Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 5 August 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 5 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Put in a horizontal position LAY
4
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
7
New Zealand eel TUNA
8
An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint AURA
10
Separate (a metal) from an ore EXTRACTED
12
Have need of NEEDS
13
Bad; unfortunate SAD
14
Term of address for a man SIR
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The left eye ORA
19
Flesh of a duck DUCKS
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A female ballet dancer BALLERINA
25
Assign a location to SITE
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A tiny piece of anything ATOM
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Be almost asleep NOD
28
Leave unchanged LET

Down

1
Elegant and sumptuous LUXE
2
Place one's stake ANTE
3
A unit of volume YARDS
4
An enclosed space SAC
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Attribute or give PUTS
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A subject of study AREA
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Being one more than nine TEN
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Bestow a quality on ADD
11
Out of the way ASIDE
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Living in or characteristic of farming or country life RURAL
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The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother OBS
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Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive RAIN
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The lowest female singing voice ALTO
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Make reference to CITE
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A tight cluster of people or things KNOT
22
A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target SAM
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Be in charge of LED