Pro counterpart Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Pro counterpart” from the USA Today crossword of July 18, 2026? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

USA TODAY, JULY 18, 2026

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

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More clues from the USA Today (July 18, 2026)

Across

1. Like mint green
5. Back muscle, for short
8. "Women Are Not Roses" author Castillo
11. It might be furrowed
12. Ginger ___
13. "Stay ___, Ponyboy"
15. When dinosaurs roamed
19. "___ in a Bottle"
20. Monopolize
21. Make a love letter better, maybe
23. What rhinos wallow in
24. ___ and ___ (start of some envelope addresses)
26. Fruits with navels
28. Grads
30. "Foodtastic" garment
32. "Sounds about right"
33. Dalai ___
34. Savings plan letters
35. Great Basin people
37. Primary social media images, for short
41. "This ___!"
42. Where some RNs work
43. Traditional Polynesian dance
46. Story trajectory
49. Hot, chocolaty drink
51. Pay respect to
52. "Nuh-uh" response
54. The Toasters genre
56. Owed
57. Currency in Malta
58. Site for a certain facial piercing
60. Person
62. Soda campaign whose 2026 iteration featured a polar bear rejecting Coca-Cola
66. Part of a cruise ship
67. Sense of self
68. Versatile blackjack cards
69. Rolled board game item
70. "___ is me"
71. Exam

Down

1. School lunch staple
2. Bitter salad green
3. Worldbuilding overload, in a fantasy novel
4. Actor McGregor
5. Tool used in some facials
6. "Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala
7. The "T" in STEM (Abbr.)
8. Survey categories
9. Neither here ___ there
10. E.T., for one
14. Sketchy, to a Brit
16. The ___ (game with a "rosebud" cheat code)
17. "___ Unfortunate Souls"
18. "Mon ___!"
22. Small recipe amt.
23. Bad, in Spanish
25. Wrapped garment
27. Pro counterpart
29. Tequila cocktail, casually
31. Diet that avoids dairy
34. "Go for it"
36. Reverberate
38. "Hurtful!"
39. Periods in Taylor Swift's career
40. "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" film festival
44. Relaxing airport spaces
45. "___ we good?"
46. 32-Across, on a ship
47. Sign on again
48. Was invested
50. Shabby ___ (interior design style)
51. Halloween bounty
53. "I ___ you'd say that"
55. "Kourtney and ___ Take Miami"
59. "Glad that's done"
61. Core of an argument
63. The "S" in STEM (Abbr.)
64. A while ___
65. Superlative suffix

Seen before

This clue also appeared in the USA Today on March 27, 2026.

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Questions

What is the answer to “Pro counterpart”?

ANTI, 4 letters: one that is opposed.

When was “Pro counterpart” last seen in a crossword?

In the USA Today crossword of July 18, 2026, and 1 more time before that.

How many letters does the answer have?

4 letters, starting with A.