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USA Today Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 80 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 80 clues from the USA Today Crossword for August 20 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Phoenix Opera solo41 AcrossReveal answer → "Do your ___!"55 AcrossReveal answer → Take orders from410 AcrossReveal answer → Pear suitable for poaching414 AcrossReveal answer → Really mad515 AcrossReveal answer → Like stallions and bulls416 AcrossReveal answer → Alley target in a Wii Sports game1017 AcrossReveal answer → Ticks off419 AcrossReveal answer → Do better than520 AcrossReveal answer → Areas of land621 AcrossReveal answer → Drink that might be served with crumpets323 AcrossReveal answer → Need to pay324 AcrossReveal answer → "___ corte de rosas y espinas" (Sarah J. Maas novel translated by Margara Averbach)327 AcrossReveal answer → Spigot328 AcrossReveal answer → Trips around the sun (Abbr.)331 AcrossReveal answer → Proves versatile633 AcrossReveal answer → "Days of ___ Lives"335 AcrossReveal answer → Orchard units536 AcrossReveal answer → Counterpart of ecstasy538 AcrossReveal answer → Flash seen before hearing thunder1340 AcrossReveal answer → "Hidden Figures" star Janelle544 AcrossReveal answer → Airport annoyance545 AcrossReveal answer → Long, long time346 AcrossReveal answer → Vegas venue whose interior includes the world's largest LED screen647 AcrossReveal answer → Write to Dear Abby, say350 AcrossReveal answer → Boxing ref's call353 AcrossReveal answer → "___ Te Ching"354 AcrossReveal answer → The Broncos, on a scoreboard355 AcrossReveal answer → Brain scan (Abbr.)357 AcrossReveal answer → Home on a Kingdomino starting tile659 AcrossReveal answer → Turn into mush562 AcrossReveal answer → Sign of things to come464 AcrossReveal answer → Classic parade streamer material1066 AcrossReveal answer → Dryer fuzz469 AcrossReveal answer → Causing goose bumps570 AcrossReveal answer → Gorillas and gibbons471 AcrossReveal answer → Prom partner472 AcrossReveal answer → "I'm ___ in the back of the car / And I cried like a baby comin' home from the bar"573 AcrossReveal answer → In this location474 AcrossReveal answer →

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Monastery figure51 DownReveal answer → "Carol" star Mara62 DownReveal answer → "That's the truth!"63 DownReveal answer → 6-Down that defends legal rights44 DownReveal answer → Take the prize35 DownReveal answer → 4-Down, e.g.36 DownReveal answer → Spellbound47 DownReveal answer → Provoke68 DownReveal answer → Rent payer69 DownReveal answer → Leave out410 DownReveal answer → Happy hour seat811 DownReveal answer → Yellowstone creature312 DownReveal answer → "Definitely!"313 DownReveal answer → Stock debut, for short318 DownReveal answer → Honeydew alternative622 DownReveal answer → Toad's bump425 DownReveal answer → Blissful spot426 DownReveal answer → Woman with nieces, say429 DownReveal answer → Be nosy330 DownReveal answer → It's a long story!432 DownReveal answer → Parenthetical bit534 DownReveal answer → Ice holders637 DownReveal answer → "El perro" painter Francisco439 DownReveal answer → Window-shop, perhaps440 DownReveal answer → Not guilty841 DownReveal answer → Brainy person442 DownReveal answer → Pure delight443 DownReveal answer → Was introduced to344 DownReveal answer → Tapped gently648 DownReveal answer → ___-than-thou649 DownReveal answer → Colorful wrap651 DownReveal answer → Real gem652 DownReveal answer → "All Things Considered" network356 DownReveal answer → Honking flock558 DownReveal answer → Poker payment460 DownReveal answer → Beige shade461 DownReveal answer → State home to Bryce Canyon463 DownReveal answer → Ancient364 DownReveal answer → "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" protagonist365 DownReveal answer → Folks367 DownReveal answer → Cartoon shriek368 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 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.