Crossword Answers for Sunday, 2 August 2026

All 48 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 2 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against SUE
4
A man who serves as a sailor TAR
7
Select as an alternative over another OPT
10
A pompous fool ASS
11
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
12
The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet RHO
13
Sort or variety DESCRIPTION
16
Good hearing EAR
17
Make older AGE
18
A port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo SANTOS
21
A container; usually has a lid BINS
23
A sizeable hole PIT
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A gentle blow RAP
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A tart spicy quality NIP
27
An elaborate song for solo voice ARIA
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A splendid assemblage GALAXY
31
Informal terms for a mother MAS
32
Break down ROT
33
Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage MALPRACTICE
38
Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants OIL
39
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
40
Negation of a word or group of words NON
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Use diligently PLY
42
A unit of pain intensity DOL
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A material effigy that is worshipped GOD

Down

1
Bad; unfortunate SAD
2
The act of using USE
3
In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature ESSENTIALLY
4
A very troublesome child TERROR
5
Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
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A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs REP
7
Bring into being ORIGINATING
8
A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor PHOENIX
9
A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds TON
14
A spiteful woman gossip CAT
15
The bill in a restaurant TAB
18
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
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A system of conveying mail by aircraft AIRMAIL
20
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness SAG
22
Catch sight of SPY
25
Divide into parts PARCEL
28
Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder ASP
30
Any collection in its entirety LOT
33
Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip MOP
34
A gangster's pistol ROD
35
A rapid active commotion ADO
36
Speak softly or lovingly COO
37
A final state END