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USA Today Crossword August 31 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the USA Today Crossword for August 31 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
Mario Kart character with a mushroomlike head41 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Evolution (powerful Pokemon form)45 AcrossReveal answer → Scorches59 AcrossReveal answer → Just chillin'414 AcrossReveal answer → Leap for Alysa Liu415 AcrossReveal answer → Measurement of gold purity516 AcrossReveal answer → Easy to understand1517 AcrossReveal answer → Payment to the IRS320 AcrossReveal answer → Other, in Spanish421 AcrossReveal answer → "Gotcha"422 AcrossReveal answer → "Let me fix myself up before guests arrive"723 AcrossReveal answer → Good ones are considered polite726 AcrossReveal answer → Very serious628 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Coladice (board game)429 AcrossReveal answer → "Fine by me!"330 AcrossReveal answer → Like Druidry and Wicca531 AcrossReveal answer → Video segments533 AcrossReveal answer → Particle physics concept1238 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix for "present" and "vore"440 AcrossReveal answer → She liked a bad apple343 AcrossReveal answer → Like a bad apple644 AcrossReveal answer → Weaving devices545 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion designer Saab447 AcrossReveal answer → Alcohol made from rice449 AcrossReveal answer → Silent ___ (parties with headphone-wearing dancers)650 AcrossReveal answer → ___ car smell352 AcrossReveal answer → Forest or coral reef754 AcrossReveal answer → Hajj religion557 AcrossReveal answer → Where you might keep snowboards and winter coats in July1562 AcrossReveal answer → Vulgar465 AcrossReveal answer → DEA investigator566 AcrossReveal answer → Elide467 AcrossReveal answer → Mama in the Mamas & the Papas468 AcrossReveal answer → Machines in casinos569 AcrossReveal answer → Aesthetic with black clothing470 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
"Quite so"31 DownReveal answer → Poem of celebration32 DownReveal answer → Lacking follow-through73 DownReveal answer → Slander64 DownReveal answer → At most35 DownReveal answer → Convention center gatherings56 DownReveal answer → Hanukkah coins47 DownReveal answer → Causing worry88 DownReveal answer → Precursor to reggae39 DownReveal answer → Make dinner at home510 DownReveal answer → Came to light511 DownReveal answer → Less common512 DownReveal answer → They're real eye sores513 DownReveal answer → Off the hook618 DownReveal answer → Bread often served with saag paneer419 DownReveal answer → "The Pitt" actress Briones323 DownReveal answer → "Greetings, fellow cow"324 DownReveal answer → Drum set essential525 DownReveal answer → Cheese-topped chip527 DownReveal answer → Comic Con event529 DownReveal answer → "___ it your best shot!"432 DownReveal answer → "I say we go for it!"434 DownReveal answer → Crumb435 DownReveal answer → Class that might have circle time436 DownReveal answer → "Auld Lang ___"437 DownReveal answer → Smartphone inserts838 DownReveal answer → It may grow up and branch out?439 DownReveal answer → Antiquated340 DownReveal answer → "You're accusing me?!"341 DownReveal answer → Absentees742 DownReveal answer → Japanese noodle often served cold446 DownReveal answer → Whole648 DownReveal answer → Omens551 DownReveal answer → Successor to the GameCube353 DownReveal answer → Color in peacock feathers455 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle for Angela Davis456 DownReveal answer → Toil458 DownReveal answer → Luxurious prom rental459 DownReveal answer → Butting heads460 DownReveal answer → "We only use 10% of our brains," e.g.461 DownReveal answer → Utah's capital (Abbr.)362 DownReveal answer → Coffee alternative that's actually more likely to stain teeth363 DownReveal answer → Trig ratio364 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the USA Today crossword published on Monday, August 31, 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.