Sea creature with arms

Latest answer — July 28, 2026

33 Across

This clever ocean dweller has eight limbs for exploring, grabbing, and escaping. 🐙

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Eugene Sheffer Crossword

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Across

  1. 1Rustic wine vessels
  2. 5Horse chow
  3. 8War god
  4. 12Physics bit
  5. 13Rushmore face
  6. 14Embedded spy
  7. 15Pulitzer-winning trumpeter Wynton
  8. 17Similar
  9. 18“-- Hate Me” (Spike Lee film)
  10. 19Yoga pad
  11. 20Pizza feature
  12. 21MSN rival
  13. 22Weep
  14. 23Bath powders
  15. 26Luxurious
  16. 30“Industry” actor El-Masry
  17. 31Bikini top
  18. 32Sister of Rachel
  19. 33Sea creature with arms
  20. 35Fab Four drummer
  21. 36Violin tuner
  22. 37Malia, to Sasha
  23. 38Columbus’ home
  24. 41U.S. Army enforcers
  25. 42Docs’ org.
  26. 45Skater’s leap
  27. 46Aurora --
  28. 48Jeans-maker Strauss
  29. 49Ga. neighbor
  30. 50Film composer Schifrin
  31. 51Experts
  32. 52Aviate
  33. 53Chanteuse Edith

Down

  1. 1Toast toppings
  2. 2Hexagonal state
  3. 3Clinton’s vice president
  4. 4Texting format, for short
  5. 5Sanctioned by Islamic law
  6. 6Slightly
  7. 7“Of course”
  8. 8Belladonna lily
  9. 9Video-streaming brand
  10. 10Yale students
  11. 11Faxed
  12. 16Novelist Oz
  13. 20French vineyard
  14. 21Parthenon locale
  15. 22Tax prep pro
  16. 23Eastern “way”
  17. 24“Better Call Saul” network
  18. 25Tipsy
  19. 26Choice words?
  20. 27Still, in verse
  21. 28Pester
  22. 29Nevertheless, briefly
  23. 31Glitch
  24. 34Royal insomnia cause
  25. 35Ascend
  26. 37Perfume type
  27. 38Big bash
  28. 39Corp. bigwig
  29. 40Campbell of “Scream”
  30. 41Gangster’s honey
  31. 42Jai --
  32. 43Actress Kunis
  33. 44Dating from
  34. 46Favorite pal, in a text
  35. 47Swiss peak

The answer to “Sea creature with arms” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is OCTOPUS — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on July 28, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 33-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Sea creature with arms” answer

OCTOPUS (7 letters)

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Why the answer is OCTOPUS

This clever ocean dweller has eight limbs for exploring, grabbing, and escaping. 🐙

What does OCTOPUS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of OCTOPUS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a cephalopod mollusc with eight sucker-bearing arms, a soft body, strong beaklike jaws, and no internal shell

When else has “Sea creature with arms” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 28, 2026 (most recent) → OCTOPUS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Sea creature with arms”?

The answer is OCTOPUS, a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on July 28, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Sea creature with arms”?

7 letters: OCTOPUS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on July 28, 2026 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 33-Across.

Can “Sea creature with arms” have a different answer?

Yes — Eugene Sheffer sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's Eugene Sheffer answers?

The full grid for July 28, 2026 is on the Eugene Sheffer answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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