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USA Today Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 79 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 79 clues from the USA Today Crossword for August 21 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
Lessen gradually51 AcrossReveal answer → Monumental46 AcrossReveal answer → Flaky rock410 AcrossReveal answer → Take a load off514 AcrossReveal answer → "Rubber duckie, you're the one / You make ___time lots of fun"415 AcrossReveal answer → Type of exam416 AcrossReveal answer → Top-tier517 AcrossReveal answer → Fairy tale beginning418 AcrossReveal answer → August 20, e.g.419 AcrossReveal answer → "To catch them is my real test / To train them is my cause" song1220 AcrossReveal answer → Amazement323 AcrossReveal answer → Ask nosy questions324 AcrossReveal answer → Interfere, like with a lock's integrity625 AcrossReveal answer → Devoured329 AcrossReveal answer → Feeling blue330 AcrossReveal answer → It can be fragile or inflated331 AcrossReveal answer → "Top Gun" actor Kilmer332 AcrossReveal answer → Like someone who unplugs completely1034 AcrossReveal answer → State that hosts RAGBRAI438 AcrossReveal answer → Regret339 AcrossReveal answer → Broadcasts440 AcrossReveal answer → Successor's challenge after replacing a legend1441 AcrossReveal answer → Cooling cubes346 AcrossReveal answer → Chooses447 AcrossReveal answer → Outlaw348 AcrossReveal answer → Simmer with anger649 AcrossReveal answer → A, in German351 AcrossReveal answer → Chimpanzee, e.g.352 AcrossReveal answer → Hints that help decipher the meaning of an unfamiliar word1255 AcrossReveal answer → Leah or Sean, for example459 AcrossReveal answer → Calf-length skirt462 AcrossReveal answer → Actors memorize them563 AcrossReveal answer → Widely adored person464 AcrossReveal answer → "Beware the ___ of March"465 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix similar to "mega"566 AcrossReveal answer → Word after "cereal" or "acai"467 AcrossReveal answer → Value of a penny468 AcrossReveal answer → Prone to giving orders569 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Stuffed cornmeal cake51 DownReveal answer → Under52 DownReveal answer → Look-___ (doppelganger)53 DownReveal answer → British museum44 DownReveal answer → Not taxable, e.g.65 DownReveal answer → Traditional wood for some piano keys56 DownReveal answer → What dogs do to regulate body temperature47 DownReveal answer → Bug bite symptom48 DownReveal answer → Fastest land animal79 DownReveal answer → Wi-Fi device510 DownReveal answer → Roth ___ (nest egg option)311 DownReveal answer → Purring pet312 DownReveal answer → Pub offering313 DownReveal answer → Cookie with a BTS variety421 DownReveal answer → Created422 DownReveal answer → Severe danger526 DownReveal answer → Aesthetic with emo influences527 DownReveal answer → Photoreceptors responsible for night vision428 DownReveal answer → "'Tis a shame"429 DownReveal answer → Copy editor's "Leave as-is"430 DownReveal answer → Essence of a crossword constructor's style532 DownReveal answer → "Oh, shucks!"533 DownReveal answer → Ridge on a guitar neck435 DownReveal answer → Commotion436 DownReveal answer → Acquire437 DownReveal answer → Sacred Egyptian bird438 DownReveal answer → Snack cake similar to a Swiss roll442 DownReveal answer → Amateur comic's event743 DownReveal answer → Memorial bio444 DownReveal answer → Star's groupies745 DownReveal answer → Infection-fighting immune system component550 DownReveal answer → Simply be551 DownReveal answer → Parent's sisters552 DownReveal answer → Social equals553 DownReveal answer → Writing assignment554 DownReveal answer → "A rising ___ lifts all boats"456 DownReveal answer → Paradise457 DownReveal answer → Stitch's pal458 DownReveal answer → Pen tip359 DownReveal answer → Commotion360 DownReveal answer → Cut the grass361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today crossword published on Friday, August 21, 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.