Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - August 13, 2026
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August 13, 2026
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Across
1.Biblical queen's land5 letters6."Hurry!" letters4 letters10.Mojito garnish4 letters14.Cultured sort?5 letters15.Interpretation4 letters16.Chimps and gorillas4 letters17.Like 11-Down and 27-Across, often5 letters18.Reply when Mr. Nicholson asks, "How do you like your coffee?"9 letters20.Lode load3 letters21.Bam Adebayo's team4 letters23.Merchant stalls6 letters24.Reply when Mr. Garfunkel asks how everyone is doing?7 letters26.Beloved4 letters27.Beer with a Grillo's Pickles flavor, briefly3 letters28.Short clip?3 letters29.Warbled4 letters33.Bicycle spokes, essentially5 letters36.Grand-scale tales5 letters38.Battle (for)3 letters39.Reply when Mr. Nye asks why there are so many wind turbines?15 letters42.Yahoo! alternative3 letters43.Midsize car5 letters44.Great Grandma?5 letters45.Lat neighbor4 letters47."Mean Girls" screenwriter Tina3 letters48.Center prefix3 letters49.Big bustles4 letters51.Reply when Ms. Deeley mentions her new TV gig?7 letters55.One with an eye for dotting i's6 letters58.Downsides4 letters59.Director DuVernay3 letters60.Reply when Mr. Hamill says, "May the Force be with you"?9 letters62.Along for the ride, say5 letters64.Nerve4 letters65.Lake at the Detroit River's end4 letters66.Track star Bolt5 letters67.Fashion monthly4 letters68.Informal claim4 letters69.Moore of "This Is Us"5 letters
Down
1."Weird Al" specialty5 letters2.Postimpressionist painter Rousseau5 letters3.All finished, say5 letters4.Wacoal garment3 letters5.Cereal that once featured a crossword puzzle in magazine ads9 letters6.Currently hitting5 letters7.Curing agent4 letters8.Otherwise called3 letters9.Like a bird feeder8 letters10.College paths6 letters11.Some craft pours, for short4 letters12.Make out4 letters13.Tuts4 letters19.Korean automaker3 letters22.Go amiss3 letters25.Grand-scale tale4 letters26."Bon appetit!"5 letters28.Short trip?5 letters30.Rental car giant4 letters31.River near the Great Pyramid4 letters32.Meshes well4 letters33.Interpretation4 letters34.Spiky succulent4 letters35."Hi-ho, the derry-o" locale4 letters36.Heads and tails5 letters37.Academic gathering9 letters40.Back on the straight and narrow8 letters41.Fume4 letters46.Be a rat6 letters48.One billion years3 letters50."Yabba-dabba-__!"3 letters51.Classic colas5 letters52.Board game with settlers5 letters53.Dance around5 letters54.Like some port5 letters55.Perimeter4 letters56.Body wash brand4 letters57."C'mon, __ be fun"4 letters58.Spot for a tot4 letters61.Cal. neighbor3 letters63.Codebreaker Challenge org.3 letters
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