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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 17, 2026
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August 17, 2026
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Across
1.Campbell's products5 letters6.Big hit on the screen or the tennis court5 letters11.Junior3 letters14.Winfrey with an honorary Harvard doctorate5 letters15.Seoul's spot5 letters16.First prime number3 letters17.*Like a creative thinker11 letters19.Defeats' letters3 letters20.Load-bearing animal3 letters21.Perform a civic duty4 letters22.Crafty site4 letters23.Hera's hubby4 letters24.Impressionist Edgar5 letters27."Such is life"6 letters30.*Continuous muffled noise8 letters33.2022 World Cup host city4 letters34.Start of a counting rhyme5 letters35.Many a charity, for short3 letters36.*Status of one holding two passports15 letters40.Superlative suffix3 letters41.Sneeze sound5 letters42.Healthy4 letters43.*Statement at a card table8 letters45.Artfully arranged by the chef6 letters47.Sin's reciprocal, in trig5 letters48.Reward for hiking to the top4 letters49.Main point4 letters51."If it ___ broke, don't fix it"4 letters52.Bama's rival3 letters55.Granola bit3 letters56.*Not messing around11 letters60.Glide on snow3 letters61.Wow5 letters62.Beyonce's "If ___ a Boy"5 letters63.Driver's need?3 letters64.With 65-Across, goes dark ... as suggested by this puzzle's word ladder5 letters65.See 64-Across5 letters
Down
1.Spot for a catnap4 letters2.Beethoven's Fifth, e.g.4 letters3.Addresses on the net4 letters4.Bud3 letters5.Beach toy6 letters6.Camp performances5 letters7.Mean, median and ___4 letters8.Is, for more than one3 letters9.Mariners' domain3 letters10.Owns3 letters11.Item on a cowboy's head10 letters12.Birds with asymmetrical ears4 letters13.Overly curious4 letters18.Like most baseballs caught by fans4 letters22.AirPod's spot3 letters23.Gusto4 letters24.Finished, in slang5 letters25."Night" author Wiesel4 letters26.Narrow valley4 letters27.Like some sugars5 letters28.Sorority's building5 letters29.Coo over a newborn10 letters30.NFL great Sanders nicknamed "Prime Time"5 letters31.Spry5 letters32.Cordoned (off)5 letters34.Set of values5 letters37.Vid takers4 letters38.Drink similar to a Slurpee4 letters39.Suffragette leader Anna Howard4 letters44.Deli delicacy3 letters45.Fragrant tree4 letters46.Say without restraint6 letters48.Woodworking grippers5 letters49.Price4 letters50.Fall landscaping tool4 letters51.Woodworking shaper4 letters52.Surname that sounds like high's opposite4 letters53.Unhesitating4 letters54.Anagram of 53-Down4 letters56.___ bhat (lentil-and-rice dish)3 letters57.Genre for Dashboard Confessional3 letters58.Common batteries3 letters59.Battle of ___ Jima3 letters
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