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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 22, 2026
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August 22, 2026
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Across
1.Establishments with weight staffs?4 letters5.Screw up3 letters8.Thing that rings5 letters13."___ Steady" (1971 Aretha Franklin hit)4 letters14.They appear at comedy shows!10 letters17.Popular Persian poet4 letters18.They really see what you're saying!10 letters19.Wire fence projection4 letters21.Cheese, butter, etc.5 letters22.Bay Area airport with an accredited museum3 letters23.Diary page5 letters25.Certain violin stroke5 letters27.Z is worth 10 of them in Scrabble: Abbr.3 letters28.Dish for SpaghettiOs4 letters30.Sch. week end3 letters32.Low-pH solution4 letters34.Flirty expression9 letters38.Phrase akin to giving someone the side-eye15 letters41.Liquid immunity provider9 letters42.Have the ___ for4 letters43.To be, in Spanish3 letters44.Greek god with a war chariot4 letters46."Diary ___ Wimpy Kid"3 letters47.Really regretting5 letters50."Wrong!"5 letters52.Beaver's barrier3 letters55.Nasal sound of amusement5 letters57.Walkway near water4 letters58.Garbage song on "Sesame Street"10 letters61.It's legendary!4 letters63.Soothing succulents5 letters64.Brazilian "superfruit"4 letters65.Caitlin Clark's home state4 letters66.Minnesota WNBA team4 letters67.Cher's, but not Sonny's4 letters68.Sonny & Cher and Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, for two4 letters
Down
1.(I might bite you!)3 letters2."That's right!"9 letters3.Big, mass-produced homes in the burbs10 letters4.Twirling garment5 letters5.Building wing3 letters6.Late-night snack attack4 letters7.Show whose winner never hears "Sashay away"15 letters8.Postseason games8 letters9.Concealed3 letters10.1 1 1 1 14 letters11.Weaken, to a gamer4 letters12.Canadian gas brand4 letters15."Get a ___!" ("Chill!")4 letters16.Lavender or basil, e.g.4 letters20.Texter's "Gimme a sec"3 letters24.Oxen connectors5 letters26.Ire5 letters27.What a dog "shakes" with3 letters29.Vintage product?4 letters31.Declaration of love to a soulmate, perhaps10 letters33.Discourage5 letters35.Whiskey ___4 letters36.Its capital is Sanaa5 letters37.Double down?9 letters39.Problematic programs7 letters40.JFK agency3 letters45.Soak (up)3 letters48.QB's mistake3 letters49.TV journalist O'Donnell5 letters51.Shy5 letters52.Radio knob4 letters53.Friend of a cause4 letters54.Get cheeky with?4 letters56.Former Russian ruler4 letters59.Irk3 letters60.Sonny's, but not Cher's3 letters62."Elvis ___ left the building"3 letters
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