Guess the FIFA World Cup host nation! (1/6) "Forza Azzurri!" We hosted the 1990 World Cup and are famous for Paolo Maldini. Who are we? Crossword Clue

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Guess the FIFA World Cup host nation! (1/6) "Forza Azzurri!" We hosted the 1990 World Cup and are famous for Paolo Maldini. Who are we? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

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NATION (noun)
1. a politically organized body of people under a single government
2. the people who live in a nation or country

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Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More Daily Themed Crossword (6/9/2026) Answers

Across

1. Dog's feet

5. Poet Edgar Allan __

8. Play a role

11. Make changes in a manuscript, say

12. Chapstick target

13. Status ___ (existing state of affairs)

14. Draped Ancient Roman garment

15. Central Processing ___

17. Container of ashes

18. Assigned work

22. Internet device with a blinking light

25. Floral Oahu wear

26. "It's ___ cause" ("There's no hope for success"): 2 wds.

27. (2/6) "Das Runde muss ins Eckige!" We are the hosts of the 2006 World Cup and are famous for Miroslav Klose. Who are we?

31. Kung ___ chicken (Chinese delicacy)

32. ___ school (place for future doctors, for short)

33. Linda Grant's "We ___ It So Good"

34. (3/6) "Allez les Bleus!" We are the hosts of the 1998 World Cup and are famous for Zinedine Zidane. Who are we?

37. Follows orders

39. Boa's "back off!"

40. One of a hugging pair

41. (4/6) "Nippon Ole!" We are the co-hosts of the 2002 World Cup with South Korea and are famous for Hidetoshi Nakata. Who are we?

44. Lingerie boutique purchase

45. "From ___ Zinc" (vitamin slogan): 2 wds.

46. Clarinet's cousin

49. Actress Catherine ___-Jones from "Chicago"

53. Dot-covered cube

54. "Just another ___ in the wheel"

55. Put ___ writing (document something): 2 wds.

56. It fills your wallet: Abbr.

57. MS-___ (early operating system): Abbr.

58. In ___ land (dreaming): Hyph.

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Down

1. Your furry companion

2. Much ___ About Nothing

3. Halloween hairpiece

4. (5/6) "I believe that we will win!" United ___! We are the co-hosts of the 2026 World Cup, and are famous for Landon Donovan. Who are we?

5. Addition symbol

6. Sound from a pigsty

7. Prefix with "demic" or "dermal"

8. Light bluish-green color

9. Hair ringlet, say

10. ___ the Tiger (Frosted Flakes mascot)

16. Wedding cake layer

19. Quantity for short

21. ___ Burton who directed "Beetlejuice"

22. Navigator's chart?

23. Frozen snowman

24. "When one ___ closes, another opens"

25. Headed the group

27. "More Than a Woman" band Bee ___

28. Interrupter's throat-clearing sound

29. Old-fashioned "no"

30. Three-feet measurements, for short

32. Game show hosts: Abbr.

35. Bingo

36. El ___ (climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean)

37. Paddle's kin

38. (6/6) "... com muito orgulho, com muito amor" We are the hosts of the 2014 World Cup and are famous for Pele. Who are we?

41. ___ Pinkett Smith, actress from "Gotham"

42. "Look ___ this way..." 2 wds.

43. Haiku or sonnet, e.g.

44. Seeks help, desperately

47. Three before E

48. Hugs, symbolically

50. Important information for an airport greeter: Abbr.

51. "Shop ___ you drop!" (shopping ad words)

52. Santa ___ winds

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