- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 62 8 themed
- Average solve
- 19:31 799 solves
- Rating
- 4.4 (26)
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026 Fiction Thursday
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Across
- 1 Sharp intake of breath (4)
- 5 Consume food (3)
- 15 “White ___,” novel by Janet Fitch (8) · THEME
+25 more in the app
Down
- 1 Earth science, in short (4)
- 2 ___ Brown, starred in “Cowboy Spirit” (4)
- 8 “___ in August,” play by Athol Fugard (9) · THEME
+31 more in the app
Did you know?
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" is named from a tiny wildflower (Anagallis arvensis); its elusive bloom mirrors the hero’s knack for slipping unseen into danger.
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