Crossword Answers for Thursday, 16 April 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 16 April 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Clean in preparation for inspection GIS
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Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder ASP
7
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
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(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm ULTRA
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Learn or discover with certainty ASCERTAIN
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Have a particular form RAN
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A young child TOT
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At any time EVER
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A beautiful and graceful girl PERI
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Negation of a word or group of words NOT
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Touch clumsily PAW
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Someone who has diabetes DIABETICS
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Someone who guards prisoners SCREW
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Scheduled to arrive DUE
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Good discernment EYE
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The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA

Down

1
A state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony GOA
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A state in the Rocky Mountains IDS
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A desk used for writing SECRETARY
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Angular distance above the horizon ALT
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Occurring or extending throughout a state STATEWIDE
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Earlier in time PRIOR
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A large pot for making coffee or tea URN
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Not in favor of ANTI
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Good hearing EAR
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A final state ENDS
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Expressing in coherent verbal form VOICE
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Hit lightly PAT
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Long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation PEW
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Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species BEE
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A step on some scale CUT
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Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA