WaPo Mini Crossword Answers - Aug 20

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By Pete Muller & Frank Longo

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Across

  1. 1With 5-Across, "I repeat ..."ONCE
  2. 5See 1-AcrossAGAIN
  3. 6People whose cars contain bonnets and bootsBRITS
  4. 7Either of two actors who played a Rose on "Schitt's Creek"LEVY
  5. 8Cincinnati-to-Charleston dir.ESE

Down

  1. 1Donkey's traveling companions, e.g.OGRES
  2. 2Like a babe in the woodsNAIVE
  3. 3Cincinnati, e.g.CITY
  4. 4Cincinnati trio?ENS
  5. 5Like "ept" peopleABLE

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. With 5-Across, "I repeat ..." — Answer: ONCE. Hint: Paired with the crossing entry, this begins a phrase meaning “I repeat” 🔁
  2. 5. See 1-Across — Answer: AGAIN. Hint: It completes the familiar phrase used when saying something another time 🔄
  3. 6. People whose cars contain bonnets and boots — Answer: BRITS. Hint: These people use distinctive names for a car’s hood and trunk 🇬🇧
  4. 7. Either of two actors who played a Rose on "Schitt's Creek" — Answer: LEVY. Hint: This surname belongs to both the father and son who portrayed members of the Rose family 📺
  5. 8. Cincinnati-to-Charleston dir. — Answer: ESE. Hint: On a compass, this direction lies between east and southeast 🧭

Down

  1. 1. Donkey's traveling companions, e.g. — Answer: OGRES. Hint: These fairy-tale creatures joined the famous green hero on his adventures 👹
  2. 2. Like a babe in the woods — Answer: NAIVE. Hint: It describes someone innocent and lacking worldly experience 🌲
  3. 3. Cincinnati, e.g. — Answer: CITY. Hint: This Ohio place is an urban municipality rather than a state or country 🏙️
  4. 4. Cincinnati trio? — Answer: ENS. Hint: Count the repeated consonants hiding in the Ohio city’s name 🔢
  5. 5. Like "ept" people — Answer: ABLE. Hint: They’re up to the task and ready to get things done 💪

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Washington Post Mini answers for August 20, 2026

The full solution for the August 20 Washington Post Mini is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Thursday, August 20.

Full WaPo Mini Crossword answer list for August 20, 2026

Every clue from the August 20 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.

Across

#ClueAnswer
1With 5-Across, "I repeat ..."ONCE
5See 1-AcrossAGAIN
6People whose cars contain bonnets and bootsBRITS
7Either of two actors who played a Rose on "Schitt's Creek"LEVY
8Cincinnati-to-Charleston dir.ESE

Down

#ClueAnswer
1Donkey's traveling companions, e.g.OGRES
2Like a babe in the woodsNAIVE
3Cincinnati, e.g.CITY
4Cincinnati trio?ENS
5Like "ept" peopleABLE

Hints for the August 20 puzzle

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