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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 6, 2026
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August 6, 2026
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1.Drill or saw4 letters5.Rickman of "Die Hard"4 letters9.Horned herbivore5 letters14.Spanish 101 verb4 letters15.Food for when "you want to eat 2,000 of something," per Mitch Hedberg4 letters16.Became less tense5 letters17.Groucho's eldest brother (In this answer, note letters 4-6)9 letters19.What a bald tire lacks5 letters20.Must5 letters21.Wholesalers' customers9 letters23.Animal like Donkey Kong3 letters25.Dir. in "uptown New York"3 letters26.Actress who often co-stars with Ben Stiller (... letters 8-10)15 letters35.Did some garden work4 letters36.Loses it5 letters37.Result of a successful pitch4 letters38.Ideology's suffix3 letters39.Field trip vehicle3 letters40.Pen tip3 letters41.___ of faith4 letters43.Bird with a curved neck5 letters45.Mediterranean fast-casual chain4 letters46."Rebecca" and "The Birds" author (... letters 6-8)15 letters49."Is that true of me?"3 letters50."Get a room!" elicitor: Abbr.3 letters51.Y, sometimes9 letters57.Sheepish?5 letters61.Hematite or magnetite3 letters62.Online addresses ... or a description of the starred clues' answers?11 letters64.Star pitcher3 letters65.Angola's capital6 letters66.Waterproof cover4 letters67.Smidgen3 letters68."Bad Feminist" writings6 letters69."Sharknado" network4 letters
Down
1.Silicon Valley industry4 letters2.Workplace safety agcy.4 letters3.Elevator pioneer Elisha4 letters4.Dairy intolerance brand7 letters5.64-Across's asset3 letters6.Tall tale teller4 letters7.Hundred ___ Wood4 letters8.Deli counter call4 letters9.Eye part with photoreceptors6 letters10.Motorcycles known as "hogs"7 letters11."Gotcha"4 letters12.Close to4 letters13.Polymarket stats4 letters18."My b"4 letters22.Pantry pests4 letters24.ALF and Mork, for two: Abbr.3 letters26.Iconic chef Julia5 letters27.Biblical prophet of doom5 letters28.Gerrymander, say5 letters29.Opposite of up?5 letters30.Country that will soon vote whether to rename to Naoero5 letters31.___ salts5 letters32.Hawaii's "Pineapple Island"5 letters33.Martini garnish5 letters34.Concrete support rod5 letters42.Many profs' degrees4 letters43.Atrocious7 letters44.Quick rest3 letters45.Fancy neckties7 letters47.Soba or banh pho6 letters48.Thick Japanese 47-Down4 letters51.Cover in paint4 letters52.Big black-and-white swimmer4 letters53."___ I say more?"4 letters54.Reddit Q&As whose singular is a palindrome4 letters55.Ma's ma4 letters56.Orderly4 letters58.Noncommittal response4 letters59.Foam dart brand4 letters60.Annual athletic award4 letters63."Illmatic" rapper3 letters
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