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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 26, 2026
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August 26, 2026
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Across
1.Speaker's place6 letters7.Mani-___4 letters11.Tech that Google Maps uses3 letters14.Enjoys a lot6 letters15.Baldwin of "Prelude to a Kiss"4 letters16.Petition3 letters17.*Hang in there!11 letters19.Pastrami sandwich bread3 letters20.More upset5 letters21.High-fat diet4 letters22.Walk back and forth4 letters23.*Stop at nothing!12 letters26.Goes after, as a fly7 letters29.Simplicity4 letters30.Witches4 letters31.Some pieces of merch4 letters34.Hummus brand5 letters37.Gimli's tool in "The Lord of the Rings"3 letters38.*Stay strong!7 letters40.Assistance3 letters41.Beast that grew two heads every time it lost one5 letters43.Prophet4 letters44.Like many old albums4 letters45.Abrupt4 letters47.Tic-tac-toe marks7 letters49.*Stick with it!12 letters53.Do a good ___4 letters54.Dishonest person4 letters55.Bothers5 letters59.Bug that goes around in the springtime?3 letters60.*Keep at it!11 letters62.Org. with a deadline on April 15, 20273 letters63.Speak to someone on the other side of a room, say4 letters64.Actress Henner of "Taxi"6 letters65.Letter above a resting cartoon character's head3 letters66.Operation Overlord date4 letters67.On an incline6 letters
Down
1.Some Insta posts4 letters2.Norwegian home of "The Scream"4 letters3.Gucci rival4 letters4.Sticks in7 letters5.Where life begins6 letters6.Bon ___ (witty remark)3 letters7.Plastic alternative5 letters8.Make very happy5 letters9.Crack, as an encrypted message6 letters10.Diamonds, slangily3 letters11.Group of amateur rockers10 letters12.___ ward5 letters13.Olympic shooting event5 letters18."Rats" with boards7 letters22.Italian city whose name sounds similar to a food4 letters24.Defense org. with a compass rose on its flag4 letters25.Endure4 letters26.Bygone Iranian royal4 letters27.Like beehives4 letters28.Cheddar or Gruyere10 letters32.___ out a living3 letters33.Trying waaay too hard7 letters35.The "R" of P.R.4 letters36.Sticks in4 letters38.Food Network's "Cupcake ___"4 letters39.Major part of astronomy?4 letters42.Regretted4 letters44.Low cost in Barcelona7 letters46.Tipped6 letters48.Take to a higher court6 letters49.Madison Ave. field5 letters50.Inventor of the first commercially successful steel plow5 letters51.Instrument that uses alto clef5 letters52.On time, to some5 letters56.Use shears4 letters57.Scrabble piece4 letters58.Certain earring or horse4 letters60.Pink Floyd frontman Barrett3 letters61.Some chess experts, in brief3 letters
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