*Fire up Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “*Fire up” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of August 31, 2025? It has 5 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 31, 2025
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PINKS is the answer to “*Fire up”. It means to cut a saw-toothed edge on cloth.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To cut a saw-toothed edge on cloth.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ISNPK.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Salmon and coral”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (August 31, 2025)
Across
- 1. Soft in wattage3 letters, starts with DDIM
- 4. Highest amount, for short3 letters, starts with MMAX
- 7. It's summoned by Agwe, the god of water in "Once on This Island"4 letters, starts with RRAIN
- 11. Big thing in the sky?6 letters, starts with DDIPPER
- 17. Peace advocate Yoko3 letters, starts with OONO
- 18. On the rocks4 letters, starts with IICED
- 20. Denomination that sounds like 23 Across5 letters, starts with SSUNNI
- 21. 1805 orchestral premiere at the Theater an der Wien6 letters, starts with EEROICA
- 22. Org. with cruisers3 letters, starts with UUSN
- 23. Gymnastics champ Lee4 letters, starts with SSUNI
- 24. *Help up5 letters, starts with PPITCH
- 25. With 32 Across, do as you're told ... and what you must do while solving the answers to the starred clues?6 letters, starts with FFOLLOW
- 26. *Come on down3 letters, starts with GGET
- 27. *Double down4 letters, starts with SSTAN
- 28. Jewelry retailer Alex and ___3 letters, starts with AANI
- 29. *Fire up5 letters, starts with PPINKS
- 30. Bane for Batman5 letters, starts with CCRIME
- 32. See 25 Across10 letters, starts with DDIRECTIONS
- 36. "Star Walkin'" musician Lil ___ X3 letters, starts with NNAS
- 39. Jerry's jacket material in the "Seinfeld" episode "The Jacket"5 letters, starts with SSUEDE
- 40. Teamed (with)5 letters, starts with SSIDED
- 41. Site of Waldameer Park & Water World in Pennsylvania4 letters, starts with EERIE
- 42. Sub4 letters, starts with TTEMP
- 43. Put your hands together for heaven's sake?4 letters, starts with PPRAY
- 44. Small crossword4 letters, starts with MMINI
- 45. "Heimskringla" deity4 letters, starts with OODIN
- 46. Terra ___5 letters, starts with FFIRMA
- 47. Berates loudly7 letters, starts with YYELLSAT
- 49. *Write down4 letters, starts with DDROP
- 52. Begins8 letters, starts with SSTARTSON
- 54. Letters that fill in the blanks of "digita_ _lock rea_outs, for _hort"4 letters, starts with LLCDS
- 55. Mom's mom, informally4 letters, starts with NNANA
- 56. *Go up3 letters, starts with BBEA
- 57. "Long Way 2 Go" singer6 letters, starts with CCASSIE
- 60. Ducks with distinctive colorful markings5 letters, starts with TTEALS
- 62. Superstar rookie6 letters, starts with PPHENOM
- 65. Fez-wearing monkey in "Aladdin"3 letters, starts with AABU
- 66. *Cool down3 letters, starts with FFAR
- 68. Object of many a game?3 letters, starts with DDIE
- 69. Bar by a shower3 letters, starts with RROD
- 70. Car-cleaning item3 letters, starts with RRAG
- 72. Colonnaded entryway7 letters, starts with PPORTICO
- 74. Person who might be horsing around?7 letters, starts with RRANCHER
- 76. *Break down4 letters, starts with TTIME
- 77. Conclusion opener4 letters, starts with EERGO
- 78. Cold in appearance7 letters, starts with AAUSTERE
- 81. Uncertainties3 letters, starts with IIFS
- 82. Football analyst Tony4 letters, starts with RROMO
- 83. Part of a process4 letters, starts with SSTEP
- 84. "Feed a cold, ___ a fever"6 letters, starts with SSTARVE
- 85. GPS guess3 letters, starts with EETA
- 86. Rice with spice5 letters, starts with PPILAF
- 87. "We'll ___ what happens"3 letters, starts with SSEE
- 89. *Read up3 letters, starts with GGOO
- 90. *First down6 letters, starts with NNUMBER
- 92. High fantasy archer3 letters, starts with EELF
- 93. Alkaline cleaner3 letters, starts with LLYE
- 94. Show reluctance4 letters, starts with BBALK
- 95. Stat on the mound3 letters, starts with EERA
- 96. Tool with damp strings3 letters, starts with MMOP
- 98. Lipton competitor6 letters, starts with TTETLEY
- 100. Discloses6 letters, starts with LLETSON
- 102. Join, as the forces6 letters, starts with EENLIST
- 106. *Mark up4 letters, starts with BBEAU
- 107. Like a sex comedy's comedy4 letters, starts with LLEWD
- 109. "Addams Family Values" cousin3 letters, starts with IITT
- 110. Scope7 letters, starts with BBREADTH
- 111. "Girls Chase Boys" singer Michaelson6 letters, starts with IINGRID
- 113. *Walk up4 letters, starts with HHOOF
- 115. "The Witches" filmmaker Nicolas4 letters, starts with RROEG
- 117. Tech assistant dealing with many requests4 letters, starts with SSIRI
- 118. Creative body of work6 letters, starts with OOEUVRE
- 119. Lemony Snicket's count4 letters, starts with OOLAF
- 120. Not busy at the moment4 letters, starts with IIDLE
