Crossword Answers for Thursday, 5 March 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 5 March 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Crush or bruise JAM
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Informal terms for a mother MAS
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Relating to audible sound SONIC
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
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Work out in detail ELABORATE
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Take in solid food ATE
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Not at all or in no way NONE
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Cause to appear in a new form RENEW
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Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote LORE
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Son of Noah HAM
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Adopt as a belief SUBSCRIBE
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Followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery OBI
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Give evidence TELLS
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Moderately dry SEC
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Eliminate urine PEE

Down

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A sudden jarring impact JOLT
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Not aerobic ANAEROBIC
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A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes MIB
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During the intervening time MEANWHILE
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Place one's stake ANTE
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Deem to be SEE
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Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
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Land on or hit solidly CONNECT
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Eggs of female fish ROE
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
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Apply a lubricant to LUBE
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Having a strong healthy body ABLE
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A state in New England MES
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An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code SOS
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A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs REP