Toys that can go around the world

Latest answer — October 08, 2026

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A yo-yo swinging in a wide circular path around its player's body.

Clue explained

“Around the World” is an actual yo-yo trick: the player swings the spinning yo-yo in a large circle around the body before returning it to the hand. The trick depends on the yo-yo continuing to spin at the end of its string, then winding back up.

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Across

  1. 1Like food that's *chef's kiss*
  2. 6Degs. for some designers
  3. 10Nonverbal greeting
  4. 13Pizza size for a big party
  5. 15Comedian Dommett
  6. 16Art movement with a physical medium?
  7. 17Currency that's color-coded based on its worth
  8. 18"What's up?"
  9. 19Tiny bug
  10. 20Father figure?
  11. 22"Wow, you ___ kidding!"
  12. 24Acronym typed before sharing a cool new fact
  13. 25Automobile
  14. 26"Hurry up, already!"
  15. 28Clean Air Act org.
  16. 31Pots and ___
  17. 32Element of pure awesomeness
  18. 34"Legally Blonde" prequel
  19. 35Some locked boxes in escape rooms
  20. 36Gave temporarily
  21. 37One of an Olympic trio for Eileen Gu
  22. 39Like the Nissan Cube
  23. 40Workout spot
  24. 41Great Barrier ___
  25. 42Sinus doc
  26. 43Quarterback Manning
  27. 45Component of some cauldron decorations
  28. 48"If everything goes perfectly . . ."
  29. 51Only U.S. state name that starts with two vowels
  30. 52"I did NOT need to know that"
  31. 55Paint layer
  32. 56"Everything okay?"
  33. 59Shapes of rainbows
  34. 60Direct and serious
  35. 61Fountain pen liquid
  36. 62Brand of canvas sneakers
  37. 63Sends out

Down

  1. 1Silicon Valley industry, for short
  2. 2Wheel bar
  3. 3Don't go
  4. 4"Give it a go!"
  5. 5Goes on and on
  6. 6Not glossy
  7. 7Indirect social connection
  8. 8Ages ___
  9. 9Email button
  10. 10Send back-to-back messages
  11. 11Prefix for "space"
  12. 12Trudge
  13. 14Here be dragons!
  14. 15Person serving the light side
  15. 21Roti ingredient
  16. 22Diminished, like the moon
  17. 23Answer to the classic riddle "What gets wetter the more it dries?"
  18. 25"I'm busy . . . Let's talk later!"
  19. 27What-___ (hypotheticals)
  20. 29Ginuwine hit with the lyric "ride it"
  21. 30Kehinde Wiley's field
  22. 31Scheme
  23. 32Walked into the shallow end
  24. 33Copy
  25. 34Easter ___
  26. 35Visualize
  27. 383D hospital scans
  28. 39Unhelpful answer to "Why?"
  29. 44Allows
  30. 46Toys that can go around the world
  31. 47"Ha! You toppled the Jenga tower!"
  32. 48Smoothie bowl berry
  33. 49Experiencing analysis paralysis
  34. 50Fail completely
  35. 52"Beloved" novelist Morrison
  36. 53Not quite all
  37. 54___ of March
  38. 57Chirashi bowl topping
  39. 58Ruby or sapphire

The answer to “Toys that can go around the world” in the USA Today crossword is YOYOS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on October 8, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 46-Down. 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.

“Toys that can go around the world” answer

YOYOS (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is YOYOS.

What does YOYOS mean?

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

(noun)

  • a toy consisting of a pair of joined discs with a deep groove between them in which string is attached and wound, which can be spun alternately downward and upward by its weight and momentum as the string unwinds and rewinds
  • a person who is stupid or dangerously unpredictable

When else has “Toys that can go around the world” appeared?

USA Today 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.

October 8, 2026 (most recent) → YOYOS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Toys that can go around the world”?

The answer is YOYOS, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on October 8, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Toys that can go around the world”?

5 letters: YOYOS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the USA Today crossword on October 8, 2026 (a Thursday puzzle), at 46-Down.

Can “Toys that can go around the world” have a different answer?

Yes — USA Today 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 USA Today answers?

The full grid for October 8, 2026 is on the USA Today answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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