Crossword Answers for Saturday, 25 July 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Saturday, 25 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A booking for musicians GIG
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Very familiar OLD
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Spanish surrealist painter MIRO
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Keep in check REIN
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Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening AVOIDANCE
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A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit PENNY
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Create (clothes) with cloth SEW
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A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible GIT
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Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions POA
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Impressive in appearance NOBLE
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Not occurring at expected times IRREGULAR
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Affording pleasure EASY
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A male child CUBS
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Soldier of the American Revolution LEE
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The 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet HES

Down

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Be the cause or source of GIVE
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Extremely robust IRON
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The act of departing GOING
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The left eye ORA
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A channel through which something can be seen or understood LENS
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Cut into cubes DICE
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Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail MAP
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In use after medieval times NEW
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Cut or shape with a die DYING
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A distinguishing style TOUCH
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Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top PIE
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Using speech rather than writing ORAL
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Vulgar slang for anus ARSE
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The sky as viewed during daylight BLUE
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A workplace for the conduct of scientific research LABS
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
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Good discernment EYE