Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 8 April 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 8 April 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills IBIS
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Ancient Celtic god LUG
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An agenda of things to do MENU
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The excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal ANUS
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Female swan PENS
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Causing fear or dread or terror DIRE
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A city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs SOHO
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Half the width of an em NUT
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A harmful or corrupting agency VIRUS
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A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
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A person who has received a degree from a school ALUM
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The lowest female singing voice ALTO
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Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree TREE
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Cry like a cat MEOW
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Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds REAR
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Form or compose ARE
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Bestow a quality on ADDS

Down

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One who is playfully mischievous IMP
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Happen, occur, take place BEES
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Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art INNOVATOR
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Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed SUSHI
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A boy or man LAD
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Not covered by insurance UNINSURED
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Each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion GURU
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A unit of play in tennis or squash SET
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The left eye ORA
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(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm ULTRA
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A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target SAM
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A defendant's answer by a factual matter PLEA
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Made of fermented honey and water MEAD
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Be in debt OWE
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS