Crossword Answers for Sunday, 16 August 2026
All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 16 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Slanderous defamation SMEAR
- 6
- An angry dispute ROW
- 9
- Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way LANCE
- 10
- A variable color averaging a deep pink CORAL
- 12
- Tending to consolidate INTEGRATIVE
- 14
- The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization DOH
- 15
- Rip off; ask an unreasonable price ROB
- 16
- Go through GET
- 17
- The basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa RUPEE
- 19
- Invoke upon BID
- 20
- Take a seat SAT
- 21
- Small rounded bread either plain or sweet BUN
- 22
- A resource AID
- 23
- A woman of refinement MADAM
- 25
- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
- 26
- An uproarious party DOS
- 27
- Any collection in its entirety LOT
- 29
- An unstable order INSTABILITY
- 32
- Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored PETAL
- 33
- Supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets CATER
- 34
- Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder ASP
- 35
- A particular kind STYLE
Down
- 1
- Move smoothly along a surface SLID
- 2
- The landed estate of a lord MANOR
- 3
- A person having a strong liking for something ENTHUSIASTS
- 4
- Succeed at easily ACE
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- Decline formally or politely REGRET
- 6
- Break down ROT
- 7
- The quality of being new and original ORIGINALITY
- 8
- Set waves in WAVED
- 10
- Ride in a taxicab CAB
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- Leave unchanged LET
- 13
- Eggs of female fish ROE
- 18
- Add details to PAD
- 19
- Start to grow or develop BUD
- 21
- A statement of fundamental facts or principles BASICS
- 22
- Transient cessation of respiration APNEA
- 23
- An association of criminals MOB
- 24
- A motor hotel MOTEL
- 25
- A small drink SIP
- 26
- A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters DAL
- 28
- Hoop that covers a wheel TYRE
- 30
- A gentle blow TAP
- 31
- A broad flat muscle on either side of the back LAT