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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026
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Across
1.Indigenous people of Arizona4 letters5.Something struck before a photo is taken4 letters9.Guitarist's tool4 letters13.Prophetic signs5 letters15.Princess ___ Organa4 letters16.Jacob's brother, in the Torah4 letters17.*Short pants10 letters19.Couple4 letters20.Prepared to propose7 letters21.Improv principle6 letters23.French for "salt"3 letters24.*Bottle tops8 letters26."Quaking" tree5 letters29.Donkey Kong and King Kong4 letters30.Athens' rival, once6 letters32.PreCheck org.3 letters33.Tomato type4 letters37.Autumn celebration that makes the starred clues match their answers?15 letters40.Pay for a hand4 letters41.For, in a debate3 letters42.Ingredient in lassi6 letters43.Vampire Weekend bassist Chris4 letters44."Saturday Night Live" has won many of them5 letters45.*Possible answer to "Who ate all the cookies?"8 letters49.Org. with a style guide3 letters50.One gets smashed at some parties6 letters51.Cocktail with lager and tequila7 letters55.Insects in a pantry4 letters56.*Donald aka Childish Gambino10 letters59.Handheld projectile4 letters60.Org. with a meat and poultry hotline4 letters61.Informal vocabulary5 letters62.Clog or wedge4 letters63.Lather4 letters64.Prefix for "scope"4 letters
Down
1.Pawn4 letters2.Neighbor of Yemen4 letters3.Cacio e ___ (pasta dish)4 letters4.Being held back9 letters5.Step wearily4 letters6."Jingle Bells" contraction3 letters7.Sloth, e.g.3 letters8."So simple!"9 letters9.Cola first sold in a pharmacy in 18935 letters10.Jacob's father, in the Torah5 letters11."The Muppet Christmas Carol" actor Michael5 letters12.Some Iranians5 letters14.What makes a fad fade?7 letters18.Animation frame3 letters22.Places where some RNs work3 letters24.Fancy Feast product7 letters25.Church nook4 letters26.Singer Bhosle, said to be the most recorded artist of all time4 letters27.Length of time4 letters28.Component4 letters31.Spears in a garden9 letters33.Obnoxiously complicated procedure9 letters34.Egg cell4 letters35."Frankenstein" author Shelley4 letters36.Secondary accounts online4 letters38.Donald's nephews, e.g.4 letters39.Like most sandals7 letters43.Animal form taken by the vampire Alucard in Castlevania games3 letters45.Air and mini tablets5 letters46."Queen of the Blues" Washington5 letters47.Skip ___ (streaming button)5 letters48.Have a sample of5 letters49.Encountered3 letters51.Sheepish remarks?4 letters52.Nobelist Pavlov4 letters53.Look after4 letters54.Jason's ship4 letters57.Baton Rouge sch.3 letters58.Not even3 letters
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