Crossword Answers for Saturday, 29 August 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 29 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
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- Very foolish MAD
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- An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk DAD
- 7
- Surrealist Spanish painter DALI
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- Out of the way AWAY
- 10
- On, to, or at the top ATOP
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- A trivial lie TALE
- 12
- A male subordinate MEN
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- A British peer of the highest rank DUKES
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- A short pithy saying expressing a general truth GNOME
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- English writer MASON
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- Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series NTH
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- Leave undone or leave out OMIT
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- Make children SIRE
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- Rise or move forward TIDE
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- A single undivided whole UNIT
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- The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue RED
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- The conscious mind EGO
Down
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- One of a pair MATE
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- Side by side ALONGSIDE
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- A brief immersion DIP
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- An item of factual information derived from measurement or research DATUM
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- Make aware AWAKENING
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- An open river valley DALE
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- A metric unit of length equal to ten meters DAM
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- An affirmative YES
- 13
- Put clothing on one's body DON
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- Make mention of NOTED
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- A clever remark MOT
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- An independent ruler or chieftain AMIR
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- Three people considered as a unit TRIO
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- Made warm or hot HET
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- Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against SUE