Crossword Answers for Friday, 14 August 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 14 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A brief immersion DIP
4
Examine carefully VET
7
Marked by sound judgment SANE
8
A coniferous tree PINE
9
Using speech rather than writing ORAL
10
Get pleasure from LOVE
11
An interconnected system of things or people WEB
12
A university in Connecticut YALE
13
Relating to or performed with the fingers DIGITAL
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A feeling of strong eagerness ELAN
16
Male turkey TOM
18
Morally bad or wrong EVIL
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Utter a shrill cry PIPE
20
A display of bad temper FITS
21
Dig with a hoe HOES
22
Operate an airplane FLY
23
A state in midwestern United States INS

Down

1
Presumptuously daring DAREDEVIL
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Lacking the power to perform INABILITY
3
The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen PEL
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A disrespectful act VIOLATION
5
A natural covering ENVELOPES
6
The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
7
An adult female hog SOW
8
A map showing planned or actual features of an area PLAT
12
The dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology YIN
14
Alliterative term for girl GALS
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A state in New England MES
18
Have sexual intercourse with EFF
19
The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet PHI