
The Commons is a guessing game of common/short answers or “crosswordese” used in puzzles.
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Answers
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Puzzle clues
1-Across: Trade class
5-Across: Doc with summaries and diagrams
8-Across: Wolfe of the “Lethal Weapon” films
13-Across: Fix for knotted hares
14-Across: Word subbing ‘ for v
15-Across: Fence in
16-Across: Lousy sight for a waiter on a bill
17-Across: Enters stealthily
19-Across: Sandwiches in plastic trays
20-Across: “Darnit”
21-Across: Marriage words, in a way
22-Across: Subject of the book and film “The Wizard of Lies”
25-Across: Dessert with which you might “torcher” yourself
29-Across: Electric, say
33-Across: Goes through ups and downs
34-Across: Jeremy ___ White, star of “The Bear”
35-Across: Luxury Indian perfume brand that’s an anagram of “meant”
36-Across: Peter
39-Across: Arcade grub that must be eaten to win the level
41-Across: Common substitute for wasabi because of scarcity
43-Across: Some ballot initiatives
48-Across: “¿Que ____?”
51-Across: Inter or e suffix
52-Across: In tune
53-Across: Made aware of
55-Across: “_____ now is, God once was.” (Mormon verse)
56-Across: Crime boss played by Travolta in 2018
57-Across: “Ur funny”
58-Across: Mushroom maker
59-Across: Alcohol that sounds like a lady’s name
60-Across: The nos. in Windows 95 and COVID-19, for two
61-Across: Shoe brand with a One for One giving model
1-Down: Z sound?
2-Down: Jealous wannabe
3-Down: Stars showing off their belt, possibly
4-Down: Arena where they probably don’t serve Coke products
5-Down: Professional been-there-done-thats
6-Down: “The Taking of ____ One Two Three,” 1974 Walter Matthau film
7-Down: Audio devices with three elements
8-Down: Charmin lines, briefly
9-Down: Flavored again, as oils
10-Down: Rice who’s buried in the same cemetery as Mel Ott, of crossword fill fame
11-Down: ____ Is What We Aim For, aughts pop-punk band
12-Down: Launches for SpaceX and the like, maybe
13-Down: Highfalutin type (that also means a cobbler to the Brits)
18-Down: Someone scared of something
23-Down: Um, um, partners, um, right?
24-Down: Eggy challah, at times
26-Down: Ironic, purposefully mistyped version of 57-across
27-Down: Say “vom” about
28-Down: There-abouts, briefly
29-Down: Gnarly cut
30-Down: Purina brand
31-Down: Talk oneself into a DUI, probably
32-Down: Time to rage
37-Down: Chip away, very slowly
38-Down: Zoomer’s manner of moving
39-Down: They’ll definitely get fired
40-Down: When doubled, “so-so” in Salamanca
42-Down: Who is famous on British TV?
44-Down: Vision board, e.g.
45-Down: Sure, old lady
46-Down: Is almost there
47-Down: Last word of a Scot’s song title meaning “old long since”
48-Down: Turning point?
49-Down: Gobs
50-Down: MacFarlane who created Peter Griffin
54-Down: Un-finished?