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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - July 31, 2026
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July 31, 2026
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1.Facial treatments that may make you look like Shrek (temporarily!)12 letters13.Words of resignation?14 letters15.Organized mess15 letters16.Cone cousin3 letters17.___ canto3 letters18.Pic taker3 letters19.One of two in an oxygen molecule4 letters21.Droop3 letters23.Attracted to all genders, for short3 letters24.Open up, as a flower5 letters26.Red, in Spain4 letters28.100-meter ___4 letters32.Garment similar to a bodice6 letters34."The Temptation of St. Anthony" painter Salvador4 letters36.Salt Lake City athlete3 letters37.Sea serpent of Scottish superstition15 letters40."I wandered lonely ___ cloud" (Wordsworth)3 letters41.Deceptive hockey move4 letters42.Ice cream amounts6 letters43.Moistens4 letters45.The whole ___ yards4 letters47.Emerge from an egg5 letters48.JFK alternative3 letters50.23andMe sample3 letters52."No jumping on the bed," for one4 letters53.Overly3 letters54.Second-busiest airport in Florida, after MCO (Orlando)3 letters56.Aye's opposite3 letters57."I have no idea"15 letters63.National park off the coast of Southern California14 letters64.On occasion12 letters
Down
1.Insect with ghost and fire varieties3 letters2.Sink or swim?4 letters3.Woodwinds higher than bassoons5 letters4.Place to store wine6 letters5."I'm ___ done!"3 letters6.Roll with it!3 letters7.Green-lighted3 letters8.City that only Muslims can visit5 letters9.Readily accessible6 letters10.Phony4 letters11."CSI" actor Archie3 letters12.Ave. crossers3 letters13.1984 Kenny Loggins hit from a film of the same name9 letters14.Animal curled up on a heating vent, perhaps9 letters15.Certain crustacean appendage8 letters20.___ pit4 letters22.Extremely helpful boon7 letters23.Collared tops5 letters25.Fix, as metaphoric fences4 letters27.Word after "Space" or "traffic"3 letters29.Like digitally enhanced notes?9 letters30.Group workout with elevated platforms9 letters31.___ Kisses (chocolates produced at a rate of 80 million per day)8 letters33.Singer ___ Marie5 letters35.Ruler division4 letters38.Go downhill fast?3 letters39.Get high?4 letters44.Tennis star Stephens6 letters46.Tangle up6 letters49."Never ___ Give You Up"5 letters51.What a bride walks down5 letters53.Resident of Russia's Alexander Palace, until 19174 letters55.Petri dish gel4 letters57.German pronoun3 letters58.More of ___ same3 letters59.Currency in Kobe3 letters60.From back in the day3 letters61.Quibble3 letters62.A, in France3 letters
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