Crossword Answers For: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Best effort => AGAME
Down: Fools => CLODS
Down: Make a mend => SEW
Down: Like much of central Illinois => RURAL
Down: The Raven writer, briefly => EAPOE
Down: Better. Guaranteed. gadget brand => OXO
Down: Turn that frown upside down => CRACKASMILE
Down: Whopper => LIE
Down: Luau performance => HULA
Down: Medium ability => ESP
Down: Notes equivalent to C sharps => DFLATS
Down: Immediately following => UPON
Down: Earlier => PRIOR
Down: Word with shell or shore => SEA
Down: Get your head on straight => SNAPOUTOFIT
Down: Late => TARDY
Down: Sleep acronym => REM
Down: Peel => PARE
Down: Naan flour => ATTA
Down: Addresses timeline errors, perhaps => EDITS
Down: Timeline units => ERAS
Down: Like much 1980s fashion => NEON
Down: C'est la __! => VIE
Down: Fess up (to) => ADMIT
Down: Get on that stage and wow the crowd => KNOCKEMDEAD
Down: __ as a fox => SLY
Down: Brand of riding mowers => DEERE
Down: YouTube journal => VLOG
Down: Too => OVERLY
Down: Needlework on a sleeve, for short => TAT
Down: Turkey neighbor => IRAN
Down: Burrito option => WET
Down: Words of wisdom, and what 17-, 30-, and 45-Across could be called? => SOUNDADVICE
Down: Melissa of The Fighter => LEO
Down: Come next => ENSUE
Down: Moves closer => NEARS
Down: Cheap tix option => SRO
Down: The Wild Swans at Coole writer => YEATS
Down: Selling point => ASSET
Down: Foot part => ARCH
Down: Hindu teacher => GURU
Down: North __ Sea: Central Asian lake => ARAL
Down: Hong Kong neighbor => MACAU
Down: Utah's state animal => ELK
Down: General aviation company owned by Textron => CESSNA
Down: Lava __ => LAMP
Down: Maker of Talk to the Hand press-on nails => OPI
Down: Blues => DOLDRUMS
Down: Find appropriate => SEEFIT
Down: Green energy sources in some desert regions => SOLARFARMS
Down: Way out => EXIT
Down: Heartaches => WOES
Down: Very long time => AEON
Down: Like a lasso => LOOPED
Down: Therapist's maj. => PSY
Down: 68-Across, for one => POET
Down: Performed terribly => STANK
Down: All gone => EATEN
Down: Luke Skywalker's loyal droid => ARTOODETOO
Down: Snooped around => PRIED
Down: Letter-shaped beam => IRAIL
Down: On edge => TESTY
Down: Wearer of tap shoes => DANCER
Down: With no exceptions => EVERYONE
Down: Small coin => DIME
Down: Scene => ADO
Down: Plum who was the WNBA All-Star Game MVP in 2022 => KELSEY
Down: Sidesteps => EVADES
Down: Baja's opposite => ALTA
Down: Caves in => GIVES
Down: Parliament birds => OWLS
Down: Suddenly shift direction => VEER
Down: Letter-shaped fastener => TNUT
Down: Coastal inlets => RIAS
Down: Part of a plot => ACRE
Down: Small tree house => NEST
Down: Jenny Thompson's team => USA
Down: Genetic blueprint => DNA

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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