Crossword Answers for Friday, 21 August 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 21 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Increase the number of rotations per minute REV
- 4
- A state in New England MES
- 7
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 8
- How something is done or how it happens MODE
- 9
- Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story NARRATIVE
- 12
- Influence in an unfair way BIAS
- 13
- Being one more than nine TEN
- 14
- A thin layer covering something COAT
- 15
- Cause to be born BORE
- 16
- The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
- 17
- The number of liveborn children a woman has delivered PARA
- 18
- The occupation of a tailor TAILORING
- 21
- Drive obliquely TOES
- 22
- Succeed at easily ACE
- 23
- A final state END
- 24
- Soldier of the American Revolution LEE
Down
- 1
- Have a particular form RAN
- 2
- Work out in detail ELABORATE
- 3
- The process of varying or being varied VARIATION
- 4
- A clever remark MOT
- 5
- An article giving opinions or perspectives EDITORIAL
- 6
- The act of severing SEVERANCE
- 8
- Informal terms for a mother MAS
- 10
- Employ scabs or strike breakers in RAT
- 11
- The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
- 14
- A spiteful woman gossip CAT
- 15
- The act of preventing BAR
- 17
- A European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea POS
- 19
- Be in charge of LED
- 20
- Turn to the right side GEE