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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 13, 2026
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September 13, 2026
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Across
1.Captain with a whalebone leg4 letters5.Not just "a"3 letters8.Snag, like Inter Miami tickets3 letters11.Wolfed down10 letters15.Actor's assignment4 letters16."Everyone good to go?"10 letters17.One of many in the Shetlands4 letters18.Dudes3 letters19.Like limes4 letters20.Pigs' facial features6 letters22."Wouldn't you say?"6 letters24.Other, in Spanish4 letters25.Kamehameha I or George III4 letters27.Invite as one's date for5 letters29.Pounded Polynesian paste3 letters31.Took rapid transit?6 letters33.Team up with4 letters34.Blushing3 letters35.Response that mocks entitlement15 letters38.Actress West3 letters39.Guns, as an engine4 letters40.Fashion brand founded in Laguna Beach6 letters41.What keeps the peas?3 letters42.Prepares for publication5 letters44.Behave like a good dog (and receive lots of pets in return!)4 letters45."___ Sutra"4 letters47.Resides6 letters49."On ___ of my client ..."6 letters51.Enjoy Eliot, Eco or Eggers4 letters52.It goes to 11 in "This Is Spinal Tap"3 letters55.Ever so slightly4 letters56.Delusion whose victims believe a person is in love with them10 letters59."Emma" author Austen4 letters60.1/60,000,000,000 of a minute10 letters61."All ___ is quite useless" (Oscar Wilde)3 letters62.Create a plot hole?3 letters63.Finishes4 letters
Down
1.He raised Cain4 letters2.Classroom response4 letters3.Church response4 letters4.Acknowledge an ovation3 letters5."There should be a law against it!"15 letters6."If only ___ listened ..."3 letters7.Breyers rival4 letters8."As expected"10 letters9.Taunt from a bad winner10 letters10.Contests with defining moments, perhaps?4 letters12."Wake up and smell the coffee"11 letters13.Leading country in saffron production4 letters14.Mattress company originally named Sleeper5 letters15.Total hoot4 letters21."I didn't get the memo"11 letters22.Aware of4 letters23.Bout enders, briefly4 letters25.Drinking establishment of note?10 letters26."Help me solve this"10 letters28.Small suggestions4 letters30.Without urgency4 letters31.Sleep under canvas4 letters32.Went back to black, say4 letters36.First-century Roman poet4 letters37.Tiger tots4 letters43.Take care of5 letters46.Friend, in England4 letters48.Vietnam neighbor4 letters49.Tijuana's peninsula, informally4 letters50.Stave (off)4 letters52.Soon, to Juliet4 letters53.Word before "games" or "boggling"4 letters54.Shin guards, e.g.4 letters57.Italian broadcaster that's aptly an anagram of "air"3 letters58.Baller in Vegas3 letters
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