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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 15, 2026
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August 15, 2026
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Across
1.Hyped5 letters6.Actress, writer and comedian Wong3 letters9.Certain lipid3 letters12.Peppery and tomatoey West African staple10 letters15.Seldom seen4 letters16.Group of graduates10 letters17.Jazz chanteuse James4 letters18.___ Speedwagon3 letters19.Part of a cafeteria stack4 letters20.Secures, in climbing6 letters22.Produced, as a play6 letters24.Lentil dish from the Sanskrit for "split"3 letters25.Vehicle that makes frequent turns?11 letters30.Seasonal mall worker5 letters32.Arcane8 letters34.Bits of clever sarcasm10 letters36.Like olive or khaki4 letters37.Roth of horror3 letters38.Pig sounds5 letters39."This poker hand is nothing"5 letters40.Nail tech's first application8 letters42.Mixes with a spoon5 letters43.Like all the ships on a losing Battleship board4 letters44.Necktie named for a British racecourse5 letters46.Nondairy coffee order8 letters49."Do the ___" (soda slogan)3 letters52.Trick-or-treater's bagful4 letters54.Like a home team's fans during a big game10 letters57.Vets' insurance co.4 letters58.Penniless10 letters59.Org. for the Blue Jackets3 letters60.Sweet subject of a licking paradox10 letters
Down
1.Partly open4 letters2.Undercover agents, or burrowing pests5 letters3.Hybrid stone fruit5 letters4.Certain shade tree3 letters5."You haven't won yet!"12 letters6.Keeper of the children's quarters?6 letters7.Actress, writer and comedian Tomlin4 letters8.Hosp. ward for critical cases3 letters9.Mistake that does you in10 letters10.Aesthetically pretentious4 letters11.Steeped beverages4 letters13.Transformed Nintendo character who shoots flaming balls9 letters14.Recede3 letters15.Like dad jeans10 letters21.Amend, as text4 letters23.Zits4 letters26.Keep your chin up to get it done!10 letters27.Chiding sounds4 letters28.Aug. and others3 letters29.Money in Oman and Iran5 letters30.Monk in "The Da Vinci Code"5 letters31."Just what I expected"9 letters33.Hemp derivative: Abbr.3 letters34.Spider's work3 letters35.Airline with hubs at Narita and Haneda3 letters39.Skater Midori ___3 letters41.Holmes played by Millie Bobby Brown5 letters42.Public arguments, for example6 letters45.Term of employment5 letters47."Not all who wander are ___"4 letters48.Prefix with "pilot"4 letters49.Fall like rain4 letters50.Urban fashion designer Marc ___4 letters51.Sob4 letters52.Attila, for one3 letters53.Furnace residue3 letters55.Dept. of Justice grp.3 letters56.Mineral such as galena or bauxite3 letters
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