Paws and Reflect Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · By the Crossword Study Team
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across 1 Base that dissolves in water 7 Heart-rhythm tracing, briefly 10 Performer at a baby grand 17 Brought up, as children 18 * Mostly white coat pattern with colour on the head and tail 19 * Flowerlike marking on a leopard's coat 20 Old-fashioned laxative pressed from seeds 23 Retirement nest egg, briefly 24 Cruel beyond compassion 25 South Indian rice-and-lentil pancake 26 * Feline roaming city backstreets 28 People limiting calories, perhaps 29 Nigerian singer of Free Mind 30 Matching cups, saucers and a pot 31 Freedom from strain 32 * Jumping pest in a feline's coat 33 Donkey 35 * Coat pattern mixing white and coloured hairs, seen in the Lykoi 39 * Safari feline known for living in social groups 40 * Disney villain voiced by Jeremy Irons in 1994 43 * Soft rumble from a relaxed pet, often 47 Play (with), as an idea 48 Frozen princess voiced by Kristen Bell 49 Robust and healthy 50 People federally recognized alongside the Missouria 51 Rawhide singer Frankie 53 Remove the skin from, as an orange 54 * HMS Amethyst's decorated cat, with a '___ Says' name 55 Not short, vertically 56 Unexpected victory by an underdog 57 Emitted coherent light 58 All-but-certain winners 60 ___ Believer (Monkees hit) 62 No, in Scots 63 * Tiny faux rodents for feline play 68 * American big cats also called cougars 72 * Brief, musical feline greeting 75 Island, in Spanish 76 1960s movement built on optical illusions 77 Rugged rocky outcrop 81 Fleece-covered, in a variant spelling 82 * Nursing source for a queen's young 83 * Frosted Flakes' striped mascot 84 Nevada's Biggest Little City 85 Bond novelist Fleming 86 Language of several New Mexico Pueblo communities 87 Top military-draft classification, spelled out 88 Alternative online accounts, informally 89 Long, demanding journey 91 * Adult male housecat 93 Storyline 94 * Brand of ProActive Health dry cat food 98 * Curly-coated breed with longhair and shorthair varieties 103 Actress Rowlands 104 * Indoor feline climbing structure 107 Warming brew flavoured with cinnamon, perhaps 109 Indigo dye 110 One ___ (individually) 111 Cleveland hoopster, briefly 112 * Chemical signal left during feline face rubbing 114 Longstanding archrivals 115 Feeling inspired by something magnificent 116 Mindful of manners 117 Where baby robins are raised 118 * Community-cat sterilisation-and-return programme, briefly 119 Evaluate down 1 Made by skilled hands, often in small batches 2 * MGM's feline screen mascot 3 Gold-purity unit 4 Play ___ in (contribute to) 5 Novelist Slimani 6 Runs without moving, as an engine 7 Forces a tenant to leave 8 Model Delevingne 9 Tiny flying pest 10 * Feline social group whose members may hunt together 11 Ancient region on the western coast of Asia Minor 12 Remains in a cold fireplace 13 * Sterilise a male housecat 14 That describes me!, in meme-speak 15 Bright point in the night sky 16 Bills bearing Alexander Hamilton's portrait 20 * Small hinged doorway sized for a feline 21 Sweet ___, a barbershop standard 22 Not a different individual 27 Time for closing the annual books 34 * Dark patches on a cheetah's coat 36 Elevator brand 37 Top-notch, alphanumerically 38 No, in Russian 40 LaBeouf of Transformers 41 Rotating parts that convert rotary motion into other motion 42 Succulent used in skin-care products 44 Zion National Park's state 45 Caramel-filled chocolate candy 46 Corporate move, briefly 51 * Talking feline in Sailor Moon 52 Semicircular church recess 54 Do spectacularly well, in slang 59 Institute, briefly 60 It will, contracted 61 Magical herb in The Odyssey 64 Catcher's glove 65 Now I understand 66 * A housecat's retractable scratcher 67 Patronise, as a restaurant 68 River beside Washington, DC 69 Once ___ a time 70 * Shaggy ruff framing an adult male big cat's head 71 Stark trained by the Faceless Men 72 Fool, in mild British slang 73 * Booming territorial call from a savanna big cat 74 Actress Skye of Say Anything 77 Casino contests using two dice 78 Chile ___, a stuffed Mexican dish 79 Late Supreme Court justice Scalia, by first name 80 Lose freshness, as bread 90 * Young feline 92 * Orphaned orange tabby in a 1988 Disney film 95 Get up 96 Images endlessly remixed online 97 Observe, after thou 99 Pink cartoon pig with a little brother named George 100 Guiding spirit of a community 101 Fishing-line spools 102 * White feline with a pink bow in The Aristocats 104 Start of a request for permission 105 Solar deity promoted by Akhenaten 106 * Calico stationmaster at Japan's Kishi railway station 107 Sing without lyrics, in jazz 108 Chessman that promotes on reaching the far rank 113 Extra periods on scoreboards, briefly 1 across, Base that dissolves in water, 6 letters.
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