Crossword Answers for Sunday, 23 August 2026
All 42 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 23 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Go back to bad behavior LAPSE
- 6
- Become pale and sickly WAN
- 9
- A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer AERIAL
- 10
- Having wisdom that comes with age and experience SAGE
- 11
- A lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants SWEEPSTAKES
- 13
- Related by blood KIN
- 14
- A special set of circumstances EVENT
- 15
- Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness SAG
- 17
- A cruelly rapacious person BEASTS
- 18
- Decorate with frosting ICING
- 20
- A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs STRAIT
- 23
- To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
- 26
- Dishware made of high quality porcelain CHINA
- 27
- Propose or intend AIM
- 29
- Promoting recuperation RESTORATIVE
- 33
- A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARES
- 34
- Treat badly ABUSED
- 35
- The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES
- 36
- The act of gambling WAGER
Down
- 1
- United States rock star singer and pianist LEWIS
- 2
- A particular environment or walk of life ARENA
- 3
- Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top PIE
- 4
- Excavate the earth beneath SAP
- 5
- Angular distance above the horizon ELS
- 6
- Stop sleeping WAKES
- 7
- A substance that exerts some force or effect AGENT
- 8
- A kind of gun emplacement NESTS
- 9
- Inquire about ASK
- 10
- Wild and menacing SAVAGE
- 12
- Being of the age 13 through 19 TEEN
- 16
- An unusually large enterprise GIANTS
- 17
- A small fragment BIT
- 19
- An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye CIAO
- 20
- Dispose of SCRAP
- 21
- In that matter THERE
- 22
- A movement upward RISES
- 24
- An upward slope or grade RAISE
- 25
- A large natural stream of water RIVER
- 28
- A master's degree in education MED
- 30
- Not processed or refined RAW
- 31
- A fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair ABA
- 32
- A sudden abrupt pull TUG