Crossword Answers for Thursday, 16 July 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 16 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Be excessively hot FRY
- 4
- A sudden breaking SNAP
- 8
- A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA
- 9
- Powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed COCOA
- 11
- Release or vent UNLEASHED
- 13
- A portable shelter TENT
- 14
- A quad with a square body EMS
- 15
- The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
- 17
- A pedal that controls the throttle valve GAS
- 20
- A desire for sexual intimacy EROS
- 23
- The consequences of an event AFTERMATH
- 26
- A small growth of trees without underbrush GROVE
- 27
- In addition TOO
- 28
- Be in debt OWED
- 29
- Catch sight of SPY
Down
- 1
- An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease FLU
- 2
- Let for money RENT
- 3
- A university in Connecticut YALE
- 4
- Sow by scattering SCATTERED
- 5
- A negative NOS
- 6
- Feel physical pain ACHE
- 7
- A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines POEM
- 10
- A public promotion of some product or service ADS
- 12
- The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
- 16
- Prepare oneself for a military confrontation ARM
- 17
- Make jokes or quips GAG
- 18
- A rounded thickly curled hairdo AFRO
- 19
- Fill by packing tightly STOW
- 21
- Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa OATS
- 22
- The event of something ending STOP
- 24
- The day before EVE
- 25
- A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads HOY