Crossword Answers for Thursday, 13 August 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 13 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea POS
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A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric MAC
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(of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow ARCO
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Feel physical pain ACHE
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The scene of any event or action LOCI
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Examine hastily SCAN
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Fully developed ADULT
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A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
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Any sacred song used to praise the deity PSALM
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The left eye ORA
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Annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers POPPY
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A small lake POND
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Draw slowly or heavily HALE
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A tortilla rolled cupped around a filling TACO
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The excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal ANUS
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The seed of the cereal grass RYE
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A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS

Down

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Urge on; cause to act PROD
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An act of being a tenant or occupant OCCUPANCY
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Make soiled, filthy, or dirty SOILS
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Informal terms for a mother MAS
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Go or travel along with ACCOMPANY
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A human female employed to do housework CHAR
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A wing of an insect ALA
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
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A gentle blow TAP
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A Buddhist who has attained nirvana LOHAN
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Select as an alternative over another OPT
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Emit long loud cries ROAR
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Involving advantage or good PLUS
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An affirmative YES
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Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck' DOE