Crossword Answers for Sunday, 16 August 2026

All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 16 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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The sound made by a cow or bull MOO
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Jump across HOP
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An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease FLU
10
Play a role or part ACT
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Good hearing EAR
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Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers LIS
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Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series NTH
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Ask (someone) to marry you PROPOSE
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Deem to be SEES
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Kick; give a boot to BOOTS
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A person who changes location TRAVELERS
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Serve as a personal attendant to VALET
23
Transfer to another TRANSMITS
27
A very light brown BEIGE
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A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion CAMS
30
Make an investment INVESTS
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A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions BEE
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Drive obliquely TOE
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A small amount of liquid food SUP
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A broad flat muscle on either side of the back LAT
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To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
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Title for a civil or military leader AGA
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS

Down

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A male subordinate MANS
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Eight people considered as a unit OCTET
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Recently past OTHER
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Informed about the latest trends HEP
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An implement used to propel or steer a boat OAR
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A source of difficulty PROBLEM
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A lower limit FLOOR
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Tilt to one side LISTS
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The act of using USES
15
Characteristic of or befitting poetry POETIC
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Wild and menacing SAVAGE
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Painted beauty and red admiral VANESSA
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Angular distance above the horizon ELS
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The pitch range of the highest male voice TENOR
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A large natural stream of water RIVER
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Food or meals in general TABLE
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Slanderous defamation SMEAR
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A light informal meal BITE
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A unit of play in tennis or squash SETS
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A sudden abrupt pull TUG
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A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA