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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 25, 2026
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August 25, 2026
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Across
1.Skirt cut4 letters5.Symptoms before a period3 letters8.State of neglect6 letters14.Delicate material4 letters15.Just swell3 letters16.Venues that might have Zambonis6 letters17.*Teeny Apple music player of the 2000s8 letters19.Replied "Nuh-uh"6 letters20.Web portal that once promoted Hotmail and Bing3 letters21.Dutch cheese4 letters22.Vietnamese holiday that's a palindrome3 letters23.Polite assent7 letters25.Gem unit5 letters27.*India's first female prime minister12 letters31.Diminutive diminutive3 letters33.Trick-or-treating score4 letters34.America's national tree3 letters35.*"Let a person fantasize, will ya?!"14 letters40.Tik___3 letters41.Layer of fur4 letters42."___ Miz"3 letters43.*What lets you connect to the cloud while in the clouds12 letters48.Mayhem5 letters49.The whole package7 letters53.Green prefix3 letters54.Hot rod rod4 letters55.Sense of self3 letters56.Quick snooze6 letters59.Judgy glances ... or, phonetically, features of the starred clues' answers8 letters61.Cooks with high heat from above6 letters62.___ Lingus3 letters63.Match up4 letters64."Can you tell me how to get to Sesame ___?"6 letters65.Be a snoop3 letters66."Toodle-oo!"4 letters
Down
1.Like natto or okra5 letters2.Temporary slip5 letters3.Clickable images5 letters4."Bill & ___ Face the Music" (2020 film sequel)3 letters5.Sponsored podcast interruption, for example6 letters6."My friend," in Montreal6 letters7.Quickly read4 letters8.Court figs.3 letters9.Roth ___3 letters10.Meat substitute made from gluten6 letters11.Needing to be cooked more9 letters12.They're worn with red suits9 letters13.That, in Spanish3 letters18.Intend4 letters24.Actress Kunis4 letters25.Trig follower4 letters26.Polynesian figure4 letters28.Link's "Good Mythical Morning" co-host5 letters29.Itty-bitty battery3 letters30.It gets chewed up and spat out3 letters31.Feline nickname for Richard I9 letters32.Major turnoff triggered by cringey behavior9 letters36.Procedural drama on 56-Down4 letters37.___ days of summer3 letters38.Pep rally holler3 letters39.Landed4 letters40.___-tac-toe3 letters44.Canadian $1 coin6 letters45.Like Madame Tussauds figures, compared to the real celebs6 letters46."Let me help with the dishes"6 letters47.Make like a banana and split4 letters50.2003 Outkast hit5 letters51.Actor's rep5 letters52.Puccini opera5 letters54."Stat!"4 letters56."Survivor" network3 letters57.Brewpub brew3 letters58.Winter hrs. in LA3 letters60.Winter hrs. in NYC3 letters
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