Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - August 1, 2026
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August 1, 2026
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Across
1.Many a Maximum Fun collaborator9 letters10.Signal to change a battery5 letters15.Espresso variety9 letters16.Norse pantheon5 letters17.Makes9 letters18.Buttoned-up sort5 letters19.Fashion designer Saab4 letters20.Noted law maker6 letters22."__ of Me": PJ Harvey album3 letters23.Impetus6 letters25.Poivre partner3 letters26.Ten ahead?4 letters27.WashU's city3 letters28.House Stark patriarch3 letters30.Fed action7 letters32.Show stopper?12 letters34."Measure twice, cut once," for one5 letters37.Sentimental one3 letters38.Golf course halves5 letters39.Discount emporia12 letters42.Look down upon7 letters43.Goss3 letters44.UFC style3 letters47.Feature of an ungulate4 letters48.Title choice on some forms3 letters50.Contests6 letters52.Fender Deluxe Reverb, e.g.3 letters53."Help me out, would ya?"6 letters55.WNBA positions: Abbr.4 letters56.Take care of5 letters58.Joint tissue9 letters60.Shinto shrine entrance5 letters61.Race unit9 letters62.First name in landscape photography5 letters63.Drag event?9 letters
Down
1.Motorola devices6 letters2.Tamagoyaki, e.g.6 letters3.No answer?6 letters4.Grand Council of the __: political body in Canada5 letters5.Cause of inflation3 letters6.Security line machine7 letters7.The Village Voice critic Greg who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 20244 letters8.TMZ alternative5 letters9.Athletic position?10 letters10.Skipper, for short4 letters11."That girl?"3 letters12."Consider it done!"8 letters13.Lampoon8 letters14.Antecedes8 letters21."Frozen" character who sings "In Summer"4 letters24.Ad hoc6 letters26."Train Dreams" writer Johnson5 letters29.Fighting words?10 letters31.Lack of sensitivity6 letters32.Shortchange5 letters33."I could __"3 letters34.Stratovolcano in NorCal8 letters35."Gimme a break"8 letters36.Highway enforcers8 letters40.Mild4 letters41.Many a "Selling Sunset" cast member7 letters44.Re-strain?6 letters45.Picks a lane?6 letters46.Declare6 letters49.Valencia's country5 letters51.Sign of treble?5 letters53.Get hot4 letters54."Alligator Boy" in a 2021 Netflix animated film4 letters57.Runoff cause, perhaps3 letters59."__ Mine": George Harrison book3 letters
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