Use a straw — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the August 13 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
SIP
3 letters
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Where this clue appears
August 13 2026
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Daily Themed Crossword August 13 2026
SIP
December 25 2025
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Daily Themed Crossword December 25 2025
SIP
September 1 2025
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Daily Themed Crossword September 1 2025
SIP
November 25 2024
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Daily Themed Crossword November 25 2024
SIP
December 9 2023
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Daily Themed Crossword December 9 2023
SIP
January 29 2023
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Daily Themed Crossword January 29 2023
SIP
August 7 2021
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Daily Themed Crossword August 7 2021
SIP
Taste, as a hot toddy
SIP
3
"Take a ___ and tell me how I did" (bartender's request, perhaps)
SIP
3
Sample, as a drink
SIP
3
Drink slowly, as hot tea
SIP
3
Sample some tea, say
SIP
3
Enjoy some wine, say
SIP
3
Enjoy, as fine wine
SIP
3
Sample some wine, say
SIP
3
Drink through a straw
SIP
3
Taste a drink, say
SIP
3
Drink with a straw
SIP
3
Taste a drink, say
SIP
3
"Love ___ neighbor" (biblical directive)
THY
3
"Wise" nocturnal birds
OWLS
4
XXX counterpart, in a paper-and-pencil game
OOO
3
Crack from dryness, as lips
CHAP
4
Twinkling light in the night sky
STAR
4
Flightless bird from Down Under
EMU
3
"___, meeny, miney, moe ..."
EENY
4
Square of glass in a window
PANE
4
Minor task to "run"
ERRAND
6
Sleep like a ___ (sleep soundly)
LOG
3
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