Crossword Answers for Sunday, 5 July 2026

All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 5 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Jump lightly SKIP
5
Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States PECAN
10
British breed of large heavy draft horse SHIRE
11
The organ that bears the ovules of a flower OVARY
12
A priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter CANON
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A portable shelter TENTS
14
Indicate by signs OMEN
15
Make a sweeping movement PAN
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Select as an alternative over another OPT
17
Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur OTTER
20
Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment POI
21
In favor of PRO
22
Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
24
Eight people considered as a unit OCTET
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A tight-fitting headdress CAP
27
Go through HAS
28
A quantity of no importance NADA
29
Get rid of SHOOK
32
A craftsman who makes ropes ROPER
33
A chaplain in one of the military services PADRE
34
Slow and apathetic INERT
35
To make better AMEND
36
A master's degree in education MEDS

Down

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Cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair SHAMPOO
2
Characterized by motion KINETIC
3
Extremely robust IRON
4
Female swan PEN
5
An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland POTATO
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A special set of circumstances EVENT
7
A buoy with a round bottom and conical top CAN
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The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
9
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
10
A large ladle SCOOP
15
Bring to port PORTS
18
Fail to experience ESCAPED
19
A person who enjoys reading READERS
21
Having or rising to a peak PEAKED
23
One from the other APART
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A Germanic character of runic origin THORN
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Not at all or in no way NONE
29
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
30
Son of Noah HAM
31
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
32
The hoop from which the net is suspended RIM