Country club? Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Country club?” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of August 23, 2026? It has 6 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2026
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STATES is the answer to “Country club?”. It means to set forth in words.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To set forth in words.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ATSSET.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Group of 36 in Nigeria”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (August 23, 2026)
Across
- 1. Put on an unhappy face4 letters, starts with SSULK
- 5. React to drinking a soft drink quickly, perhaps5 letters, starts with BBELCH
- 10. Move like a crab5 letters, starts with SSIDLE
- 15. Erymanthian pig of a Herculean labor4 letters, starts with BBOAR
- 19. Kabul's continent4 letters, starts with AASIA
- 20. Overnight shift hr.5 letters, starts with OONEAM
- 21. "Freeze the Feeling" drinks5 letters, starts with IICEES
- 22. Swenson of "Benson"4 letters, starts with IINGA
- 23. Sunlit room where socialists gather?10 letters, starts with LLEFTATRIUM
- 25. Underground room occupied by an old sailor?10 letters, starts with SSALTCELLAR
- 27. Articulate5 letters, starts with UUTTER
- 28. Animal like 26 Down3 letters, starts with AASS
- 29. Brit ___ (English novels, informally)3 letters, starts with LLIT
- 30. Make ecstatic5 letters, starts with EELATE
- 31. Greek symbol for torque3 letters, starts with TTAU
- 32. Art exhibition room for rascals?13 letters, starts with RROGUESGALLERY
- 38. Org. that may feature the Jets battling the Sharks3 letters, starts with NNHL
- 39. Search party8 letters, starts with EEXPLORER
- 41. Furry friend's foot3 letters, starts with PPAW
- 42. Time to plant a tree8 letters, starts with AARBORDAY
- 44. Be in a financial hole3 letters, starts with OOWE
- 45. Dead lines?7 letters, starts with EEPITAPH
- 48. Livid experience3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 49. Bygone Mauritian birds5 letters, starts with DDODOS
- 52. "All This, and Heaven Too" Oscar nominee Barbara5 letters, starts with OONEIL
- 53. The avian Muppet Sam, e.g.5 letters, starts with EEAGLE
- 57. Ocular ring4 letters, starts with IIRIS
- 58. Black or white signal at the Vatican5 letters, starts with SSMOKE
- 61. Bottom-line number5 letters, starts with TTOTAL
- 65. Spring, e.g.4 letters, starts with CCOIL
- 66. Reading room where you store a box of beer?9 letters, starts with CCASESTUDY
- 68. Lecture room for actress Hannah?9 letters, starts with DDARYLHALL
- 70. National ___ Refuge (Wyoming wildlife area for large deer)3 letters, starts with EELK
- 71. El ___, Tex.4 letters, starts with PPASO
- 72. U-Haul vehicle3 letters, starts with VVAN
- 75. Writer Princiotti who covers the NFL and culture for the Ringer4 letters, starts with NNORA
- 76. Soapmaking chemical3 letters, starts with LLYE
- 77. Set of hotel rooms where people break open pecans and pistachios?15 letters, starts with NNUTCRACKERSUITE
- 81. What's going on?7 letters, starts with AAPPAREL
- 84. Grill frame5 letters, starts with GGRATE
- 85. Like some candles and markers7 letters, starts with SSCENTED
- 89. SIMPLE financial plans4 letters, starts with IIRAS
- 90. Oracle4 letters, starts with SSEER
- 92. House of ___ (term for a situation that's built on deception)4 letters, starts with LLIES
- 94. Frightening noise to hear on a safari4 letters, starts with RROAR
- 95. English automobile designer Henry5 letters, starts with RROYCE
- 97. Drink enjoyed near the ceiling in a "Mary Poppins" scene3 letters, starts with TTEA
- 99. Offer to an auctioneer3 letters, starts with BBID
- 100. "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" rabbit5 letters, starts with MMOPSY
- 101. Large room by the entrance designated for taking medication?19 letters, starts with PPHARMACEUTICALLOBBY
- 107. Many of Queen Elizabeth II's pet dogs6 letters, starts with CCORGIS
- 108. "I used to do ___. I still do, but I used to, too.": Mitch Hedberg5 letters, starts with DDRUGS
- 109. Take the cake at a hot dog contest?6 letters, starts with OOUTEAT
- 110. Male cat3 letters, starts with TTOM
- 111. Norse pantheon ruler4 letters, starts with OODIN
- 113. Ideology3 letters, starts with IISM
- 114. Curved entryway4 letters, starts with AARCH
- 115. Small issue to "pick"3 letters, starts with NNIT
- 117. "Inferno" actor Sy4 letters, starts with OOMAR
- 119. VIP room?11 letters, starts with SSTARCHAMBER
- 122. Like wise counsel4 letters, starts with SSAGE
- 123. Fashion model Hadid4 letters, starts with GGIGI
- 124. Like some basins, pools and waves5 letters, starts with TTIDAL
- 125. Quebec neighbor5 letters, starts with MMAINE
- 126. Brace place, at times4 letters, starts with KKNEE
- 127. Completely crushed, as a test4 letters, starts with AACED
- 128. "I'm right there with you"4 letters, starts with SSAME
