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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - July 28, 2026
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July 28, 2026
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Across
1.Ease into it9 letters10.Singer who dropped the $ from her moniker in 20145 letters15.Head honcho9 letters16.Marine apex predators5 letters17.Took a night course?9 letters18.Emanation from a bakery5 letters19.Japanese garden descriptor3 letters20.Prefix meaning "fake"6 letters22.Cupid's Greek counterpart4 letters23.Stage name of "Clarity" DJ Anton Zaslavski4 letters25.Bygone Sony console, for short3 letters26.Ten-cent coin4 letters27."Nice to ___ Other" (Olivia Dean song)4 letters31.Serpentine fish3 letters33.Understand3 letters34.Party item that's subject to inflation?13 letters38.Cartoon about Finn and his magical dog Jake13 letters39.Way out if crisis strikes13 letters40.Poli ___3 letters41.No. in an email signature3 letters42."Present!"4 letters43.Campbell's soup containers4 letters45.Tax Day's month: Abbr.3 letters47.Baseball card datum4 letters51.Spanish word hidden in "chariot race"4 letters52.Find on Google6 letters56."Gross!"3 letters57.Uncivil uprisings5 letters59.Disclaimer before a mean remark?9 letters61."Genuinely!"5 letters62.Person likely to sleep through breakfast9 letters63.Evil smile5 letters64.Glimpse of what's to come9 letters
Down
1.Flashiness5 letters2.Student receiving one-on-one instruction5 letters3.Formally revise5 letters4.Color that, ironically, bulls can't see3 letters5.Voyage4 letters6.Ares and Apollo, to Zeus4 letters7.Debussy's "Clair de ___"4 letters8.Do better than5 letters9.Puzzle made of letters in a grid (wait a minute ...)10 letters10.Hawaiian tree that's an anagram of a tree with acorns3 letters11.Miscalculated5 letters12.Artistic portmanteau for unique NFL final tallies9 letters13.Brunch dish that Sam-I-Am would probably enjoy9 letters14.How cutlery is usually sold6 letters21.Symbol of watchfulness7 letters24.Dig deeply (into)5 letters28.Watchful5 letters29.Solidify, like cold gravy7 letters30.Places to swim away?10 letters32.1.06 quarts5 letters34.Romantic getaway, colloquially9 letters35.Something taken in moderation?9 letters36.Convent figure3 letters37.Shakes, as cocktails5 letters40.Treats with disdain6 letters44."Gymnopedies" composer Erik5 letters46.Saoirse of "Lady Bird"5 letters48.Poke fun at5 letters49."Shucks, thanks!"5 letters50.Dance move associated with bounce music5 letters53.LA hoopster Martin4 letters54.Eyeball layer that includes the iris4 letters55.Extra job benefit4 letters58.To be, in Tulum3 letters60.Tear3 letters
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