2028 Summer Olympics host Crossword Clue

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2028 Summer Olympics host Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. North American republic containing 50 states – 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
2. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OLYMPICS (noun)
1. the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
SUMMER (noun)
1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
SUMMER (verb)
1. spend the summer

Hint 3: Anagram

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SAU

More NYT Crossword (6/7/2026) Answers

Across

1. Stiff

6. ___ Waller-Bridge, star and creator of TV's "Fleabag"

12. Ball pit?

18. Loves to pieces

20. Excoriates

21. Drink following a shot

22. With 23- and 24-Across, airport announcement / Requirement to practice, perhaps

23. See 22-Across

24. See 22-Across

25. Breakthrough cry

26. North African fortress, in one spelling

28. America's largest labor union, familiarly

30. With 32- and 35-Across, "Now, here's the thing …" / Some board game surfaces

32. See 30-Across

35. See 30-Across

39. Long instrumental piece

41. Former alliance of France, Italy, Japan, the U.S., the U.K. and West Germany

42. Snuggle

43. Slugger's tally

45. Letters aptly missing from _ _ _ightl_

47. Website for finding professional services

48. With 50- and 54-Across, serious props / Had an evening meal

50. See 48-Across

54. See 48-Across

55. Free of bumps

57. "Not exactly …"

58. Philippe's head

59. Bit of "Great British Baking Show" fare

60. Some animation files

61. Eighth Avenue express line in N.Y.C.

64. Did some housekeeping

66. Amount that "ain't bad," so to speak … or what to make with six sets of answers in this puzzle?

70. Creative evaluation of a sort

74. Some eels

75. Manufacturer's gross product?

79. Worries

80. Bevy : quails :: mob : ___

84. Relieve (of)

85. Feature of an intersection that forces a turn

87. With 88- and 91-Across, syntax-reversing rhetorical device / Small, peelable citrus fruits

88. See 87-Across

91. See 87-Across

92. Taylor Swift's ___ Tour

93. Out of the ordinary

94. Resident of the so-called "Nation of Poets"

96. Early Google algorithm for determining the importance of websites

100. Performs a simple operation

103. "Why, you little ..."

105. With 106- and 108-Across, "No need to hurry" / Like some security measures

106. See 105-Across

108. See 105-Across

110. Enter hurriedly

112. Chest beaters?

114. Business address abbr.

115. With 118- and 121-Across, didn't quite fit in, say / Not as frequently

118. See 115-Across

121. See 115-Across

123. Upper-crusters

124. What wristwatch straps are designed to accommodate

125. Homes characterized by half-timbered walls

126. Fine, if not great

127. Flexibility

128. Not in vogue

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1. Pieces of Indian music

2. Tubers from the Gem State

3. Laid eyes on but good

4. Country whose flag is known as "An Trídhathach" ("The Tricolor"): Abbr.

5. Deal with it!

6. Type of Thai red curry

7. Lofty pitches

8. Corrida cry

9. Class for immigrants, in brief

10. Tries to rile, as on social media

11. Leave one's mark, say

12. Scratch-and-sniff samples

13. "How interesting!"

14. Classic film said to be the most quotable movie of all time

15. The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf.

16. Sonnet adverb … or suffix?

17. Green Day drummer ___ Cool

19. Soda brand named for a volcano

20. Broccoli ___

27. Facts and figures

29. Suffix with Brooklyn

31. Phrases preceding lyrics

33. Basic school subj.

34. Like about 88% of the U.A.E.'s residents

36. Musician who said "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination"

37. The eldest Levy of "Schitt's Creek"

38. Like many cathedrals

40. Help in a pinch?

42. Ural demurral

44. Vice President Agnew

46. This is the way: Abbr.

48. Seasoning that imparts umami flavor, for short

49. ___ dreaming

51. Red-haired hunter in Genesis

52. Record of money owed

53. Condemn

54. Response of comprehension

56. Hems and __

62. Object of spiritual significance

63. Award opportunity, in brief

65. Out of fear that

66. Thomas Hardy's titular Miss Durbeyfield

67. Swinger's warning

68. Shorten

69. Underworld boss?

70. Confirm, as a friend request

71. Enthusiastic

72. First responder's first response

73. Initially offered lesser charge

75. Union victory site of 1862

76. The Declaration of Independence and the like

77. Expose, in verse

78. Some microwaves, in brief

81. Gloom

83. Beat it!

86. Third-most-common suffix in country names, after -ia and -land

89. Journalist's opening line

90. Polite refusal

95. Thoroughfare through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown

97. Sandwich with sauerkraut

98. Pass before a basket, e.g.

99. Of an unspecified position in a sequence

101. National flower of Mexico

102. One of the Seven Dwarfs

104. Dessert, to Brits

106. Combined

107. Subdue by stunning

109. Needing kneading, perhaps

111. Leaning type (Abbr)

113. Counterpart to nuts

115. Brought together

116. Kölsch or saison

117. [Not my misspelling!]

119. The banned ingredient Red No. 3, e.g.

120. Big retail inits. in footwear

122. Org. banning 119-Down

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