Crossword Answers for Friday, 28 August 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 28 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
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- Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees ELM
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- Prepare oneself for a military confrontation ARM
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- Relieve from FREE
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- Send via the postal service MAIL
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- A written record of events on a voyage LOGS
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- A large sum of money PILE
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- The act of using USE
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- Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content ALLOY
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- Done with delicacy and skill NICER
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- The location of something surrounded by other things MIDST
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- The left eye ORA
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- Using speech rather than writing ORAL
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- The habitation of wild animals LAIR
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- Direct one's attention on something PORE
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- The boundary of a surface EDGE
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- A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
- 26
- A pompous fool ASS
Down
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- A desire for sexual intimacy EROS
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- Celebrated in fable or legend LEGENDARY
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- A state in New England MES
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- Fairly large AMPLE
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- Transport by railroad RAILROADS
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- Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains MILO
- 7
- An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease FLU
- 9
- A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock LEY
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- Play a role or part ACT
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- A small island ISLES
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- Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip MOP
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- Extremely robust IRON
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- A set of clothing RIGS
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- Form or compose ARE
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- A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA