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USA Today Crossword August 21, 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 79 clues. Tap “View Answers” on any clue to reveal its solution.

Nora Whitfield Crossword Editor · Verified answers

Across

Lessen gradually crossword clue1 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Monumental crossword clue6 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Flaky rock crossword clue10 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Take a load off crossword clue14 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

"Rubber duckie, you're the one / You make ___time lots of fun" crossword clue15 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Type of exam crossword clue16 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Top-tier crossword clue17 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Fairy tale beginning crossword clue18 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

August 20, e.g. crossword clue19 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

"To catch them is my real test / To train them is my cause" song crossword clue20 Across · 12 lettersView Answers

Amazement crossword clue23 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Ask nosy questions crossword clue24 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Interfere, like with a lock's integrity crossword clue25 Across · 6 lettersView Answers

Devoured crossword clue29 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Feeling blue crossword clue30 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

It can be fragile or inflated crossword clue31 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

"Top Gun" actor Kilmer crossword clue32 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Like someone who unplugs completely crossword clue34 Across · 10 lettersView Answers

State that hosts RAGBRAI crossword clue38 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Regret crossword clue39 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Broadcasts crossword clue40 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Successor's challenge after replacing a legend crossword clue41 Across · 14 lettersView Answers

Cooling cubes crossword clue46 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Chooses crossword clue47 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Outlaw crossword clue48 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Simmer with anger crossword clue49 Across · 6 lettersView Answers

A, in German crossword clue51 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Chimpanzee, e.g. crossword clue52 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Hints that help decipher the meaning of an unfamiliar word crossword clue55 Across · 12 lettersView Answers

Leah or Sean, for example crossword clue59 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Calf-length skirt crossword clue62 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Actors memorize them crossword clue63 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Widely adored person crossword clue64 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

"Beware the ___ of March" crossword clue65 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Prefix similar to "mega" crossword clue66 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Word after "cereal" or "acai" crossword clue67 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Value of a penny crossword clue68 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Prone to giving orders crossword clue69 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Down

Stuffed cornmeal cake crossword clue1 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Under crossword clue2 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Look-___ (doppelganger) crossword clue3 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

British museum crossword clue4 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Not taxable, e.g. crossword clue5 Down · 6 lettersView Answers

Traditional wood for some piano keys crossword clue6 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

What dogs do to regulate body temperature crossword clue7 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Bug bite symptom crossword clue8 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Fastest land animal crossword clue9 Down · 7 lettersView Answers

Wi-Fi device crossword clue10 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Roth ___ (nest egg option) crossword clue11 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Purring pet crossword clue12 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Pub offering crossword clue13 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Cookie with a BTS variety crossword clue21 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Created crossword clue22 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Severe danger crossword clue26 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Aesthetic with emo influences crossword clue27 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Photoreceptors responsible for night vision crossword clue28 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

"'Tis a shame" crossword clue29 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Copy editor's "Leave as-is" crossword clue30 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Essence of a crossword constructor's style crossword clue32 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

"Oh, shucks!" crossword clue33 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Ridge on a guitar neck crossword clue35 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Commotion crossword clue36 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Acquire crossword clue37 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Sacred Egyptian bird crossword clue38 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Snack cake similar to a Swiss roll crossword clue42 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Amateur comic's event crossword clue43 Down · 7 lettersView Answers

Memorial bio crossword clue44 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Star's groupies crossword clue45 Down · 7 lettersView Answers

Infection-fighting immune system component crossword clue50 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Simply be crossword clue51 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Parent's sisters crossword clue52 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Social equals crossword clue53 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Writing assignment crossword clue54 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

"A rising ___ lifts all boats" crossword clue56 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Paradise crossword clue57 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Stitch's pal crossword clue58 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Pen tip crossword clue59 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Commotion crossword clue60 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Cut the grass crossword clue61 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on August 21, 2026, a Friday, split into Across and Down in clue-number order. Tap View Answers next to any clue to open its solution page, where you'll see the answer, its letter count, and every other date the same clue has appeared.

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