Cause a temperature warning on a phone

The answer to “Cause a temperature warning on a phone” in the USA Today crossword is OVERHEAT — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on August 5, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 17-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.

“Cause a temperature warning on a phone” answer

OVERHEAT (8 letters)

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Why the answer is OVERHEAT

Make the phone get dangerously hot enough to trigger an alert. 🌡️

What does OVERHEAT mean?

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

When else has “Cause a temperature warning on a phone” appeared?

USA Today 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 5, 2026 (most recent) → OVERHEAT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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