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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 20, 2026
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September 20, 2026
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Across
1."Close enough"10 letters11.Symbol of resistance4 letters15."This is bliss!"10 letters16.Petri dish gel4 letters17.Stereotypically great place for a kid to be10 letters18.Ingredient in a soda geyser, perhaps4 letters19.Ornaments that might be attached to toe rings7 letters20.Parked as a service7 letters22.Game Boy batteries3 letters23.Indie rocker with the 2018 album "Hell-On"8 letters24.Joy and laughter5 letters27.For each3 letters28.Gets the bronze?4 letters29.Parisian gal pal4 letters30.Skim alternative10 letters33.Member of Congress, casually3 letters34."South Pacific" star Brazzi7 letters35.Racket3 letters36.It's attached to jumper cables10 letters38.Derisive word before "baby" or "hire"4 letters39.Gritty detective genre4 letters40.Tight-lipped3 letters41.Comedic tribute5 letters42.Therese Dion, to Celine8 letters44.Locale for a 42-Across's child3 letters45.Mythical killer of King Arthur with a deathly name7 letters46.Peter of "Doctor Who"7 letters50.Where most religions began4 letters51.Obviously embarrassed10 letters53.Rave's partner4 letters54.Wreck areas10 letters55."Rack City" rapper4 letters56.Meta commentary's inspo?10 letters
Down
1.Flaky mineral4 letters2.The oldest independent state in the Arab world4 letters3.Hockey venue in "Heated Rivalry"4 letters4.Go long7 letters5."Right, I forgot"6 letters6.Takes a breather5 letters7.Back muscles, briefly4 letters8.Academic prefix for "bio" or "psych"3 letters9.Location of "the cloud"10 letters10.Move while avoiding detection5 letters11.Common overlay on a livestream7 letters12."Brain blast!"10 letters13.Receipts10 letters14.Tricks of the ___5 letters21.State-run gambling game5 letters23.Former D.C. journalism shrine with a portmanteau name7 letters24.Latin singer Anthony4 letters25."Let me clarify ..."10 letters26.Noisily exciting10 letters27.Like Foucault and Baudrillard10 letters30.Collection of items at an auction3 letters31."I'm not particular"3 letters32.Tie securely4 letters34.Not as common5 letters37.Training material for large language models7 letters38.Zero percent7 letters41.Lap again, perhaps6 letters42."Good thinking"5 letters43."___ beaucoup"5 letters44.___ Fierce (Beyonce's alter ego)5 letters46.What you might end up in if you break a leg4 letters47.Mother of Apollo and Artemis whose name is hidden in "cobble together"4 letters48.Doe, for one4 letters49.___-bitsy4 letters52.Word before "Boot" or "Kapital"3 letters
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