The daily puzzleTHURSDAY EDITION
Thomas Joseph Crossword August 20, 2026 Answers
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1Hence4 letters5Shock treatment, for short5 letters10Circle dance4 letters11Lively Spanish dance6 letters12“Frozen” snowman4 letters13Words on an arrow6 letters14Fixing a sneaker8 letters16Passing along8 letters20Pine products6 letters23Stephen of “The Crying Game”3 letters24Pindar, for one5 letters25Chaplin persona5 letters27Feel queasy3 letters28Grands, e.g.6 letters29Like a bubble bath8 letters32Telling the tale8 letters36Chant6 letters39Creative germ4 letters40One of the moons of Mars6 letters41Nearly all4 letters42Don Draper, e.g.5 letters43Different4 letters
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1Hammer wielder4 letters2Golf target4 letters3Russian river4 letters4Game quests7 letters5Summer of song5 letters6Sad poem5 letters7Small number3 letters8Lyricist Gershwin3 letters9Young fellow3 letters11Seethes5 letters15Euro division4 letters17Turkey neighbor4 letters18Movie fish4 letters19Openings4 letters20Crowd sound4 letters21Falco of “The Sopranos”4 letters22Window part4 letters25Turner of song4 letters26Joplin’s music7 letters28Heaps5 letters30Bakery come-on5 letters31Inert gas5 letters33Fans’ favorite4 letters34Famed loch4 letters35Airport area4 letters36Lupino of film3 letters37Composer Rorem3 letters38Director Burton3 letters