It's kind of a thorny subject Crossword Clue

We have the 4-letter answer for It's kind of a thorny subject crossword clue, last seen in the USA Today Crossword August 6, 2026 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you can finish the puzzle.

It's kind of a thorny subject Crossword Answer

→22.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
2. pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
(adjective)
1. of something having a dusty purplish pink color

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

THORNY (adjective)
1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
2. bristling with perplexities
SUBJECT (noun)
1. a branch of knowledge
2. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
SUBJECT (adjective)
1. possibly accepting or permitting
2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
SUBJECT (verb)
1. make subservient; force to submit or subdue
2. cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
EROS

More USA Today Crossword (8/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. Blueprint detail for short

5. Contingencies

8. Not these

13. Sacred Pueblo space

14. Bellows in the barnyard

16. Devour

17. Law & Order: SVU actor

18. "But this makes no sense?!"

20. "Just forget it!"

23. “Cool story, ___”

24. ___ on (relied upon)

26. Quickly look for matches?

29. Either of a kid's parents?

32. Jot down

33. Island, in French

34. Person to split the bill with

36. Granola grain

37. Bright, like an atrium

39. "This bout is over!" (Abbr.)

40. Animal that's spotted in the wild

42. 'Game, ___, match'

43. "I'm right here, you know" sound

44. Hurled

45. "You weren't here first!"

47. Really lay into

49. Bonus game periods, for short

50. "Yeah, right"

53. "Nope, don't care"

57. "You had your chance!"

59. Sprint

60. Stop on the road

61. Person with South Asian roots

62. School on the Thames

63. One of six in Australia

64. Itty-bitty

65. Fender ding

All Answers

Down

1. Losing streak, in baseball

2. ___ de gallo

3. "I like that suggestion more!"

4. Where kitties can climb

5. "The way I see it," for short

6. Sport with Lions and Bears (but no Tigers)

7. "Can I get some news I haven't already heard?"

8. Number of seasons of “Friends”

9. Jobs for stylists

10. "Lord of the Rings" actor Miranda

11. Long lunches?

12. Fencing blade

15. Public hubbub

19. "Raiders of the Lost ___"

21. Physique, for short

25. Showbiz acronym

26. Part of a doggo to boop, cutesily

27. Verb in an eggs Benedict recipe

28. Paleo or keto, e.g.

30. The way things are going

31. Not available

34. ___ Field (the Mets' stadium)

35. Museo della Forma Urbis city

37. Flabbergasts

38. Unleash

41. Circular in a square, maybe?

43. Changed

45. Played some Hades, perhaps

46. Penultimate month (Abbr.)

48. Take a load off

50. Bread boxes?

51. Coat that Santa might wear?

52. Tiny amount

54. That hurt!

55. Symbol on a computer screen

56. Campers’ shelter

58. Beer variety

All Answers