Crossword Answers for Friday, 7 August 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 7 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Be lazy or idle BUM
- 4
- An interest followed with exaggerated zeal FAD
- 7
- Marked by sound judgment SANE
- 8
- Having relatively few calories LITE
- 9
- Make a short high-pitched sound PING
- 10
- Extremely robust IRON
- 11
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 12
- An armed adversary ENEMY
- 13
- A trivial lie TALES
- 15
- The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates SKULL
- 17
- Being one more than one TWO
- 20
- Raise trivial objections CARP
- 21
- An ignorant or foolish person BOOB
- 22
- By bad luck ALAS
- 23
- A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers INNS
- 24
- A quantity of no importance NIL
- 25
- The act of gambling BET
Down
- 1
- Release after a security has been paid BAIL
- 2
- Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression UNNATURAL
- 3
- The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros MEG
- 4
- A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire FIRESTONE
- 5
- A tiny piece of anything ATOM
- 6
- Refuse to let have DENY
- 7
- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
- 8
- A fortified position LINE
- 12
- An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building ELL
- 14
- Any high mountain ALPS
- 15
- Examine hastily SCAN
- 16
- Wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi KALI
- 18
- An established custom WONT
- 19
- The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother OBS
- 21
- Drink moderately but regularly BIB