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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - July 27, 2026
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July 27, 2026
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Across
1.One may not survive beyond "Survivor"9 letters10.Longtime Bravo star DeSorbo5 letters15."Let's rally!"9 letters16.___ nonsense5 letters17.Currently traveling9 letters18.Pains in the butt5 letters19.Digit in this clue's number3 letters20.Common Halloween candy size4 letters21.Genre for N.K. Jemisin or H.G. Wells5 letters22.Heinie6 letters24.Tomato soup add-ins8 letters27.Hertz or ounce4 letters29.Drill sergeant's syllable3 letters30.Letter between pi and sigma3 letters31.Stale statements10 letters35.Person who may use 2-Down4 letters36.Like a unicorn's horn5 letters37.Some undergrad degrees3 letters38.Skin care brand5 letters39.But wait, there's ore!4 letters40.Nonverbal prompts10 letters42."The Joy Luck Club" author Tan3 letters43.Sin/___ = tan3 letters44.Rotate on an axis: Var.4 letters45.Lopsided victories8 letters48.Queen of King's Landing6 letters52.Distinctive airs5 letters53."Pick me! Pick me!"4 letters55.Boy3 letters56.Genetic attribute5 letters57."Your happy relationship makes ME happy!"9 letters59.Have the same opinion5 letters60.Say who9 letters61.Jury composition5 letters62.Share in multiple subreddits, perhaps9 letters
Down
1.Dive like a hawk5 letters2.Mehndi colorant5 letters3.Group where eight is enough5 letters4.Baby's cry3 letters5."Please excuse my dear aunt Sally," e.g.8 letters6."Fess up already"7 letters7.Palindromic time of day4 letters8.Palindromic Honda model5 letters9.Palindromic saison3 letters10.Restaurant's rhyming treat for a dog6 letters11.Failed in grand fashion5 letters12.Comment from a gift giver9 letters13.Snappish summons9 letters14.Places to receive immediate care, for short3 letters21.___-chef4 letters23.Protruding navel5 letters25.Kind of monkey6 letters26.Sensitive spots5 letters28.One who starts and ends on a low note?6 letters31.Schoolroom predating laptops5 letters32.Be of great influence9 letters33.Rude question after someone pipes up9 letters34.Der, die, ___ (German 101 lesson)3 letters35.Tool for cubing vegetables5 letters38.Colorfully named Delaware team8 letters40."Voulez-___" (ABBA song)4 letters41.Spots for built-in bookcases7 letters43."The Case for Reparations" author Ta-Nehisi6 letters46.More twisted5 letters47.Renewable energy type5 letters49.Dramatic editing effect5 letters50.Roof projections5 letters51.Latin phrase shortened to i.e.5 letters54.___ sapiens4 letters56.Show interest on Grindr3 letters57.Business name abbr.3 letters58.Cozy resting spot for a pet3 letters
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