Apple News Mini Crossword August 17 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Apple News Mini Crossword published on August 17 2026.
- 10
- Total Clues
- 5
- Total Across
- 5
- Total Down
Clues Across (5 total)
(1)
“Let me think for a ___ …” (“I’m currently 4-, 7-, 8-Across”)
The answer is: sec
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(4)
Word with a silent B that means “downright” or “perfectly level”
The answer is: plumb
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(7)
“___ sight, ___ mind”
The answer is: outof
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(8)
They result from productive brainstorming
The answer is: ideas
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(9)
For fear that
The answer is: lest
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Clues Down (5 total)
(1)
Become gross and inedible
The answer is: spoil
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(2)
Slip away from
The answer is: elude
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(3)
Meet-___ (adorable first encounters)
The answer is: cutes
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(5)
Trench outside a castle
The answer is: moat
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(6)
Some significant others, for short
The answer is: bfs
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