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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 19, 2026
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September 19, 2026
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Across
1.Crispy topping for a baked potato9 letters10.Deg. requiring a defense3 letters13.How the weekend often seems to end10 letters15.Mauna ___3 letters16.Artist who creates puff pieces?11 letters18.Miscalculate, maybe3 letters19.Maple fluid3 letters20."Yeah, right!"4 letters21.Formal meal6 letters23.Supporter4 letters24.Mentors, as a 10-Across student7 letters25."Come stay ___!"6 letters28.Moving companies?7 letters29.Suspect5 letters30.Event site5 letters31."Over here!"3 letters33.Cover with asphalt4 letters34.Plea to a handyman5 letters35.Single4 letters36.Fr. holy woman3 letters37.Greece's largest island5 letters38.Model airplane wood5 letters39.These are nuts!7 letters41.Crystal-lined rocks6 letters42.iPads and Fires7 letters43.___ serif (font like Century Gothic)4 letters44.Checked out from a library, say6 letters45.Coin with an oak branch on its reverse4 letters46.Gobbled up or chowed down3 letters49.Coastal inlet3 letters50.Song like "Total Eclipse of the Heart"11 letters53.Music holders that might be burned, for short3 letters54."Just relax!"10 letters55.Scorching3 letters56."Wow, that's so helpful ..."9 letters
Down
1.Bases, in baseball lingo4 letters2.Penne ___ vodka4 letters3.Join hands?4 letters4.Extra playing periods, for short3 letters5."Of course it isn't, you goofball!"7 letters6.Move up and down, as a figurine's head6 letters7.R&B's ___ Brothers5 letters8.Train whistle sound4 letters9."You reap what you ___"3 letters10.Request to stay on the line10 letters11.Savvy10 letters12.Board game?5 letters14.Yap about crosswords, say7 letters17.Sketch-and-song show5 letters22.One of 21 on a standard six-sided die3 letters23.Helper4 letters24.Golfer Palmer with a namesake beverage, to fans5 letters25.Egyptian serpents4 letters26.Question from someone who wants to help10 letters27.Really enjoy yourself10 letters28.Messages that might contain emoji5 letters30.Watches5 letters32.Passing remarks?4 letters34."Don't you worry!"7 letters35.Asian country whose capital is Vientiane4 letters37.What talk is, in a saying5 letters38.Inferior to7 letters40.___-mo instant replay3 letters41.Netflix's "The Queen's ___"6 letters42.Object in the Statue of Liberty's right hand5 letters43."Yes ___, Bob!"5 letters45.Ice hockey feint4 letters46.Mystery author Bradley4 letters47.Piece of work, literally4 letters48.Dreyer's, on the East Coast4 letters51.Humorous fellow3 letters52.Meadowland3 letters
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