Crossword Answers for Saturday, 8 August 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 8 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Take a siesta NAP
- 4
- Be in debt OWES
- 8
- The basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos PESO
- 9
- Burn to charcoal COAL
- 10
- A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt RASPBERRY
- 12
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 13
- A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves OAK
- 14
- Sweep majestically SWANS
- 16
- An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code SOS
- 17
- Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions POA
- 20
- A method of writing rapidly SHORTHAND
- 23
- Good hearing EARS
- 24
- Succeed at easily ACES
- 25
- A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure CYST
- 26
- The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES
Down
- 1
- Move towards NEAR
- 2
- An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it ASSESSORS
- 3
- Bulge outward POP
- 4
- Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume OCEAN
- 5
- Space allocated for your work WORKSPACE
- 6
- Good hearing EAR
- 7
- Marked by skill in deception SLY
- 8
- In favor of PRO
- 11
- Speaking of yourself in superlatives BOAST
- 15
- Very intense WORST
- 18
- A single person or thing ONES
- 19
- A public promotion of some product or service ADS
- 20
- Moderately dry SEC
- 21
- Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder HAY
- 22
- Come to pass HAP