Crossword Answers for Saturday, 22 August 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 22 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A group of aquatic mammals POD
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A pompous fool ASS
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A personal view IDEA
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An abrupt transition LEAP
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Spicy sauce often containing chocolate MOLE
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The highest point ACME
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Earlier in time PRIOR
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A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs REP
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A short pithy saying expressing a general truth GNOME
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The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
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A participant in a date DATES
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A small shelter for domestic animals COTE
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An aspect of something SIDE
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At that time THEN
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A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring SODA
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Not used up ODD
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A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS

Down

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Arrange for sexual partners for others PIMP
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Any property detected by the olfactory system ODOR
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Take delight in DELIGHTED
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A wing of an insect ALA
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The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance SECRETION
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Equal in amount or value SAME
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An immeasurably long period of time AEON
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Liveliness and energy PEP
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A gangster's pistol ROD
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The common people generally MASS
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Play a role or part ACT
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A city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs SOHO
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Founder of Christian Science in 1866 EDDY
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Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEAS
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A final state END