Sandy color

Latest answer — August 07, 2026

29 Across

Think of the warm, earthy shade often seen on beaches and light-brown clothing. 🏖️

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Across

  1. 1Dict. info
  2. 4Dallas team, to fans
  3. 8Santa --
  4. 12Eggs
  5. 13Work on proofs
  6. 14Arizona tribe
  7. 151998 Maeve Binchy novel
  8. 17Press
  9. 18Hosp. scans
  10. 19“Bye Bye Bye” band
  11. 20Brilliance
  12. 22Diggs of “Private Practice”
  13. 24Yonder thing
  14. 25Daily Planet reporter
  15. 29Sandy color
  16. 30Baseball’s Joe
  17. 31French article
  18. 32On the move
  19. 34Recipe meas.
  20. 35“Nonsense!”
  21. 36Substantive
  22. 37Bitter
  23. 40Cash advance
  24. 41Frisbee, e.g.
  25. 42Onetime portable backup device
  26. 46Seedy beer joint
  27. 47Pond growth
  28. 48Auto loan fig.
  29. 49Tries the brandy
  30. 50Bell tower sound
  31. 51Intelligence org.

Down

  1. 1Speck
  2. 2Singer Cassidy
  3. 3It’s measured in acres
  4. 4Deserve
  5. 5Big fusses
  6. 6By way of
  7. 7Norm, for short
  8. 8Swindle
  9. 9Golfer McIlroy
  10. 10“Once -- a time ...”
  11. 11Galvanizing matter
  12. 16Smell -- (suspect)
  13. 19Wall St. market
  14. 20Words to Brutus
  15. 21“Rush Hour” actor Jackie
  16. 22Sacred scroll
  17. 23Ethereal
  18. 25Weather map markings
  19. 26Tirana resident
  20. 27Egg container
  21. 28Catch sight of
  22. 30Walked (on)
  23. 33Battery-powered two-wheelers
  24. 34Rip
  25. 36Like some verbs
  26. 37Totals
  27. 38103, in old Rome
  28. 39Wedding invitation letters
  29. 40Women’s links org.
  30. 42Microwave
  31. 43Land in la mer
  32. 44Corp execs
  33. 45Historic time

The answer to “Sandy color” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is TAN — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 7, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 29-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Sandy color” answer

TAN (3 letters)

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Why the answer is TAN

Think of the warm, earthy shade often seen on beaches and light-brown clothing. 🏖️

What does TAN mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of TAN is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a yellowish-brown colour
  • a brown or darkened shade of skin developed after exposure to the sun
  • bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather

When else has “Sandy color” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 7, 2026 (most recent) → TAN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Sandy color”?

The answer is TAN, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 7, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Sandy color”?

3 letters: TAN.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 7, 2026 (a Friday puzzle), at 29-Across.

Can “Sandy color” have a different answer?

Yes — Eugene Sheffer sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's Eugene Sheffer answers?

The full grid for August 7, 2026 is on the Eugene Sheffer answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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