Our Missing Letter Crossword August 17, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.
The Missing Letter Crossword August 17, 2026 Answers
If you need help solving the Missing Letter Crossword on 8/17/26, 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 |
ADJECTIVE: "known widely and well" |
| 6A |
Plant perhaps poisonous |
| 9A |
ADJECTIVE: "having the mouth open because of wonder, surprise, or shock" |
| 10A |
Director DaCosta |
| 11A |
NOUN: "the bottom of something considered as its foundation" |
| 12A |
River shelter |
| 13A |
NOUN: "an abrupt sharp increase (as in prices or rates)" |
| 15A |
Part of GWTW |
| 17A |
Wheel and ___ (one of the six simple machines) |
| 20A |
___ grievance (get things out in the open) |
| 21A |
Painting teachers' degs., often |
| 22A |
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city on the Wei River in east central China population 5,853,500" |
| 23A |
Paperback, to Brits |
| 24A |
NOUN: "any of numerous strong tough elastic synthetic polyamide materials that are fashioned into fibers, filaments, bristles, or sheets and used especially in textiles and plastics" |
| 26A |
Waze suggestions, briefly |
| 28A |
BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Nikolay Vasilyevich 1809–1852 Russian writer" |
| 31A |
"The Beat with ___ Melber" (news show) |
| 32A |
"It's ___ pleasure!" |
| 33A |
NOUN: "a usually forceful stream of fluid (such as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle" |
| 34A |
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "region of Europe in the eastern Alps that is now chiefly in Austria" |
| 1D |
Laundry detergent that sounds awesome |
| 2D |
Turkish leader of the past |
| 3D |
NOUN: "the [movement] of large numbers of people by means of buses, subway trains, etc., especially within urban areas" |
| 4D |
NOUN: "an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure" |
| 5D |
NOUN: "a person of South Asian ancestry who lives outside of South Asia" |
| 6D |
NOUN: "[neighbor of] the thumb" |
| 7D |
PREPOSITION: "by way of" |
| 8D |
NOUN: "a long, thick root of a tropical plant that has rough brown skin and usually white or yellow flesh and that is eaten as a vegetable" |
| 14D |
NOUN: "the sound of an explosion...often used interjectionally" |
| 15D |
VERB: "to increase in phase or intensity—used chiefly of the moon, other satellites, and inferior planets" |
| 16D |
Number in some movie sequels |
| 18D |
On the ___ (fleeing) |
| 19D |
Madrid's country, in Olympics shorthand |
| 25D |
ABBREVIATION: "[supportive of several sexual and identitarian movements]" |
| 26D |
NOUN: "the period of British rule in India" |
| 27D |
He helped 50 Cent's career |
| 29D |
NOUN: "a large vigorous mackerel (Acanthocybium solandri) that is common in warm seas and esteemed as a food and sport fish" |
| 30D |
NBA squad for Luka and Bronny |
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