Crossword puzzle for August 3, 2026

ACROSS
1. By surprise
6. Give or take
11. Close-knit group
12. Nearest
15. Thicker
16. Audaciously
17. Greek letter
18. Surround completely
20. Drain
21. Not stereo
23. Depose
24. A style of jazz
25. Sloth
26. Ticks off
27. Healthy
28. Repose
29. Apply gently
30. Weighty books
31. Danseuse
34. Diminish
36. Bloodshot
37. Nile bird
41. Speed competition
42. Used to carry meals
43. Tilt
44. Writing table
45. Aggravate
46. As well as
47. Decay
48. Movie theatres
51. What we breathe
52. Joys
54. Alter
56. Strangle
57. Set ablaze
58. Clothe
59. Sugary

DOWN

1. Common solvent
2. Elongated crescent-shaped fruit
3. Commercials
4. Algonquian Indian
5. Composer Jerome ____
6. In crosswords, Not down
7. Explosion
8. Seep
9. Employ
10. Ductile
13. Thralls 14. Sort
15. Take exception to
16. Bilberries
19. Reef material
22. Australian bush country
24. Caribbean island country
26. Inactive
27. Term of endearment
30. Neat
32. Consumed
33. Domain
34. Area around a nipple 35. Illegitimate child
38. Equilibrium
39. Perception
40. Cache
42. 1000 kilograms
44. Remnant
45. Violent disruptions
48. Give as an example
49. Play parts
50. Display
53. Craggy peak
55. Form of "to be"

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Crosswords for August 2026

ACROSS 1. By surprise 6. Give or take 11. Close-knit group 12. Nearest 15. Thicker 16. Audaciously 17. Greek letter 18. Surround completely 20. Drain 21. Not stereo 23. Depose 24. A style of jazz 25. Sloth 26. Ticks off 27. Healthy 28. Repose 29. Apply gently 30. Weighty books 31. Danseuse 34. Diminish 36. Bloodshot 37. Nile bird 41. Speed competition 42. Used to carry meals 43. Tilt 44. Writing table 45. Aggravate 46. As well as 47. Decay 48. Movie theatres 51. What we breathe 52. Joys 54. Alter 56. Strangle 57. Set ablaze 58. Clothe 59. Sugary
	DOWN
	1. Common solvent 2. Elongated crescent-shaped fruit 3. Commercials 4. Algonquian Indian 5. Composer Jerome ____ 6. In crosswords, Not down 7. Explosion 8. Seep 9. Employ 10. Ductile 13. Thralls	14. Sort 15. Take exception to 16. Bilberries 19. Reef material 22. Australian bush country 24. Caribbean island country 26. Inactive 27. Term of endearment 30. Neat 32. Consumed 33. Domain 34. Area around a nipple	35. Illegitimate child 38. Equilibrium 39. Perception 40. Cache 42. 1000 kilograms 44. Remnant 45. Violent disruptions 48. Give as an example 49. Play parts 50. Display 53. Craggy peak 55. Form of "to be"