Dirty haze in a city

The answer to “Dirty haze in a city” in the USA Today crossword is SMOG — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on August 17, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 1-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.

“Dirty haze in a city” answer

SMOG (4 letters)

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What does SMOG mean?

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

When else has “Dirty haze in a city” 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 17, 2026 (most recent) → SMOG. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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