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(5/6) At the dinner table, there's always an aunt boasting about her ___ ingredient, daring everyone to guess what sets her dish apart. — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the August 2 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
SECRET
6 letters
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Where this clue appears
August 2 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword August 2 2026
SECRET
United States ___ Service (presidential protection agency)
SECRET
6
"Hush-hush" info
SECRET
6
"___ Invasion," TV miniseries starring Emilia Clarke whose release date is in 2023
SECRET
6
Confidential information
SECRET
6
Strictly confidential
SECRET
6
Ben Stiller's "The ___ Life of Walter Mitty"
SECRET
6
"What We Do is ___," 2007 movie starring Shane West as Darby Crash
SECRET
6
Portable beds
COTS
4
Letters on a beach-time lotion
SPF
3
___ control (exterminator's service)
PEST
4
Double-reed woodwind instrument
OBOE
4
Iced beverage garnished with a lemon wedge
TEA
3
___ vera, burn-soothing succulent
ALOE
4
Slipped ___ (back injury)
DISC
4
Pamela ___, "Baywatch" actress
ANDERSON
8
Car cleaning cloth, maybe
RAG
3
Artery implant (rhymes with "spent")
STENT
5
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