All at Sea
October 9, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
Louisiana's county
Detest with passion
Pageant's crown
Space to breathe
Zips right past
Barbed flat fish
Zodiac or signature
Fastens it in place
Lining up the shot
Bedside night glow
Textbook perfect
Means 'number'
Out on the water
Gathers intel abroad
Where sea meets sky
A verbal stall
Biblical 'your'
Yemen's neighbor
Binary chip term
College major type
Short runway
Created Dupin
Oats are full of it
Mind it, London
Bleach is one
Farmyard egg-layer
Green spots in sand
Agile naval warships
Old Roman grain
Wander unleashed
2003 virus outbreak
It's your turn
Faux-Tudor touch
Poetic 'it is'
100%, no less
Yields to orders
Sounds the alarm
Top neck bone
Vitamin, briefly
Reins gear or temper
NYC museum, in short
Ships or blood tubes
All at Sea — Solution
October 9, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
Louisiana's county
Detest with passion
Pageant's crown
Space to breathe
T
Zips right past
Barbed flat fish
W
Zodiac or signature
S
Fastens it in place
S
Lining up the shot
Bedside night glow
P
A
R
I
S
H
Textbook perfect
Means 'number'
I
D
E
A
L
Out on the water
B
O
A
T
I
N
G
Gathers intel abroad
C
I
A
Where sea meets sky
H
O
R
I
Z
O
N
A verbal stall
Biblical 'your'
U
M
M
Yemen's neighbor
Binary chip term
O
M
A
N
College major type
Short runway
Created Dupin
S
T
R
I
P
O
R
Oats are full of it
Mind it, London
Bleach is one
G
A
P
Farmyard egg-layer
H
E
N
Green spots in sand
Agile naval warships
Old Roman grain
Wander unleashed
F
A
R
R
O
2003 virus outbreak
Y
It's your turn
Faux-Tudor touch
G
O
F
R
I
G
A
T
E
S
Poetic 'it is'
O
100%, no less
A
Yields to orders
Sounds the alarm
O
B
E
Y
S
Top neck bone
Vitamin, briefly
A
T
L
A
S
W
A
R
N
S
Reins gear or temper
B
R
I
D
L
E
NYC museum, in short
M
E
T
Ships or blood tubes
V
E
S
S
E
L
S
All at Sea — The notes
October 9, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
- PARISHLouisiana's countyIn Louisiana, a parish is the equivalent of a county elsewhere in the US, a holdover from its French Catholic roots.
- ABHORDetest with passionTo abhor something is to hate it intensely, with real disgust behind the feeling.
- TIARAPageant's crownA tiara is a jeweled semicircular crown, worn by royalty, brides, and pageant winners alike.
- ROOMSpace to breatheRoom can mean a chamber, but also figurative space, as in 'room to grow' or 'room for error'.
- WHIZZips right pastWhiz can mean a prodigy, or describe something moving past fast enough to make a whooshing sound.
- STINGRAYSBarbed flat fishStingrays are flat cartilaginous fish related to sharks, named for the venomous barb on their tail.
- SIGNSZodiac or signatureSigns can mean zodiac signs, roadside signs, or simply signatures on a document.
- SECUREFastens it in placeTo secure something can mean to fasten it firmly, or to obtain it, or to make it safe.
- AIMINGLining up the shotAiming describes lining up a shot, a goal, or an ambition toward a target.
- LAMPBedside night glowA lamp is a light fixture, often the one left glowing on a nightstand for late readers.
- IDEALTextbook perfectIdeal means perfectly suited, exactly matching a textbook or imagined standard.
- NOMeans 'number'No. is the common abbreviation for 'number', seen on tickets, forms, and jersey backs.
- BOATINGOut on the waterBoating is simply the activity of traveling by small boat, for leisure or sport.
- CIAGathers intel abroadThe CIA is the US agency tasked with collecting foreign intelligence abroad.
- HORIZONWhere sea meets skyThe horizon is the line where the sea visually meets the sky, at the limit of sight.
- UMMA verbal stallUmm is the classic filler sound people make while searching for the right word.
- THYBiblical 'your'Thy is the archaic possessive form of 'thou', common in the King James Bible and Shakespeare.
- OMANYemen's neighborOman is a sultanate on the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Yemen to the southwest.
- ORBinary chip termIn digital logic, OR is a basic gate: its output is true if at least one input is true.
- ARTSCollege major typeArts, as in liberal arts, is a broad college major covering humanities and social sciences.
- STRIPShort runwayA strip, in aviation, is a short runway, especially an improvised or small one.
- POECreated DupinEdgar Allan Poe created Auguste Dupin, the brilliant detective often credited as the genre's first.
- FIBREOats are full of itFibre, the British spelling of fiber, is the indigestible plant matter found richly in oats and bran.
- GAPMind it, London'Mind the gap' is the famous warning announced on the London Underground at platform edges.
- AGENTBleach is oneAn agent, in chemistry, is a substance that causes a reaction, like bleach as a cleaning agent.
- HENFarmyard egg-layerA hen is a female chicken, kept on farms mainly for laying eggs.
- OASESGreen spots in sandOases are green, fertile spots in a desert where groundwater reaches the surface.
- FRIGATESAgile naval warshipsFrigates are agile, mid-sized naval warships, smaller than destroyers but built for speed.
- FARROOld Roman grainFarro is an ancient wheat grain, a staple in Roman times and still eaten across Italy today.
- ROAMWander unleashedTo roam is to wander freely, without a fixed destination or route.
- SARS2003 virus outbreakSARS was a respiratory virus that caused a global outbreak in 2002-2003, the forerunner of later coronavirus scares.
- GOIt's your turnIn British usage, 'go' can mean a turn in a game, as in 'it's your go'.
- OLDEFaux-Tudor touchOlde is a mock-archaic spelling used on signs to give a shop a faux-Tudor, old-timey charm.
- TISPoetic 'it is'Tis is a poetic contraction of 'it is', common in older English verse and carols.
- ALL100%, no lessAll means the complete amount, with nothing held back, 100 percent of it.
- OBEYSYields to ordersObeys means to do as told, like a well-trained pet minding its master.
- WARNSSounds the alarmWarns means to alert someone to danger ahead, often by sounding an alarm.
- ATLASTop neck boneThe atlas is also the top vertebra of the neck, named for the Titan who held up the sky.
- BEVitamin, brieflyB, informally, is shorthand for a B-vitamin, part of the complex found in whole grains.
- BRIDLEReins gear or temperA bridle is the horse's head harness, but to bridle also means to bristle with anger.
- METNYC museum, in shortThe Met, short for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is one of New York City's most visited landmarks.
- VESSELSShips or blood tubesVessels can mean ships at sea, or the tubes like veins and arteries that carry blood.