Crossword Answers for Friday, 20 March 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 20 March 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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The closing section of a musical composition CODA
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Sweep majestically SWAN
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Using speech rather than writing ORAL
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Direct one's attention on something PORE
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Get the better of BEST
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Form an arch or curve ARCS
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Made warm or hot HET
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A blow that renders the opponent unconscious KOS
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Impudent aggressiveness BRASS
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Being one more than one TWO
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One who is playfully mischievous IMP
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An affirmative YEAS
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Every one considered individually EACH
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A beautiful and graceful girl PERI
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Feel physical pain ACHE
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The likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring ODDS
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Keep in check REIN

Down

1
Adult male swan COB
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A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
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Instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls DASHBOARD
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Remove the ovaries of ALTER
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A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
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Space allocated for your work WORKSPACE
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(of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow ARCO
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A strip of land projecting into a body of water NESS
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A native or inhabitant of Thailand TAI
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Slanderous defamation SMEAR
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A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind TYPO
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Street names for marijuana WEED
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A female person who has the same parents as another person SIS
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The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet CHI
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Adult female bird HEN