Apple News Crossword August 12 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Apple News Crossword published on August 12 2026.
- 73
- Total Clues
- 34
- Total Across
- 39
- Total Down
Clues Across (34 total)
(1)
Dissuades
The answer is: deters
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Assemblywoman title
The answer is: madam
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On the rocks
The answer is: overice
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Garlicky condiments
The answer is: aiolis
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Slips by
The answer is: getspast
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Stubbornly proclaim
The answer is: insist
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“Crank up the thermostat!”
The answer is: brr
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(20)
Spellbind
The answer is: enchant
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Silicon Valley exec
The answer is: cto
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Digitally endorse a contract
The answer is: esign
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Doctor who deals with sinuses
The answer is: ent
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(26)
Dock of the bay
The answer is: pier
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One tablet, for example
The answer is: dose
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Only female character in the original Mortal Kombat
The answer is: sonyablade
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Tiny island nation in the Pacific
The answer is: nauru
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Outstanding-debt letters
The answer is: iou
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Women who might get good parking spots
The answer is: expectantmoms
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(39)
Velocity
The answer is: speed
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The Price Is Right network
The answer is: cbs
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Japanese garden carp
The answer is: koi
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Uses a swizzle stick
The answer is: stirs
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(43)
Higher-ed test with quantitative-reasoning sections
The answer is: gre
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Release from a fantasy-sports roster
The answer is: drop
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Groups of D.C. influence peddlers
The answer is: pacs
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Australian marsupials, despite their name
The answer is: koalabears
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Emerald ___ borer (invasive beetle that feeds on trees)
The answer is: ash
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DEA deal-breaker
The answer is: narc
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Bone in a cage
The answer is: rib
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(52)
1964 drama film named after a nursery rhyme
The answer is: thepumpkineater
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First name of an athlete who returned in 2026 after a multiyear absence
The answer is: serena
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Trope involving a sinister genetic copy
The answer is: eviltwin
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Morse-code symbols
The answer is: dots
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Grain often used in Canadian whiskey
The answer is: rye
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Ages and ages
The answer is: eons
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Clues Down (39 total)
(1)
Where a lab might lie
The answer is: dogbed
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Exceedingly
The answer is: everso
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Game originally written for the Soviet Elektronika 60 computer
The answer is: tetris
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TV medical-drama settings
The answer is: ers
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Mature like a banana
The answer is: ripen
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Do some light reading?
The answer is: scan
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Does some upkeep on
The answer is: maintains
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“It ___ easy being cheesy”
The answer is: aint
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Bobs and weaves?
The answer is: dos
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Keys featured on “Empire State of Mind”
The answer is: alicia
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Applied aerosolized water to
The answer is: misted
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Corner keyboard button
The answer is: esc
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Shop
The answer is: store
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1892 Tchaikovsky ballet that’s the theme of this puzzle
The answer is: thenutcracker
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“___ takers?”
The answer is: any
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People who might have played 3-Down when it came out in the 1980s
The answer is: genxers
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(26)
Prune, before becoming a prune
The answer is: plum
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Took to court
The answer is: sued
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Middle-earth menace
The answer is: orc
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Reddit poster whose feelings can’t be hurt
The answer is: bot
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Bonobos and gibbons
The answer is: apes
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Aeneas or Gilgamesh
The answer is: epichero
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Genesis brother
The answer is: abel
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Creole cooking staple
The answer is: okra
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Secure at the dock of the bay
The answer is: moor
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Has a little taste
The answer is: sips
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Stockpiled
The answer is: stashed
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Tiffs
The answer is: spats
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Trail mix
The answer is: gorp
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Argue the pros and cons
The answer is: debate
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Hindu concept of pleasure and desire
The answer is: kama
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Nickname for golfer Palmer
The answer is: arnie
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(48)
Blade: Trinity actress Jessica
The answer is: biel
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(50)
Cloistered sisters
The answer is: nuns
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(53)
Tarantula, for some people
The answer is: pet
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Plant that climbs the walls at Wrigley Field
The answer is: ivy
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A couple
The answer is: two
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German for “a”
The answer is: ein
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ICU workers
The answer is: rns
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