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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - September 27, 2026
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September 27, 2026
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Across
1.Stand-up comic Margaret3 letters4.Jaw-dropping quality9 letters13.Crooner Rawls3 letters14.One plays in "Toy Story 5"10 letters15.QB's try3 letters16.Type of pie that's best served cold11 letters17.Squirreling away7 letters19.(Don't touch my bone!)3 letters20.Surreptitious3 letters21.Lack of danger6 letters22.Nurse3 letters24.They might squeak by!4 letters25.Org. that fights crime3 letters28.Back of a record5 letters32.Launch sites4 letters33.One who loves being under covers10 letters35.Ginger ___3 letters36.Flows rapidly7 letters37.Part of the U.K.3 letters38."Neato!"10 letters40.Pilates surfaces4 letters41.Bone of contention5 letters42.Superlative suffix3 letters43.Zinging quip4 letters44.Energy3 letters46.Hollow type of block6 letters48.Where sweaters might be in robes?3 letters51.Energy3 letters53.Way over the top7 letters54.Acknowledgment of a repeat defeat11 letters57.Sing wordlessly3 letters58."Let me write this down so I don't forget ..."10 letters59.Ending for "lemon"3 letters60.Verbal back-and-forth9 letters61.Frequently used base3 letters
Down
1."___ dismissed!"5 letters2.Spicy food items in corn husks10 letters3.Depleted creatively10 letters4.Trailblazing Chinese American film star Anna May4 letters5.Largest human cells3 letters6.___ it (improvise)4 letters7.Is scared of5 letters8.Credits (to)8 letters9."Down on the Corner" band, briefly3 letters10.Low digits4 letters11.Type of history4 letters12.Rat who said, "If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff"4 letters14.Oodles and oodles4 letters16."OK, I'll ___"4 letters18.Suggestions, for short4 letters23.Time zone you may be in if you "hopped off the plane at LAX"3 letters25.Serendipitous occurrence5 letters26.Reveals, as one's soul5 letters27.Map in a map5 letters29."Ahem!"10 letters30."Have some manners!"10 letters31.If you want them for breakfast, get cracking!4 letters32.Big ___ (David Ortiz nickname)4 letters33."Golly gee whiz!"3 letters34."Jeopardy!" host Jennings3 letters36.Crunchy orange squares of deliciousness, in my opinion8 letters39.Coffee holder3 letters40.Cat of zero tails4 letters43."Tres ___!"4 letters45.Champagne grape5 letters46.Fancy 'do4 letters47.The instant type was invented by Momofuku Ando in 19585 letters48.Harmony4 letters49.Below par (except in golf!)4 letters50.Prefix with "correct"4 letters52."Que ___?" ("What's up?")4 letters53.Vaccine pioneer Jonas4 letters55."Accidentally ___ Anderson" (photography book)3 letters56.What secures locks?3 letters
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