Crossword Answers for Friday, 14 August 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 14 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Play a role or part ACT
- 4
- Modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures COY
- 7
- A branch of the Tai languages THO
- 8
- An open skin infection SORE
- 9
- An actor who plays a principal role STAR
- 10
- Add details to PADS
- 11
- Prepare oneself for a military confrontation ARM
- 12
- Surrealist Spanish painter DALI
- 13
- Attract; cause to be enamored CAPTURING
- 16
- An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye CIAO
- 17
- Of or relating to Thailand TAI
- 18
- On, to, or at the top ATOP
- 19
- Informal terms for the leg PINS
- 20
- A channel through which something can be seen or understood LENS
- 21
- Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength ROC
- 22
- A public promotion of some product or service ADS
- 23
- A single person or thing ONE
Down
- 1
- Be attractive to ATTRACTED
- 2
- Someone who fights for a cause CHAMPIONS
- 3
- A high rocky hill TOR
- 4
- The state of being combined into one body COALITION
- 5
- An authoritative rule ORDINANCE
- 6
- An affirmative YES
- 8
- Box lightly SPAR
- 9
- An enclosed space SAC
- 12
- Two items of the same kind DUO
- 14
- A gentle blow TAPS
- 15
- Clean in preparation for inspection GIS
- 18
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 19
- In favor of PRO