- 121. Eerie sound, maybe4 letters, starts with MMOAN
- 122. Farallon Capital founder Tom who ran for president in 20206 letters, starts with SSTEYER
- 123. Secondary social media accts.4 letters, starts with AALTS
- 124. Some look adorable in pajamas4 letters, starts with PPETS
- 125. Metal boxes?4 letters, starts with AAMPS
Down
- 1. First second gentleman Emhoff4 letters, starts with DDOUG
- 2. Lacking self-assurance8 letters, starts with IINSECURE
- 3. Home of Cirque du Soleil's headquarters8 letters, starts with MMONTREAL
- 4. "Did you wish I came back sooner?"6 letters, starts with MMISSME
- 5. Below 90 degrees in a math classroom5 letters, starts with AACUTE
- 6. Chakram-wielding warrior of 1990s TV4 letters, starts with XXENA
- 7. Beyond repair6 letters, starts with RRUINED
- 8. Bit of tomfoolery5 letters, starts with AANTIC
- 9. Co. name abbr.3 letters, starts with IINC
- 10. Org. whose Office of AIDS Research was established in 19883 letters, starts with NNIH
- 11. Give an explanation when asked "What's the meaning of this?"6 letters, starts with DDEFINE
- 12. Presses, as laundry5 letters, starts with IIRONS
- 13. President after Tyler4 letters, starts with PPOLK
- 14. Pale lagers originally brewed in 19th-century Bohemia8 letters, starts with PPILSNERS
- 15. ___-friendly (green)3 letters, starts with EECO
- 16. Like the beef in steak tartare3 letters, starts with RRAW
- 19. Reduplicative, cutesy term for a meal6 letters, starts with DDINDIN
- 20. ___ no expense5 letters, starts with SSPARE
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- 31. Pastoral poems6 letters, starts with IIDYLLS
- 33. "Someone else must've been responsible"6 letters, starts with IIDIDNT
- 34. Red Sox legend Williams3 letters, starts with TTED
- 35. Ring surrounding a pupil4 letters, starts with IIRIS
- 37. Socks in a sock fight, e.g.4 letters, starts with AAMMO
- 38. Stretch across4 letters, starts with SSPAN
- 39. "___ vs. ___" (comic strip featuring adversarial agents)3 letters, starts with SSPY
- 40. Takes the throne, say4 letters, starts with SSITS
- 42. Powerful figure of industry5 letters, starts with TTITAN
- 44. Argued9 letters, starts with MMADEACASE
- 45. Resembling a translucent gem7 letters, starts with OOPALINE
- 46. No longer captive5 letters, starts with FFREED
- 48. Genre for N.K. Jemisin5 letters, starts with SSCIFI
- 50. Sitcom actress Charlotte3 letters, starts with RRAE
- 51. How some foolish risks may be taken7 letters, starts with OONADARE
- 53. Loathes6 letters, starts with AABHORS
- 57. Superheroes' garments5 letters, starts with CCAPES
- 58. Cancel, as a spaceflight5 letters, starts with AABORT
- 59. Sudden rise in voltage5 letters, starts with SSURGE
- 61. "Hold on a ___"3 letters, starts with SSEC
- 62. Assembly-ready6 letters, starts with PPREFAB
- 63. Orange-and-black flier6 letters, starts with OORIOLE
- 64. Bear, hare or mare, e.g.6 letters, starts with MMAMMAL
- 67. Never-in-doubt victory4 letters, starts with RROUT
- 71. Former Queensrÿche lead singer Tate5 letters, starts with GGEOFF
- 73. In total disorder10 letters, starts with TTOPSYTURVY
- 74. Officially invalidate6 letters, starts with RREVOKE
- 75. Léon's profession in "Léon: The Professional"6 letters, starts with HHITMAN
- 76. Prefix with athlete3 letters, starts with TTRI
- 79. Complex tale4 letters, starts with SSAGA
- 80. Fad toy that may have a rhinestone belly button9 letters, starts with TTROLLDOLL
- 85. Continental journey, informally8 letters, starts with EEUROTRIP
- 86. Lying but not supine5 letters, starts with PPRONE
- 88. Fish caught in a pot3 letters, starts with EEEL
- 90. Home of the falcons4 letters, starts with NNEST
- 91. Comes to light7 letters, starts with EEMERGES
- 93. Group of sports clubs6 letters, starts with LLEAGUE
- 94. "Catch you later"3 letters, starts with BBYE
- 97. Star stuff6 letters, starts with PPLASMA
- 98. Core principle5 letters, starts with TTENET
- 99. Revered village leader5 letters, starts with EELDER
- 101. Squabbles5 letters, starts with TTIFFS
- 103. Figure of speech ... and a synonym of the puzzle's alternate title, spelled left to right in the circled squares5 letters, starts with IIDIOM
- 104. Duffel bag attachment5 letters, starts with SSTRAP
- 105. Oreo ___ (cookies with slim wafers)5 letters, starts with TTHINS
- 106. Paragraphs about actors' careers, say4 letters, starts with BBIOS
- 108. "Mind. Blown."4 letters, starts with WWHOA
- 110. Article about a boxing champion?4 letters, starts with BBELT
- 112. Something drawn when you're angry3 letters, starts with IIRE
- 114. Porridge bit3 letters, starts with OOAT
- 116. Praiseful piece3 letters, starts with OODE
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Questions
What is the answer to “*Fire up”?
PINKS, 5 letters: to cut a saw-toothed edge on cloth.
When was “*Fire up” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of August 31, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with P.