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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 30, 2026
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August 30, 2026
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Across
1."This wager MUST be honored!"10 letters11.2022 Best Picture winner4 letters15.Party with wireless headphones10 letters16."Rush Hour" star Jackie4 letters17."That's fine, just this once"10 letters18.DJed, say4 letters19.Texas landmark5 letters20.Fat used to make masa for tamales4 letters22.Game with +4 cards3 letters23.12/24 and 12/314 letters26.Not nice7 letters28.Content-creating group with charity soccer matches7 letters31.Bargain4 letters32.Homer's cry3 letters33.Something maintained daily in a certain social media app10 letters37.Gather, as a fortune5 letters40.Singer featured on "Titanium"3 letters41."The Light We Carry" author Michelle5 letters42.Megadeth superfans, e.g.10 letters45.Plop down3 letters46.Orange ___ tea5 letters47.Sagged7 letters50.Boxers' treatment centers?7 letters52.Strategic jigsaw piece4 letters53.Apt rhyme for "Pooh"3 letters54.Wicked4 letters56.Renter's contract5 letters60.___ kids (Gen Alpha children, slangily)4 letters62.Breathing condition caused by digital communication10 letters65.Otherwise4 letters66.Conditioning without air conditioning10 letters67.Hockey juke4 letters68."Get in line, folks!"10 letters
Down
1.South Korea's continent4 letters2.Duck's beak4 letters3."Charlie's Angels" star Balinska4 letters4.Collaborated, with "up"6 letters5.More than crushing6 letters6.Mo. city near Ill.3 letters7.Preferring queerplatonic relationships, for short3 letters8.Sob4 letters9.French water brand5 letters10.Groups of four7 letters11.Adds to an email3 letters12."You can't be serious!"10 letters13.Intimidate5 letters14.Talk on and on about crosswords to, say5 letters21.Because of5 letters24.Ambulance initials3 letters25."The Sixth ___"5 letters27.Clothing4 letters28."Can you believe them?!"10 letters29."This is kind of a difficult question ..."10 letters30.Nymph that's an anagram of "Diana"5 letters32.Hydroelectric construction3 letters34.San Diego baseball player5 letters35.Within4 letters36.Kit ___ bar3 letters38.Upscale retailer that left Chicago in 20264 letters39.What "m" stands for in y = mx + b5 letters43.Job dismissal7 letters44.Grass for purchase3 letters48.Great Plains tribe6 letters49.Eye stealthily6 letters50.Snooped5 letters51."America's Got Talent" judge Cowell5 letters55.Tardy4 letters57.Prefix meaning "against"4 letters58."... or so it would ___"4 letters59.Comfort4 letters61.Ruby of "A Raisin in the Sun"3 letters63.Hoppy brew, for short3 letters64.Exciting, in 2010s slang3 letters
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