Crossword Answers for Thursday, 20 August 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 20 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Color lightly TINT
- 5
- A negative NAY
- 8
- Again but in a new or different way ANEW
- 9
- A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
- 10
- As soon as ONCE
- 11
- The basic unit of money in Thailand BAHT
- 13
- Take in solid food EAT
- 15
- A toilet in Britain LOO
- 16
- Edible purple or red berries SASKATOON
- 19
- A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ORS
- 20
- Ask to obtain free BEG
- 21
- A gully that is shallower than a ravine DRAW
- 23
- Money offered as a bribe SOAP
- 26
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 27
- Anything that serves as an enticement LURE
- 28
- The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet WYE
- 29
- Inquire about ASKS
Down
- 1
- The ultimate principle of the universe TAO
- 2
- A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers INN
- 3
- Absolutely essential NECESSARY
- 4
- Adjust finely TWEAK
- 5
- Seize suddenly NAB
- 6
- Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin ANALOGOUS
- 7
- A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture YAHOO
- 12
- A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds TON
- 14
- The bill in a restaurant TAB
- 16
- Someone who engages in anal copulation SOD
- 17
- A mark to indicate a direction or relation ARROW
- 18
- A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter TESLA
- 22
- Very small WEE
- 24
- A boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood ARK
- 25
- The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES