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(4/7) Hands shaking, you hunt for a phone. Finally, you find one, but it's a rotary ___, heavy and fixed to the wall with a spiral cord. — 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
LANDLINE
8 letters
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Where this clue appears
October 3 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword October 3 2026
LANDLINE
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
(1/7) *Triiing* You reach to snooze your phone alarm, but instead there's an alarm ___ rattling you awake. Something's wrong.
CLOCK
5
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