Crossword Answers for Sunday, 30 August 2026

All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 30 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A clever remark MOT
4
A highly desirable position or assignment PLUM
8
Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties PEAR
9
Located outside OUTER
11
The accent in a metrical foot of verse METRE
12
Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical OXIDE
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The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
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To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
16
Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive LIE
17
Someone from whom you are descended ROOT
19
A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer AERIAL
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Expect and wish DESIRES
23
An unauthorized copy or imitation CLONES
25
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk DADS
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Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants OIL
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Examine carefully VET
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In addition TOO
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Street names for marijuana SMOKE
34
An aromatic flavorful vegetable ONION
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A fierce or audacious person TIGER
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Opportunity for ROOM
38
A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea TYNE
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A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers INN

Down

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The system of methods followed in a particular discipline METHODOLOGY
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An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
3
Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree TREE
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Unsatisfactory POORER
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A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle LUX
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The act of using UTILISATION
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The surrounding environment MEDIA
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The basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos PESO
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Walk as if unable to control one's movements REEL
11
Make imperfect MAR
15
An upward slope or grade RAISE
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Being one more than nine TEN
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The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue RED
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Very strong or vigorous SEVERE
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Be priced at COST
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Restrict or confine, LIMIT
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Decree or designate beforehand DOOM
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A male human offspring SON
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Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column TORI
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The range of vision KEN
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Negation of a word or group of words NON