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August 23, 2026

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1.Purple or green herb5 letters6.Discovery org.4 letters10."Bye-bye!"5 letters15.Electronic music duo __ Punk4 letters19.Skybox setting5 letters20.North __ Sea: Kazakh lake4 letters21.Finnish tech giant5 letters22.Finnish currency4 letters23.Cowboy boots, saddles, etc.?10 letters25.Linen-lined outerwear?10 letters27.Feed adequately4 letters28.Drama produced in a recording studio9 letters30.Birds associated with the Egyptian god Thoth6 letters31.Part of BTW3 letters33.South, south of the border3 letters34.Broccoli part4 letters35.Child's complaint to Father Time?12 letters42."So helpful!"8 letters46.Wee bits5 letters47.Backless slippers5 letters48."Pretentious? __?"3 letters49.Roman moon goddess4 letters50.Get ready4 letters51.Entourage5 letters52.Transparent layer in the eye6 letters55.Swine3 letters56.Unit of corn3 letters57."I need to install brighter lights later"?17 letters60.Reacted to a chill8 letters62.Fragrant chain3 letters63.Unwanted giveaway?7 letters64.D-backs, in box scores3 letters65.Not in favor7 letters69.Printer supply3 letters70.West Indies country also known as the "Island of Spice"7 letters74.Produce, as an egg3 letters75."Unfortunately, yes"8 letters80.Common finds in a salmon smokehouse?17 letters84.Mender's target3 letters85.Furisode sash3 letters86.Field with a trolley problem6 letters87.Decided5 letters88.Window shade4 letters89.Howler with four legs and teeth4 letters91.Having four sharps3 letters92.Bad look5 letters93.Start of a religious title5 letters94.In hot water?8 letters97.Country known for its devotion to a General Mills cereal?12 letters99.Currency of Vietnam4 letters100.Kung __ tofu3 letters101.Sargasso Sea fish3 letters102.Bert's favorite bird, on "Sesame Street"6 letters105.Doozy9 letters110.Icelandic saga4 letters114.Charon?10 letters116.High-strung Latin ruler?10 letters118.Father4 letters119.All fired up5 letters120."Can't argue with that"4 letters121.Comic-Con event5 letters122.Name in a Chinese American dish4 letters123.Superhero who says, "For the honor of Grayskull!"5 letters124.Some tennis shots4 letters125.Gave one's word5 letters

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1.Softball clubs4 letters2.Geographic region4 letters3.Exchange heated words?4 letters4.Certain close-up8 letters5.Cantopop star Andy3 letters6.Cabbage variety called "big white vegetable" in Chinese4 letters7.Three-time AL MVP in the 2000s4 letters8.South Asian wrap4 letters9.Palo __, California4 letters10.Mass arrival6 letters11.Grinding tooth5 letters12."All right"4 letters13.Jam3 letters14.Dish served in a sizzling skillet6 letters15.__ point7 letters16.Arctic seabirds4 letters17.Available for a meeting4 letters18.Kiddos4 letters24.Grade before grades, for short4 letters26.Lie for, say4 letters29.Trident-shaped letters4 letters32.Possesses3 letters34.Waxes, maybe6 letters35."Holy cannoli!"5 letters36.Marine Corps cry5 letters37.Ultrasound targets5 letters38.Be theatrical5 letters39.Can't-miss activity6 letters40.Otherwise4 letters41.Oracle4 letters42.Like favorite jeans4 letters43.Schoolkid5 letters44."One Piece" medium5 letters45.Pilsner, for one5 letters48.Pluck5 letters51.Green gem7 letters52.Stage signals4 letters53.Like last month's deals7 letters54.Discordant, musically6 letters57.Badger6 letters58.Fallingwater architect Frank __ Wright5 letters59.Polynesian carving4 letters61.Converse rival4 letters66.Spot5 letters67.Chef's collection4 letters68.Speedy fish6 letters70.Exhibits brilliance5 letters71.K9 of "Doctor Who," for one5 letters72.Cast out5 letters73.Like post-marathon muscles6 letters76.French brother5 letters77."This is not a __!"5 letters78.Exodus mount5 letters79.Eye-related5 letters81.Mattress choice4 letters82.Fillet's lack4 letters83.Peak4 letters88.Cutter with four legs and teeth8 letters90.Ships overnight, in a way7 letters92.Wearing 47-Across, perhaps4 letters93.Expected3 letters95.[And it's gone!]4 letters96.Some belly buttons6 letters97.GoPro product6 letters98.Spanish "but"4 letters100.Less polluted5 letters102.Furtive "C'mere!"4 letters103."For real?"4 letters104.Greek wrap4 letters105.Mammoth4 letters106.Like some LAX flights4 letters107.Roman emperor after Claudius4 letters108.Wormlike larva4 letters109.Holiday precursors4 letters111.James Bond's first movie foe4 letters112.Trail cam regular4 letters113.Soap Box Derby rod4 letters115.Cry of exasperation3 letters117.__ and downs3 letters

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