Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 12 August 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 12 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara KAMA
5
Informal terms for a mother MOM
8
An individual instance of a type of symbol ITEM
9
Divisible by two EVEN
11
Give an exhibition of to an interested audience DEMO
12
A naked person NUDE
13
Seed vessel having hooks or prickles BUR
15
The force of policemen and officers LAW
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Someone who arrives ARRIVAL
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A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
19
A sizeable hole PIT
20
A former copper coin of Pakistan and India ANNA
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A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly LIAR
25
Look searchingly PEER
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Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular LOCO
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Inquire about ASK
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Again but in a new or different way ANEW

Down

1
Young goat KID
2
Take in solid food ATE
3
A thin pliable sheet of material MEMBRANES
4
A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship AMOUR
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A male subordinate MEN
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The expulsion of an ovum from the ovary OVULATION
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An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event MEDAL
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In use after medieval times NEW
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Tear or be torn violently RIP
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Transient cessation of respiration APNEA
17
Mexican revolutionary leader VILLA
18
Excavate the earth beneath SAP
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A boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood ARK
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Succeed at easily ACE
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An angry dispute ROW