USA TODAY Crossword · 64-Across · 4 letters

"___ of Dogs" (Wes Anderson film) USA TODAY Crossword clue

Editorially reviewed August 30, 2026

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Complete the title with a four-letter synonym for island.

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Answer

ISLE

Why these words complete it

ISLE completes the film title Isle of Dogs. The blank asks for the four-letter word meaning a small island, not the similarly sounding contraction “I'll.”

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Quotation marks and the director credit make this a title completion rather than a general definition.

What the completed phrase means

Isle of Dogs is a 2018 stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson.

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64-Across in USA TODAY Crossword puzzle for August 30, 2026.

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