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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - August 8, 2026
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August 8, 2026
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Across
1.You can't sit there!12 letters13.Class rebranded as "family and consumer sciences"13 letters15."Haven't seen you in ages!"14 letters17.Prefix with "cortex"3 letters18.Unfreeze4 letters19.Cuisine with momo and yak butter tea6 letters21.Bear, in Spanish3 letters22."Don't have a ___, man!" (Bart Simpson catchphrase)3 letters23.Disapproving sound3 letters24.Since4 letters27.Relating to the moon5 letters30.Hind end4 letters31.Alertness-maxxing technique that combines caffeine and sleep9 letters33.Bawl3 letters34.Person unlikely to job-hop5 letters35.CBS franchise featuring DNA tests3 letters36.Advisory board?5 letters39.Employ4 letters40.Bad Bunny genre9 letters42.Bench press muscles, for short4 letters43.Seasoned rice dish5 letters44.Leg up4 letters45.TikTok star Addison ___3 letters46.Graduate's hat3 letters47.Prenatal care providers: Abbr.3 letters49.Unpleasant experience6 letters51.Basketball coach Steve4 letters53.House red, perhaps3 letters56.It isn't not a feature of this clue14 letters59.Cereal box?13 letters60.Scripture whose story arc includes Noah's Ark12 letters
Down
1.Lower leg part4 letters2.Lug4 letters3."I ___ over this"4 letters4.Land of Lincoln?: Abbr.3 letters5.Info5 letters6.Cold opening?7 letters7.Hexa- + three4 letters8.Chew like a beaver4 letters9.___ Perignon3 letters10."Duel of the Fates" key6 letters11.Tendon5 letters12.Coffee pod that can be recycled4 letters14.Common loon, for Minnesota9 letters16.Anna's sister4 letters20."OMG, sooo tru"3 letters21.Full-ride scholarships, for lucky prospective college students6 letters22.Per ___ income6 letters24.Sports injury spot, briefly3 letters25."Someone else just told me that!"8 letters26.One can get away with sleeping at work9 letters28.Detach, as a certain tie6 letters29.Twangy5 letters30.Courses of travel6 letters32.Bard's "before"3 letters33.Bart, to Marge and Homer3 letters37.Jacksonville NFL player, casually3 letters38."___ Escape" (PlayStation game featuring primates)3 letters41."It's escaping me at the moment"7 letters42.Jacksonville NFL player, e.g.3 letters43.Wan6 letters46.Plotting group5 letters48."Your performance in that opera was incredible!"5 letters50.Currency that replaced France's franc4 letters51.Modified pushup joint4 letters52.Fish that are slithery4 letters53.Mention as a reference4 letters54.Big name in cosmetics4 letters55.Ernie's grumbly bestie4 letters57.Tonsillitis doc3 letters58.Flat hat3 letters
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