- 129. "___ girl!"4 letters, starts with AATTA
- 130. Knitting club material4 letters, starts with YYARN
Down
- 1. Base acknowledgment6 letters, starts with SSALUTE
- 2. Levy on some online purchases6 letters, starts with UUSETAX
- 3. Boost6 letters, starts with LLIFTUP
- 4. Fashion icon Spade4 letters, starts with KKATE
- 5. Data-scraping program3 letters, starts with BBOT
- 6. Make furious6 letters, starts with EENRAGE
- 7. Relaxation period7 letters, starts with LLEISURE
- 8. Peace for anti-war activists, e.g.5 letters, starts with CCAUSE
- 9. "Lemme think about that"3 letters, starts with HHMM
- 10. Palindromic nickname for a sibling3 letters, starts with SSIS
- 11. "Let me see you"?5 letters, starts with IICALL
- 12. "Samson and ___" (1949 biblical film)7 letters, starts with DDELILAH
- 13. Quarter of four?6 letters, starts with LLETTER
- 14. Canceling button on a keyboard3 letters, starts with EESC
- 15. Legislative proposal introduced in Congress4 letters, starts with BBILL
- 16. Ashore6 letters, starts with OONLAND
- 17. Christie nicknamed the Queen of Crime6 letters, starts with AAGATHA
- 18. How often a No. 16 seed upsets a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament6 letters, starts with RRARELY
- 24. Quiver items6 letters, starts with AARROWS
- 26. Milne's morose donkey6 letters, starts with EEEYORE
- 33. Catan resource symbolized by rocks3 letters, starts with OORE
- 34. Backbone that a hen or a rooster has but a "chicken" does not5 letters, starts with SSPINE
- 35. Boarding pass info4 letters, starts with GGATE
- 36. Be in store for5 letters, starts with AAWAIT
- 37. A's or O's stat3 letters, starts with RRBI
- 40. Not taut5 letters, starts with LLOOSE
- 43. Achieve5 letters, starts with RREACH
- 46. Annoyingly slow4 letters, starts with PPOKY
- 47. Proceed slowly (along)4 letters, starts with PPLOD
- 49. Blocks that many adults play with4 letters, starts with DDICE
- 50. Like some grad school exams4 letters, starts with OORAL
- 51. Floppy ___ (computer storage medium of the 1980s and 1990s)4 letters, starts with DDISK
- 54. Soccer match highlight4 letters, starts with GGOAL
- 55. Fire ___ (flower)4 letters, starts with LLILY
- 56. "Legally Blonde" lawyer Woods4 letters, starts with EELLE
- 58. Country club?6 letters, starts with SSTATES
- 59. Something to flex6 letters, starts with MMUSCLE
- 60. Sign of spoiled food4 letters, starts with OODOR
- 62. Gets a new coat during the summer, maybe?4 letters, starts with TTANS
- 63. Stir up, as passions6 letters, starts with AAROUSE
- 64. Musical phrases?6 letters, starts with LLYRICS
- 67. Goad4 letters, starts with SSPUR
- 69. Behind schedule4 letters, starts with LLATE
- 72. Device for watching an old copy of "E.T.," say3 letters, starts with VVCR
- 73. Lead-in to an alias3 letters, starts with AAKA
- 74. Meshy fish trap3 letters, starts with NNET
- 77. O'Reilly Auto Parts Series org.6 letters, starts with NNASCAR
- 78. "We've got a deal"6 letters, starts with AAGREED
- 79. Collectibles in the Tomb Raider games6 letters, starts with RRELICS
- 80. Dress like a judge6 letters, starts with EENROBE
- 81. "Let me clear the ___"3 letters, starts with AAIR
- 82. Person who gets you to laugh at things?9 letters, starts with PPROPCOMIC
- 83. Show respect (to)9 letters, starts with PPAYHOMAGE
- 86. High muckety-muck9 letters, starts with TTOPBANANA
- 87. "Cool your jets, buddy"9 letters, starts with EEASYTIGER
- 88. Unlike sweet wines3 letters, starts with DDRY
- 91. "... stuff like that"3 letters, starts with EETC
- 93. Painter Kerkovius3 letters, starts with IIDA
- 96. "By that logic ..."4 letters, starts with EERGO
- 98. External part of the ear7 letters, starts with AAURICLE
- 99. Nickname of the blues singer born Willie Mae Thornton7 letters, starts with BBIGMAMA
- 100. One taking flight and delight by a night light4 letters, starts with MMOTH
- 102. "There's a stranger in our ___"5 letters, starts with MMIDST
- 103. "The way things stand now ..."6 letters, starts with AASITIS
- 104. ___ push (rhyming football play alternatively named the "brotherly shove")4 letters, starts with TTUSH
- 105. Golf great Ochoa6 letters, starts with LLORENA
- 106. Ill-gotten gains5 letters, starts with LLUCRE
- 110. Frat party garment4 letters, starts with TTOGA
- 112. Zilch, in Zapopan4 letters, starts with NNADA
- 114. Just slightly4 letters, starts with AABIT
- 116. Typical YA fiction reader4 letters, starts with TTEEN
- 118. Get ___ of (ditch)3 letters, starts with RRID
- 120. Animal form of Aries3 letters, starts with RRAM
- 121. Yoga class surface3 letters, starts with MMAT
- 122. Where to see the stars3 letters, starts with SSKY
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Questions
What is the answer to “Country club?”?
STATES, 6 letters: to set forth in words.
When was “Country club?” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of August 23, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with S.