Crossword Answers for Friday, 28 August 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 28 August 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Something curved in shape BOW
4
A pompous fool ASS
7
An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye CIAO
8
Obscene terms for female genitals TWAT
10
Giving care or attention ATTENTIVE
12
A state in New England MES
13
Propose or intend AIMED
14
A local and habitual twitching especially in the face TIC
15
Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions CAMEL
18
A unit of pressure PSI
21
Install again REINSTALL
23
An oppressive power YOKE
24
A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically ANIL
25
The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time NET
26
A special loved one PET

Down

1
A light informal meal BITE
2
Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa OATS
3
Intense mournfulness WOE
4
Informal terms for a human head ATTIC
5
Be dizzy or giddy SWIM
6
Bring into safety SAVE
7
A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion CAM
9
A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
11
Take into custody NAILS
14
A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof TENET
15
A fit of weeping CRY
16
An immeasurably long period of time AEON
17
Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy MIKE
18
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide PANE
19
A narrow fissure SLIT
20
Distressing ILL
22
A gentle blow TAP