Nightclubs with mirrored balls

Latest answer — July 30, 2026

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Party spots where the dance floor sparkles under spinning silver globes ✨

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  1. 1It twinkles in the night sky
  2. 5Fancy neckwear
  3. 10Rounded hairstyle
  4. 14Part of a book
  5. 15Gave out light
  6. 16Gunky buildup
  7. 17Company leader, for short
  8. 18"Frida" actor Hayek
  9. 19Signaled
  10. 20Vast
  11. 21Respected community member
  12. 22Disencumbers
  13. 23"Hold on!"
  14. 25Openly queer
  15. 26Drifts through the air
  16. 28Za'atar and ___ (classic pairing in a dip)
  17. 33Sound heard in a dog park
  18. 34"Sagwa, the Chinese ___ Cat" (cartoon feline with a colorpoint coat)
  19. 37Medication-approving org.
  20. 38Compete
  21. 39Unjust
  22. 40"Waterfalls" girl group
  23. 41"___ the Pearl" (nickname for basketball player Monroe)
  24. 43Highlighter colors
  25. 44Singular or plural pronoun
  26. 45Break a fast
  27. 47Recipient of many returns
  28. 48Forest frolicker
  29. 49Comment made with a wink
  30. 52Central character in Toni Morrison's "Jazz"
  31. 55Itty-bitty mint
  32. 56Make like new
  33. 57Part of a canopy
  34. 59Newsroom figures
  35. 60Surfaces and Zenbooks
  36. 61One-___-million chance
  37. 62Cow's greeting
  38. 63Colorado time zone, for short
  39. 64Tax ID
  40. 65Texting format

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  1. 1Gush
  2. 2New York ___ Workers Alliance (drivers' union)
  3. 3Features of May-December relationships
  4. 4Not that long ago
  5. 5Obnoxious people
  6. 6Fossil-yielding rock
  7. 7Something that offers little consolation
  8. 8"This one's ___!"
  9. 9Eye drop?
  10. 10Amass over time
  11. 11Underwear brand whose logo is often misremembered as featuring a cornucopia
  12. 12Deeply regretted
  13. 13Likelihood
  14. 24The "A" of PTA (Abbr.)
  15. 25Not obsessed with anymore
  16. 26Shore sight
  17. 27"___ Code" (opera podcast)
  18. 29Tilts
  19. 30Egyptian goddess
  20. 31Doing nothing
  21. 32Like some lingerie
  22. 35Tiny charged particle
  23. 36Didn't dine out
  24. 42Frothy lavender drink, perhaps
  25. 44Fairy's under-the-pillow find
  26. 46"In other words . . ."
  27. 48Nightclubs with mirrored balls
  28. 49Letters before ://
  29. 50"Unless I'm mistaken . . .," in a text
  30. 51Clickable desktop images
  31. 52Viper's secretion
  32. 53Makes a mistake
  33. 54It may require bubbling in answers
  34. 56Male sheep
  35. 58Prefix with "sexual"

The answer to “Nightclubs with mirrored balls” in the USA Today crossword is DISCOS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on July 30, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 48-Down. 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.

“Nightclubs with mirrored balls” answer

DISCOS (6 letters)

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Why the answer is DISCOS

Party spots where the dance floor sparkles under spinning silver globes ✨

What does DISCOS mean?

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

(noun)

  • a club or party at which people dance to recorded pop music
  • a style of pop music intended mainly for dancing to, typically soul-influenced and melodic with a regular bass beat, popular particularly in the late 1970s

When else has “Nightclubs with mirrored balls” appeared?

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July 30, 2026 (most recent) → DISCOS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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What is the answer to “Nightclubs with mirrored balls”?

The answer is DISCOS, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the USA Today crossword on July 30, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Nightclubs with mirrored balls”?

6 letters: DISCOS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the USA Today crossword on July 30, 2026 (a Thursday puzzle), at 48-Down.

Can “Nightclubs with mirrored balls” have a different answer?

Yes — USA Today 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 USA Today answers?

The full grid for July 30, 2026 is on the USA Today answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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