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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 1, 2026
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September 1, 2026
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Across
1.Hanauma Bay's Hawaiian island4 letters5.Bit of jewelry4 letters9.Drives a getaway car for, say5 letters14.Yemeni port4 letters15.Wrinkly citrus4 letters16.Vietnamese capital5 letters17.Life time? (In this answer, unscramble letters 8-12)15 letters20.Clever tactic4 letters21.Winter hrs. in Santa Fe3 letters22."In ___ of gifts ... "4 letters23.Like some mustard (... letters 3-8)11 letters27.Midday refresher3 letters28.Non-Rx3 letters29.Phillipa who played Eliza Schuyler Hamilton3 letters30.Protective shipping containers7 letters32.Activist and singer Ono4 letters34.Canadian Thanksgiving mo.3 letters36.Expense4 letters37.Loan or security (... letters 2-7)9 letters41.Ruler of Valhalla4 letters43.Genre for Lauryn Hill3 letters44.Word on a red octagon4 letters48.Statement that often contains lies?7 letters51.Orbit or Extra3 letters53.___-Locka, Fla.3 letters54.Eldest sister in "Little Women"3 letters55.Serious risk (... letters 3-8)11 letters58.Mineral deposits4 letters60.Wrath3 letters61.Roaring beast4 letters62.Personal historic events (... letters 2-6)15 letters67.Furry swimmer5 letters68.Spanish for "you are"4 letters69.Currency of 21 countries4 letters70.Kid brothers, at times5 letters71.Invitation letters4 letters72.Extend across4 letters
Down
1.Buffoon3 letters2.Get comfortable with7 letters3.Poisonous plant7 letters4.Workers' organization5 letters5.Purchase3 letters6."Deviled" food3 letters7.Avis competitor5 letters8.Bite-size Chinese food6 letters9.Philip ___, first Korean American actor with a Hollywood star3 letters10.Flake out (on)4 letters11.Locomotives7 letters12.Way you might take advice7 letters13.Core exercises6 letters18.Caustic substances4 letters19.Sicilian hot spot?4 letters23.Word before "sauce" or "milk"3 letters24.Hoodlum4 letters25.Pink Floyd's genre4 letters26.Yahtzee needs4 letters31.Heaps4 letters33.Newspaper notice, briefly4 letters35.La Brea ___ Pits3 letters38."I hate to be ___ ..." (faultfinder's opener)4 letters39.Herb associated with fall4 letters40.Tater4 letters41.Do surgery7 letters42.Certain magazines7 letters45.Travel mug, e.g.7 letters46.Modern tennis7 letters47.Hole goal, at minimum3 letters48.Expressive hybrid music genre6 letters49.___ fixe menu4 letters50.Wildlife printmaker Charley6 letters52.M, on forms4 letters56.Zigs or zags5 letters57.Highest digits in Sudoku5 letters59.Proofreader's "Actually, leave it"4 letters63.Triage areas, briefly3 letters64.Cause to go "Vroom!"3 letters65.Verizon or Xfinity, for short3 letters66.Luke, to Darth Vader3 letters
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