Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 8 July 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 8 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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The scene of any event or action LOCI
5
Create (clothes) with cloth SEW
8
Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs IRONY
10
A single person or thing ONE
11
Sound practical judgment SENSE
12
A tube in which a body fluid circulates VAS
13
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people DIALECT
15
The 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet HES
16
The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
17
The oldness of wines VINTAGE
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A state in midwestern United States INS
20
The quality of being crafty GUILE
23
Make older AGE
24
Person of exceptional holiness ANGEL
25
Be in charge of LED
26
Of or related to the anus ANAL

Down

1
Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers LIS
2
A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
3
Make more concise CONDENSED
4
Assert to be true INSIST
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Not controlled by outside forces SOVEREIGN
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Order by virtue of superior authority; decree ENACT
7
United States film actress WEST
9
An affirmative YEA
14
A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral LAGUNA
15
A circumstance upon which subsequent events depend HINGE
17
A small bottle that contains a drug VIAL
18
Title for a civil or military leader AGA
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A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA
22
An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building ELL