Crossword Answers for Monday, 31 August 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 31 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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United States poet and critic TATE
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Many times at short intervals OFT
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A commercial browser OPERA
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Eggs of female fish ROE
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Issue commands or orders for PRESCRIBE
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A male human offspring SON
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A sudden abrupt pull TUG
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Seize suddenly NAB
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Invoke upon BID
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A narrow opening GAP
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Worry persistently NAG
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Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of PREDICATE
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An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
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Take in solid food EATEN
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100 at equal 1 kip in Laos ATS
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A state of inaction REST

Down

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The upper part of anything TOPS
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The part of the fairway leading onto the green APRON
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A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity TEENAGERS
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
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Bring into being ORIGINATE
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Deceive somebody FOB
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The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
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Play a role or part ACT
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Cause friction RUB
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Very intense BAD
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A participant in a date DATES
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Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top PIE
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A boy or man GENT
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Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions POA
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Employ scabs or strike breakers in RAT
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Where passengers ride up and down CAR