Under the Stars Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · By the Crossword Study Team
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‹ 1 across One who takes pleasure in another's pain
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across 1 One who takes pleasure in another's pain 7 * Charged atom in the solar wind 10 Dentists' tartar-removing tools 17 Verdi opera featuring Iago 18 Former Indian prime minister P. V. Narasimha ___ 19 * Northern sky guide close to the celestial pole 20 Dressy jacket worn without matching trousers 23 * Southern constellation named for an altar 24 Endurance event combining a swim, a long ride and a marathon 25 Unconvincing, as an excuse 26 * Recognizable sky pattern, such as the Big Dipper 28 High-kicking dances 29 Country whose capital is Tehran 30 Affirmative replies 31 Away from the wind, nautically 32 * The Red Planet 33 Support for a golf ball 35 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, briefly 39 'Am ___ correct?' 40 Prefix meaning 'at a distance' 43 * Vega's constellation 47 Tik___ 48 * U.S. agency that operates space observatories 49 * Infrared Astronomical Satellite, briefly 50 Honey-based alcoholic drink 51 * One stage of the lunar cycle 53 Showily stylish, informally 54 Official decree 55 Unchanged 56 Hindu solar deity 57 Office workstations 58 * Passage seen when Mercury crosses the Sun's disk 60 Dungeons & Dragons genre: Abbr. 62 * Space telescope launched in 1990: Abbr. 63 Country bumpkin, informally 68 * Apparent 'handles' flanking Saturn 72 * Uranian satellite sharing its name with a Shakespearean spirit 75 Animal that races a tortoise in a fable 76 * Small constellation directly south of Orion 77 Potter's output, collectively 81 * Saturnian satellite with a giant crater named Herschel 82 * Metal abundant in Earth's core 83 A predator's den 84 Apple desktop with an integrated screen 85 ___ rule (usually) 86 * Orbital point nearest to or farthest from the central body 87 Forearm partner of the radius 88 * Comet appendage shaped by sunlight and solar wind 89 Singer Horne 91 * Elongated central structure in some spiral galaxies 93 Common cable standard for digital video and audio 94 * Very small sunspot 98 * Constellation of the Twins 103 Far below the surface 104 * Compound in cometary ices with formula NH3 107 Kiera Cass novel about a deadly songstress 109 Moves faster than a jogger 110 Representative sharing an assignment 111 Bond novelist Fleming 112 Goal of avoiding anything sent to landfill 114 Offered for rent 115 * ESO’s four-unit telescope facility in Chile: Abbr. 116 Announcer's transition to the next act 117 Contemptuous mocker 118 Alley-___ 119 Stitched again down 1 Annika of golfing fame 2 Attached, on a memo: Abbr. 3 Gradually deteriorate 4 Words admitting defeat 5 Narrow strips in a window blind 6 Large carryall bags 7 Poker declaration that increases the stakes 8 Rowers' implements 9 Linguist Chomsky 10 * Brightest light in the constellation Virgo 11 Reef-building marine animal 12 Without company 13 Jousting weapons 14 Humorist Bombeck 15 Knives Out director Johnson 16 U.S. personal ID nos. 20 Coating with goo 21 * European Southern Observatory site in Chile 22 Apprentice alum Manigault Newman 27 Checks again 34 Street in a Freddy Krueger film title: Abbr. 36 * Self-luminous body such as the Sun 37 Optimistic 38 Swedish furniture retailer 40 * Sea-level cycle driven largely by lunar gravity 41 * Dwarf planet whose discovery helped prompt a planetary-definition debate 42 Be without 44 * Duration of Earth's trip around the Sun 45 Hindu prince whose wife is Sita 46 Yemeni port whose gulf shares its name 51 Greek letters shaped like tridents 52 Jabba’s alien species 54 Nervous and tense 59 ___ All That (1999 film) 60 * Second-largest natural satellite of Saturn 61 Buddies 64 Branch of Islam 65 Wyatt of the Old West 66 * Asteroid first orbited by a spacecraft 67 * Summer Triangle member in Cygnus 68 Entices 69 Novelist Stephenson 70 * The Sun's motion about its own axis 71 Distinctive atmosphere around someone 72 Human-rights lawyer ___ Clooney 73 * Come above the horizon, as the Sun 74 One-named Somali supermodel 77 Reserved and unsociable 78 1984 film about Mozart 79 Clothing, in literary language 80 * Event that can turn daytime dark 90 * Satellite's farthest point from Earth 92 Perry the Platypus's covert identity 95 Like headphones that rest against the outer ear 96 Wash off with clean water 97 Diner 99 * Alcor's companion in the Big Dipper's handle 100 Actress Dunne 101 Brainy enthusiasts, informally 102 Hole-___ (golfer's dream) 104 Parts of a play 105 * Earth's natural satellite 106 Like a bull rather than a cow 107 Brand known for recording television 108 * Diffuse stellar component surrounding a galaxy 113 Impressed reaction 1 across, One who takes pleasure in another's pain, 6 letters.
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