Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 5 August 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 5 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Speak softly or lovingly COO
- 4
- Select as an alternative over another OPT
- 7
- A time for working TURN
- 8
- Someone from whom you are descended ROOT
- 10
- Form an arch or curve ARCS
- 11
- The sky as viewed during daylight BLUE
- 12
- Recently past OTHER
- 14
- Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong IRE
- 15
- A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct ETHIC
- 17
- A pompous fool ASS
- 19
- The last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet OMEGA
- 22
- Employ scabs or strike breakers in RATS
- 24
- A stock exchange in New York AMEX
- 25
- A strand or cluster of hair CURL
- 26
- A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale GALE
- 27
- Put in a horizontal position LAY
- 28
- A final state END
Down
- 1
- Marked by rude or peremptory shortness CURT
- 2
- Seating on the main floor in a theater ORCHESTRA
- 3
- The beginning or early stages ONSET
- 4
- An object with a spherical shape ORB
- 5
- A member of a police force POLICEMAN
- 6
- A time for working TOUR
- 7
- The ultimate principle of the universe TAO
- 9
- The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
- 13
- The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet RHO
- 16
- A standard or typical example IMAGE
- 17
- Something curved in shape ARC
- 18
- The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies SAUL
- 20
- Cut off the testicles GELD
- 21
- Chop or split with an ax AXE
- 23
- Marked by skill in deception SLY