Crossword Answers for Thursday, 23 July 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 23 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A broad flat muscle on either side of the back LAT
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The muscles of the abdomen ABS
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Refuse to let have DENY
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Relieve from FREE
10
Rounded like an egg OVAL
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Give evidence TELL
12
Hoop that covers a wheel TYRES
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A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite ALS
15
Bend or cause to bend CROOK
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The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
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Fixate one's eyes STARE
22
Be agitated BOIL
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A duplicate copy TWIN
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Vulgar slang for anus ARSE
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Make easier EASE
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The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
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The seed of the cereal grass RYE

Down

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Impose and collect LEVY
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An advocate of anarchism ANARCHIST
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A town in northeast Texas TYLER
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Situated at or toward the stern or tail AFT
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The act of breaking away or withdrawing from BREAKAWAY
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Give up for a price or reward SELL
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Distribute loosely DOT
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Angular distance above the horizon ELS
13
An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code SOS
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Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur OTTER
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A fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair ABA
18
An open skin infection SORE
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A movement upward RISE
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
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A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA