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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026
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Across
1.Wading bird4 letters5.Nike competitor5 letters10."You bet, captain!"3 letters13.Docile4 letters14.It's spotted in the Andes!6 letters15.Peppa, for one3 letters16.Say "I've had it!"11 letters18.EMT procedure3 letters19.Scintillate5 letters20.Wet dirt3 letters21."Let's roll the ___!"4 letters22.People began searching for him in the 1980s5 letters23.Meaty brunch offering9 letters25.Morning hrs. (too early for me)3 letters26.Mineral spring3 letters28.Fairy-tale starter4 letters29.Tourney ranking4 letters31.Start to cycle?3 letters33."The Simpsons" character Szyslak3 letters34.Group of instruments, and what can follow the starts of 16-, 23-, 48- and 58-Across13 letters39.Well-suited3 letters40."lol my bad"3 letters41."The cheap yacht was on ___" (dad joke)4 letters43.Food brand for Fido4 letters45.Acquired3 letters47."Stop sharing!"3 letters48.Sole proprietorship?9 letters52.Exciting March Madness result5 letters54.Hardly docile4 letters55.Sorority letter hidden in "sisterhood"3 letters56.Pass into law5 letters57.PC key that would be handy in real life3 letters58.Katniss' battle gear11 letters61.Salonga heard in "Mulan" (1998)3 letters62.The fourth earl of Sandwich, for "sandwich"6 letters63.Old Roman cover-up4 letters64.Redone tennis serve3 letters65.Packed with info5 letters66."Victory was mine!"4 letters
Down
1."___ be my pleasure!"3 letters2.Darts and pool, for two8 letters3."Ready when you are!"8 letters4.Left in stitches?5 letters5.Amazing tennis serve3 letters6.2014 Ava DuVernay film about an Alabama march5 letters7.Troy, to the Romans5 letters8.Complex residence5 letters9.Sault-Marie connection3 letters10.HS class that might push you to the limit!6 letters11."Huzzah!"6 letters12.Wading bird5 letters14.Unit of resistance3 letters17.New Mexico art colony4 letters21.Principles6 letters22.Used to be3 letters23.Chill4 letters24."Wuthering Heights" landform4 letters27.Football kick4 letters30.Like a 63-Across6 letters32.Mensa measures3 letters33."Hold the ___!"4 letters35.NYSE debuts4 letters36.Impel4 letters37.Consumes some humble pie8 letters38."Pack it up!"8 letters42.Kindled3 letters43."OK, makes sense"6 letters44."I Can Has Cheezburger?" feline6 letters46.Word with "melt" or "roll"4 letters48.Peachy5 letters49.Found family, e.g., to a film critic5 letters50."Now that's impressive!"5 letters51.Speckled steeds5 letters53.First section of a novel5 letters56.Rave music genre: Abbr.3 letters58.Nickname that drops -jamin3 letters59.Judge's group, on scoreboards3 letters60.Pallid3 letters
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