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Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - August 21, 2026

across

Lessen gradually Crossword Clue
ABATE
Monumental Crossword Clue
EPIC
Flaky rock Crossword Clue
MICA
Take a load off Crossword Clue
RELAX
"Rubber duckie, you're the one / You make ___time lots of fun" Crossword Clue
BATH
Type of exam Crossword Clue
ORAL
Top-tier Crossword Clue
ELITE
Fairy tale beginning Crossword Clue
ONCE
August 20, e.g Crossword Clue
DATE
"To catch them is my real test / To train them is my cause" song Crossword Clue
POKEMONTHEME
Amazement Crossword Clue
AWE
Ask nosy questions Crossword Clue
PRY
Interfere, like with a lock's integrity Crossword Clue
TAMPER
Devoured Crossword Clue
ATE
Feeling blue Crossword Clue
SAD
It can be fragile or inflated Crossword Clue
EGO
"Top Gun" actor Kilmer Crossword Clue
VAL
Like someone who unplugs completely Crossword Clue
OFFTHEGRID
State that hosts RAGBRAI Crossword Clue
IOWA
Regret Crossword Clue
RUE
Broadcasts Crossword Clue
AIRS
Successor's challenge after replacing a legend Crossword Clue
BIGSHOESTOFILL
Cooling cubes Crossword Clue
ICE
Chooses Crossword Clue
OPTS
Outlaw Crossword Clue
BAN
Simmer with anger Crossword Clue
SEETHE
A, in German Crossword Clue
EIN
Chimpanzee, e.g Crossword Clue
APE
Hints that help decipher the meaning of an unfamiliar word Crossword Clue
CONTEXTCLUES
Leah or Sean, for example Crossword Clue
NAME
Calf-length skirt Crossword Clue
MIDI
Actors memorize them Crossword Clue
LINES
Widely adored person Crossword Clue
IDOL
"Beware the ___ of March" Crossword Clue
IDES
Prefix similar to "mega" Crossword Clue
ULTRA
Word after "cereal" or "acai" Crossword Clue
BOWL
Value of a penny Crossword Clue
CENT
Prone to giving orders Crossword Clue
BOSSY

down

Stuffed cornmeal cake Crossword Clue
AREPA
Under Crossword Clue
BELOW
Look-___ (doppelganger) Crossword Clue
ALIKE
British museum Crossword Clue
TATE
Not taxable, e.g Crossword Clue
EXEMPT
Traditional wood for some piano keys Crossword Clue
EBONY
What dogs do to regulate body temperature Crossword Clue
PANT
Bug bite symptom Crossword Clue
ITCH
Fastest land animal Crossword Clue
CHEETAH
Wi-Fi device Crossword Clue
MODEM
Roth ___ (nest egg option) Crossword Clue
IRA
Purring pet Crossword Clue
CAT
Pub offering Crossword Clue
ALE
Cookie with a BTS variety Crossword Clue
OREO
Created Crossword Clue
MADE
Severe danger Crossword Clue
PERIL
Aesthetic with emo influences Crossword Clue
EGIRL
Photoreceptors responsible for night vision Crossword Clue
RODS
"'Tis a shame" Crossword Clue
ALAS
Copy editor's "Leave as-is" Crossword Clue
STET
Essence of a crossword constructor's style Crossword Clue
VOICE
"Oh, shucks!" Crossword Clue
AWGEE
Ridge on a guitar neck Crossword Clue
FRET
Commotion Crossword Clue
FUSS
Acquire Crossword Clue
GAIN
Sacred Egyptian bird Crossword Clue
IBIS
Snack cake similar to a Swiss roll Crossword Clue
HOHO
Amateur comic's event Crossword Clue
OPENMIC
Memorial bio Crossword Clue
OBIT
Star's groupies Crossword Clue
FANCLUB
Infection-fighting immune system component Crossword Clue
TCELL
Simply be Crossword Clue
EXIST
Parent's sisters Crossword Clue
AUNTS
Social equals Crossword Clue
PEERS
Writing assignment Crossword Clue
ESSAY
"A rising ___ lifts all boats" Crossword Clue
TIDE
Paradise Crossword Clue
EDEN
Stitch's pal Crossword Clue
LILO
Pen tip Crossword Clue
NIB
Commotion Crossword Clue
ADO
Cut the grass Crossword Clue
MOW

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