Daily Pop Crossword August 22 2026 Answers (8/22/26)

Our Daily POP Crossword August 22, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Daily POP Crosswords is a daily puzzle game that challenges players to fill in the blanks of a crossword puzzle with words and phrases related to pop culture. Players can test their knowledge of current events, movies, music, and more while enjoying a classic word game format. The game is available online and can be played anytime, anywhere, making it an accessible and convenient form of entertainment for crossword enthusiasts of all ages.

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Daily Pop Crossword August 22, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Daily Pop Crossword on 8/22/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Basketball legend Jerry whose silhouette is part of the NBA logo
5A	"My Big ___ Greek Wedding"
8A	Part of a tennis match
11A	Friendly nation
12A	Downed an energy bar, e.g.
13A	Improve in a wine cellar, say
14A	Unsavory fare
15A	"That's neither here ___ there"
16A	Tennis great Laver who won 11 major championships in the 1960s
17A	Tennis great who is the youngest player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship (2 wds.)
20A	Punctuation in every email address
21A	Baltimore's daily newspaper
22A	The NHL's Flyers, on scoreboards
25A	Minor peeve
27A	Brainchild
30A	Tennis great who is the only player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship on three different surfaces (2 wds.)
33A	Captain Hook's colleague
34A	"O say can you ___ ... "
35A	Slangy denial
36A	___-American (designation for elite college athletes)
38A	Golf ball or football supporter
40A	Tennis great who is the last American player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship (2 wds.)
45A	Museum collection
46A	Purring pet
47A	Scrapbooking adhesive
48A	Flowery neckwear
49A	Host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics
50A	Dublin's land, to the Irish
51A	Rafter who won the US Open Men's Singles championship in 1997 and 1998
52A	Microbrewer's output
53A	Like one end of a swimming pool
1D	Stinging insect
2D	Supermodel Macpherson
3D	Opening for a coin
4D	Used a keyboard
5D	Online retailer of licensed team sportswear and merchandise
6D	Molecule component
7D	University of Maryland athletes, informally
8D	Actress Susan of "Bull Durham"
9D	Barriers to collaboration, sometimes
10D	Baseball Hall of Famer Williams with a .344 lifetime batting average
18D	Jumbotron maker
19D	Spoil permanently
22D	Sleepover duds, for short
23D	Gender-specific pronoun
24D	"That wasn't an idle threat!" (3 wds.)
26D	How boxers sometimes stand (Hyph.)
28D	The Open ___ (1968 to now, in professional tennis)
29D	Louisville Slugger wood, once
31D	Spock's Vulcan mind ___
32D	Simply must have
37D	Swimsuit fabric
39D	Defeated, but just barely, with "out"
40D	"Restricted ___" ("Do Not Enter")
41D	Skate park track
42D	1970s tennis star Nastase
43D	Medical research goal
44D	Hang on to
45D	Mountain that's part of the Tour de France route

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Daily POP Crosswords puts an emphasis on pop culture and entertainment-related themes. The puzzles often include clues and answers related to movies, TV shows, music, celebrities, and more.

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