Atlantic Daily Crossword
Atlantic Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - August 16, 2026
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August 16, 2026
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Across
1."I'm not going to spell it out"12 letters13.Organization that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 201213 letters15.Do again, say14 letters17.Word with <i>fire</i> or <i>farm</i>3 letters18.What some bills become4 letters19.Swim-bike-run event, for short3 letters21.What the yellow part of the New Jersey license plate represents, to haters4 letters24.Set3 letters25.Certain subatomic particle4 letters26.Pepper-spray maker4 letters27.___ <i>Technica</i> (news website)3 letters28.Turned way up4 letters29."___ Sweet Day" (Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men hit)3 letters30."___ This Mess" (phrase on some kitschy home decor)5 letters32.Large, in Starbucks jargon5 letters33.Hack off6 letters35.First U.S. state, alphabetically7 letters37.Runs away to Las Vegas, maybe6 letters38.Put the kibosh on3 letters39.Spy novelist Deighton3 letters40.Material for some luxe pillowcases5 letters41.Surname of the NFL's J.J. or T.J.4 letters43.Smear4 letters44.Aspect of the sun visible during a total solar eclipse6 letters46.Indigenous people of the Labrador Peninsula4 letters47.Last hurrah8 letters50.Start of a proposal, maybe6 letters52.The <i>C</i> of <i>TLC</i>4 letters53.Shangri-la, e.g.6 letters55.Light German brew, briefly3 letters56.Alamo alternative4 letters57.Sign in an apartment window, maybe6 letters58.Before, poetically3 letters59.Things in a pillbox, for short4 letters60.Grazes6 letters61.Came together3 letters
Down
1."___ Blues" (Beatles song)3 letters2.French assent3 letters3.Vessel that holds <i>Survivor</i> votes3 letters4.Part of a treatment plan6 letters5.Taking orders, say4 letters6.Milk conveyor4 letters7."Scruffy-looking nerf herder" of the <i>Star Wars</i> franchise3 letters8.Like a Möbius strip7 letters9.Big picture?5 letters10.Fresh4 letters11.Supplemental income, for some4 letters12.Gardener's implement3 letters14.Country music?14 letters16.French fish dish sometimes served <i>en amandine</i>13 letters20.Naan event?12 letters21.Classic fireside fare6 letters22."Thrilla in ___" (legendary Ali-versus-Frazier match)6 letters23.Leopardlike creature6 letters24.Test for some aspiring Ph.D.s3 letters25.Commoner, casually4 letters27.<i>Force Majeure</i> setting4 letters30.___ Aires, Argentina6 letters31.Seasonal-delivery driver?5 letters32.Type of shot, for short3 letters34.Awesomeosity8 letters36.Awesome3 letters41.Soup dumpling6 letters42.Wool from rabbits6 letters43.___ <i>de los Muertos</i> (<i>fiesta tradicional de México</i>)3 letters45.Overthrows5 letters47.Catfish, for example4 letters48.Silent goodbye4 letters49.Desertlike4 letters50.Get some shut-eye?4 letters51.___ off4 letters54.Bench-press target, for short3 letters
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