Crossword Answers for Thursday, 9 July 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 9 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Attribute or give PUT
4
Box lightly SPAR
8
Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
9
Someone who fights for a cause HERO
10
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds EPIC
11
Place one's stake ANTE
12
The basic unit of money in Bulgaria LEV
13
Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow SKI
14
The number of occurrences within a given time period FREQUENCY
18
A regular trip RUN
19
Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
20
In addition ALSO
22
At the proper time DULY
23
A center of authority SEAT
24
Completely given to or absorbed by ALL
25
A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman HULA
26
Informal terms for a mother MAS

Down

1
A medium for written communication PAPER
2
Applicable to or common to all members of a group or set UNIVERSAL
3
A local and habitual twitching especially in the face TIC
4
Move with or as if with a tremor SHAKE
5
A large mass of land projecting into a body of water PENINSULA
6
The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
7
Eggs of female fish ROE
10
Below 3 kilohertz ELF
13
Any star around which a planetary system revolves SUN
15
A prescribed number QUOTA
16
Any small compartment CELLS
17
A branch of the Tai languages YAY
20
The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
21
The basic unit of money in Moldova LEU
22
A metric unit of length equal to ten meters DAM