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(1/7) *Triiing* You reach to snooze your phone alarm, but instead there's an alarm ___ rattling you awake. Something's wrong. — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the October 3 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
CLOCK
5 letters
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October 3 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword October 3 2026
CLOCK
"I'll see you guys at the ___ tower after, okay?" words before splitting up without handheld phones on a '90s skiing vacation
CLOCK
5
(1/6) "It's 10 a.m.! You glance at the time on the round ___ on your wall, and rush to meet your buddy by the wishing well."
CLOCK
5
Time-telling device
CLOCK
5
Timekeeper with three hands
CLOCK
5
Historical period
ERA
3
Mississippi ___ pie (chocolate-based dessert)
MUD
3
It's smaller than a city
TOWN
4
Pen ___ (long-distance friend)
PAL
3
Suspicious and on guard (rhymes with "fairy")
WARY
4
"___-hoo!" (rhyming cry of delight)
WHOO
4
Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent": 2 wds.
IIS
3
Teenager's skin trouble
ACNE
4
Flapjack breakfast chain: Abbr.
IHOP
4
Nitrous ___ (laughing gas)
OXIDE
5
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