USA Today Crossword August 13 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the USA Today Crossword for August 13 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Zoom background effect41 AcrossReveal answer → "The West Wing" actor Alan45 AcrossReveal answer → Moves like a rope bridge59 AcrossReveal answer → Tiny bit414 AcrossReveal answer → Friendship bracelet bit415 AcrossReveal answer → Drink aka hot chocolate516 AcrossReveal answer → Gradually becoming more popular, like a trend1517 AcrossReveal answer → Home of the WNBA's Dream (Abbr.)320 AcrossReveal answer → Place for chickens421 AcrossReveal answer → Not pro422 AcrossReveal answer → Bout "souvenir," perhaps623 AcrossReveal answer → 1-1, for one325 AcrossReveal answer → Through326 AcrossReveal answer → High-fat diet429 AcrossReveal answer → La Scala's home530 AcrossReveal answer → Basketball player Sue433 AcrossReveal answer → Surface for tree pose734 AcrossReveal answer → Affirmatives536 AcrossReveal answer → Current that brings warm water into the Atlantic1037 AcrossReveal answer → Implicitly understood539 AcrossReveal answer → Give in642 AcrossReveal answer → Tooth or head trouble443 AcrossReveal answer → "___ what I'm thinking . . ."544 AcrossReveal answer → Tablet with a Mini version445 AcrossReveal answer → Veggie under a fairy-tale mattress349 AcrossReveal answer → Tell a fib350 AcrossReveal answer → Mat in a ryokan651 AcrossReveal answer → Reason to cancel a barbecue453 AcrossReveal answer → "Zip it!"455 AcrossReveal answer → Opposites of 36-Across357 AcrossReveal answer → Where the New England Revolution play their home games1558 AcrossReveal answer → Vulcan, e.g.562 AcrossReveal answer → Cookie with a Firecracker Pop flavor463 AcrossReveal answer → "A Simple Favor" star Kendrick464 AcrossReveal answer → "___ your heart!"565 AcrossReveal answer → Bend out of shape466 AcrossReveal answer → Feel sorry for467 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Huge favor61 DownReveal answer → Totally cannot stand62 DownReveal answer → Monopoly property without fixed rents73 DownReveal answer → Published in a paper34 DownReveal answer → Out of the ordinary85 DownReveal answer → Toy brand discussed on Brickipedia46 DownReveal answer → Like a used towel, perhaps47 DownReveal answer → Kerfuffle38 DownReveal answer → Part of a play59 DownReveal answer → "Thanks, but that ___ be necessary"410 DownReveal answer → It might involve protests, marches or community organizing811 DownReveal answer → Second-person pronoun312 DownReveal answer → "Unholy" singer Smith313 DownReveal answer → "Rocks" in a drink318 DownReveal answer → Primary conduit419 DownReveal answer → Knuckle-headed move?624 DownReveal answer → Spill the beans625 DownReveal answer → Wrath327 DownReveal answer → Some might pop up328 DownReveal answer → "That time works for me"631 DownReveal answer → ___-focused532 DownReveal answer → "Scram!"633 DownReveal answer → Prep for a major renovation, say335 DownReveal answer → Currency in Kyoto336 DownReveal answer → Place to take a break on a road trip838 DownReveal answer → Bar spout339 DownReveal answer → Unreturnable serve340 DownReveal answer → Third letter of the NATO alphabet741 DownReveal answer → Clue444 DownReveal answer → Grilled sandwich with Italian bread646 DownReveal answer → Quantity647 DownReveal answer → Feeling of shock and confusion648 DownReveal answer → Property claims550 DownReveal answer → "That's it!"352 DownReveal answer → Some craft beers454 DownReveal answer → Queen of Mount Olympus455 DownReveal answer → App operator456 DownReveal answer → Yap or yammer358 DownReveal answer → Under the weather359 DownReveal answer → AAA service360 DownReveal answer → Handshake alternative361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today crossword published on Thursday, August 13, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.