Crossword Answers for Tuesday, 1 September 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Tuesday, 1 September 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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The writing point of a pen NIB
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Alliterative term for girl GAL
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Someone who acts as assistant AIDE
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Proceed or get along FARE
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Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue SCLEROSIS
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Deem to be SEE
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A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country EXPAT
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Extremely cold ICY
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A lively ballroom dance from Brazil SAMBA
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Eggs of female fish ROE
20
An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service EQUIPMENT
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Half the width of an em NUTS
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A personal view IDEA
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Make lacework by knotting or looping TAT
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An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code SOS

Down

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Done with delicacy and skill NICE
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Silly or trivial IDLE
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A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions BEE
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Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted GASP
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An elaborate song for solo voice ARIA
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Being ten more than forty LEST
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A pompous fool ASS
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Marked by skill in deception FOXY
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Summarize briefly RECAP
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Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills IBIS
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Assign to a station SENT
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A shade of blue tinged with green AQUA
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An inferior dog or one of mixed breed MUTT
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Do over, as of (part of) a house REDO
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A single person or thing ONES
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The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
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A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region MIS