Universal Crossword March 23 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Universal Crossword published on March 23 2026.
- 75
- Total Clues
- 41
- Total Across
- 34
- Total Down
Clues Across (41 total)
(1)
Gusto
The answer is: zest
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Grown-up acorn
The answer is: oak
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Doesn't just stand there
The answer is: acts
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Fencing sword
The answer is: epee
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Custodian's tool
The answer is: mop
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Bread from a tandoor
The answer is: naan
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(15)
*Agent's task following a PR debacle
The answer is: damagecontrol
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Words from a volunteer
The answer is: ican
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Preppy shirt
The answer is: polo
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(20)
Play ___ (feign sleep)
The answer is: possum
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(23)
Means of securing many children's shoes
The answer is: velcro
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(27)
Decide
The answer is: opt
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(28)
Street vendor
The answer is: peddler
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(32)
Crew implement
The answer is: oar
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(33)
The current pope and 13 before him
The answer is: leos
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(35)
Lubricate again
The answer is: reoil
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(36)
Puma's rival
The answer is: avia
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(37)
The one in St. Louis is 630 feet tall
The answer is: arch
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Fitting tightly
The answer is: snug
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Small fish to fry
The answer is: smelt
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(40)
Gathers fallen leaves
The answer is: rakes
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(42)
Texter's "Real talk ..."
The answer is: tbh
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(43)
Basketball game you can play without dribbling
The answer is: horse
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(44)
"I don't mean to ___ ..."
The answer is: pry
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(45)
Ctrl-Del connector
The answer is: alt
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(46)
Tolkien baddie
The answer is: orc
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Like a ghost ... or maybe a person who sees one
The answer is: ashen
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(49)
"___ Miserables"
The answer is: les
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PT following surgery
The answer is: rehab
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(53)
"___ cares?"
The answer is: who
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(54)
Ship's leader
The answer is: captain
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Hubbub
The answer is: ado
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(58)
Much of muesli
The answer is: oats
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(60)
Hearty helpings of sheet cake, say
The answer is: slabs
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Bird "eaten" by the humbled
The answer is: crow
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It's tied
The answer is: knot
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(63)
Sulu player on "Star Trek"
The answer is: takei
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(64)
Shrek, for one
The answer is: ogre
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(65)
Site with handmade mugs
The answer is: etsy
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Like the noble gases
The answer is: inert
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Stuff in a joint
The answer is: weed
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Clues Down (34 total)
(1)
The last letter, across the pond
The answer is: zed
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(2)
Eco-conscious org.
The answer is: epa
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Rounds before finals, informally
The answer is: semis
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(4)
What contains a hot spot?
The answer is: teacup
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Breaking a mirror, some say
The answer is: omen
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N.Y. rep
The answer is: aoc
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Demon hunters' genre
The answer is: kpop
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Buck's horn
The answer is: antler
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Sing door-to-door
The answer is: carol
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Eastern "way"
The answer is: tao
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TV show with a rotating host
The answer is: snl
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(16)
Some are n00bs
The answer is: gamers
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(17)
Book of King's
The answer is: novel
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___ opposites
The answer is: polar
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La Scala offering
The answer is: opera
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(22)
*Getty Images offerings
The answer is: stockphotos
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*What can be waived for ladies on ladies' night
The answer is: covercharge
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(25)
Subway tracks
The answer is: rails
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(26)
Speak pompously
The answer is: orate
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(29)
What covers canines?
The answer is: dentalplan
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(30)
Delayed reaction to a surprise ... and what can precede the two words in each starred clue's answer?
The answer is: doubletake
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"Star Wars" weapon
The answer is: lightsaber
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___ Khan (Kipling tiger)
The answer is: shere
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(36)
Love, to Luigi
The answer is: amore
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(39)
No longer woolly
The answer is: shorn
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(41)
Match, as audio and video
The answer is: sync
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(47)
Stopped sleeping
The answer is: awoke
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(48)
Old-fashioned negative contraction
The answer is: shant
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(51)
Cherish
The answer is: adore
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(52)
Showed respect, in Japan
The answer is: bowed
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(55)
Italian wine region
The answer is: asti
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(56)
"That so?"
The answer is: isit
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Wilbur's digs in "Charlotte's Web"
The answer is: sty
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"Don't have a ___, man!"
The answer is: cow
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