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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 21, 2026
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August 21, 2026
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Across
1.Sizzling3 letters4.Arizona landform4 letters8.Frozen treat6 letters14.Reddit Q&A3 letters15.With 30-Down, once-vast Asian lake4 letters16.Contact lens solution6 letters17.Handmade dog treat? (In this answer, unscramble letters 5-8)8 letters19.Observed Yom Kippur6 letters20.Arctic dwelling5 letters21.Burden, for some4 letters23.Madre's sister3 letters24.New Mexico art community4 letters25."No one can stop me now!" (... letters 2-7)9 letters28.Squat counts4 letters31.Love seat, e.g.4 letters32.&3 letters34.Harvests5 letters37.Shining like a Christmas tree5 letters41.Teacher's "We need to talk" (... letters 8-14)15 letters44.Feature of Times New Roman5 letters45.Forearm bones5 letters46.Old ___ seasoning3 letters47."Contact" org.4 letters49.Curl up like a snake4 letters51.Somber musical sequence (... letters 1-7)10 letters56.Sample of a video game4 letters59."I'm down to one card!"3 letters60."To ___ and to hold"4 letters61.Not yet engaged?5 letters62.Gluten-free soy sauce6 letters65.Wine made from a variety of grapes, and a theme hint8 letters67.Infatuate6 letters68.Baghdad's country4 letters69.Language at Gallaudet3 letters70.Ruler with an iron first6 letters71.Soapmaking chemicals4 letters72.Week part3 letters
Down
1.Convent garment5 letters2.Symbol of resistance5 letters3.Demanding request9 letters4.Sriracha ___4 letters5.Make a blunder3 letters6.Riyadh native5 letters7."Brat" or "Abbey Road"5 letters8."It's a pass for me"6 letters9.Mouse chaser3 letters10."Mr. Blue Sky" grp.3 letters11.Multicolored horse5 letters12.Buck ___, first Black MLB coach5 letters13.Piano or bike part5 letters18.Take the L4 letters22.Discarded6 letters26.Largest union of unions in the 39-Down6 letters27.Train travel4 letters29.Like more6 letters30.See 15-Across3 letters32."When you assume, it makes an ___ out of you and me"3 letters33.Hillary Clinton, ___ Rodham3 letters35.Senegal's continent6 letters36.Org. that may fundraise for a school play3 letters38.Initial script run-through9 letters39.Betsy Ross' nation, for short3 letters40."Gangnam Style" K-pop star3 letters42.Paste in Japanese cuisine4 letters43.Starch in Japanese cuisine4 letters48.Casual top6 letters50.Immunity ___4 letters51.Inaudible on Zoom5 letters52.Silly5 letters53."Enough!" in Ecuador5 letters54.Singer Lavigne5 letters55.Distrustful5 letters57.High-IQ society5 letters58."Strange thing is ..."5 letters61.Events with slaw4 letters63.___ up (intensify)3 letters64.Piglet's pal3 letters66.Daniel ___ Kim of "KPop Demon Hunters"3 letters
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