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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Categories
5 Across: Petty quarrels
8 Across: Harmonious sounds
9 Across: Scold
10 Across: Plentiful
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Funny
2 Down: Ancient Greek fabulist
3 Down: Relief in time of distress
4 Down: Game played in a court
5 Down: Dalai Lama's land
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Day nursery
4 Across: Ta
8 Across: Yorkshire racecourse
9 Across: Moorhen (anag.)
10 Across: "The Faerie Queene" poet
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Cherry-coloured
2 Down: Female ruler
3 Down: Crew members
5 Down: French bean
6 Down: Nobody
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Monday, February 2, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Compassion
3 Across: Slaughterhouse
9 Across: Die down
10 Across: Fracture
11 Across: Small edible crustacean
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Put off, defer
2 Down: Shin bone
4 Down: Whitening chemical
5 Down: Rome's river
6 Down: Burdensome
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Sunday, February 1, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Gratified
5 Across: Criminal
8 Across: Telegram
9 Across: New England state
10 Across: Brought about
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: "Tosca" composer
2 Down: Waned
3 Down: Clients (anag.)
4 Down: Share out
5 Down: Documents to be filled in
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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Large birds of prey
4 Across: Sauntered
8 Across: Mushrooms and toadstools
9 Across: No longer existing
10 Across: Satchel (anag.)
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Obliterate
2 Down: Tolkien character
3 Down: Chosen few
5 Down: Bullfighter
6 Down: Ivan --, tennis player
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Friday, January 30, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Roam
3 Across: Deceitful
9 Across: Jittery
10 Across: Workers' organisation
11 Across: Intense sorrow
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Turncoat
2 Down: "Aida" composer
4 Down: Cricketer's "bible"
5 Down: Wind instrument
6 Down: Sculptor's tools
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Sad
5 Across: Quick
8 Across: Approaches
9 Across: Parvenu
10 Across: Absent
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Go-getting
2 Down: Untruthful people
3 Down: Nuclear process
4 Down: Sitting room
5 Down: Of the nose
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Book published every year
4 Across: Feudal retainer
8 Across: Zest, relish
9 Across: Mexican liquor
10 Across: English cheese
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Summer month
2 Down: More unpleasant
3 Down: On high
5 Down: Procure
6 Down: Major Hindu deity
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Manufacture
3 Across: Long-distance foot-race
9 Across: Fictional vampire
10 Across: Cook in an oven
11 Across: Cake coating
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: The witching hour
2 Down: Colour of military uniforms
4 Down: Geronimo, for example
5 Down: Direction indicator
6 Down: Title at top of page
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Monday, January 26, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Range, scope
5 Across: Appear unexpectedly
8 Across: Spiced wine drink
9 Across: Children with no parents
10 Across: Hazel nut
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Tree with cones
2 Down: Magnate
3 Down: Severely simple
4 Down: Unwrinkled
5 Down: Renowned diarist
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Sunday, January 25, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Noisy quarrel
4 Across: Self-possession, coolness
8 Across: Invited
9 Across: Frightening creature
10 Across: Section of a book
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Debacle
2 Down: Causing inconvenience
3 Down: Inspect accounts
5 Down: Cure for all ills
6 Down: Exterior
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Minestrone, for example
3 Across: Age of majority
9 Across: Uncharged atomic particle
10 Across: First appearance
11 Across: Native American tent
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Hallow
2 Down: Take power unlawfully
4 Down: Cold-shoulder
5 Down: Mythological abode of the dead
6 Down: Trading ban
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Friday, January 23, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Dozens
5 Across: Movies
8 Across: Previous
9 Across: Lively, in music
10 Across: Not indoors
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Loftiest
2 Down: Decree
3 Down: Dizziness
4 Down: Weighing machine
5 Down: Muck
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Fidget (anag)
4 Across: University grounds
8 Across: Beneath
9 Across: Laborious, gruelling
10 Across: Song from South Pacific
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Soiled
2 Down: Violin player
3 Down: Terra firma
5 Down: Capable of being heard
6 Down: Haughty
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Priam's city
3 Across: Air force unit
9 Across: Doubter (anag.)
10 Across: Exaggeratedly masculine
11 Across: Illuminated
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: "Barchester Towers" author
2 Down: Group of eight performers
4 Down: Slake, assuage
5 Down: Let in
6 Down: Hermit
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