Crossword Answers for Thursday, 4 June 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 4 June 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue RED
4
Form an arch or curve ARCS
8
An independent ruler or chieftain AMIR
10
A shop selling ready-to-eat food products DELI
11
Free from discordant qualities PURE
12
Two items of the same kind SPAN
13
Take in solid food EAT
15
A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot AIS
16
A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name ACRONYM
18
Angular distance above the horizon ALT
19
Male turkey TOM
20
Make without a potter's wheel COIL
22
An observer who perceives visually SEER
25
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 THOU
26
Be envious of; set one's heart on ENVY
27
Deliver by singing SANG
28
The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE

Down

1
A gentle blow RAP
2
Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller EMU
3
The act of managing something DIRECTION
4
A public promotion of some product or service ADS
5
Payment of a debt or obligation REPAYMENT
6
An assertion of a right CLAIM
7
Estrangement from god SINS
9
Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds REAR
14
A young child TOT
16
An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye ALOHA
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A natural skill NOSE
18
A manifestation of insincerity ACTS
21
Ancient Celtic god LUG
23
The day before EVE
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The seed of the cereal grass RYE