Crossword Answers for Friday, 12 June 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 12 June 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- A step on some scale CUT
- 4
- Hit lightly DAB
- 7
- Assume a posture as for artistic purposes POSE
- 8
- A single person or thing ONES
- 10
- A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit ELECTRODE
- 12
- The waging of armed conflict against an enemy WAR
- 13
- Washing lightly without soap RINSE
- 14
- A blow that renders the opponent unconscious KOS
- 15
- A path set aside for walking PASEO
- 18
- The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet PHI
- 21
- A deliberate act of omission EXCEPTION
- 23
- A blow from a flat object SLAP
- 24
- Person who resembles a nonhuman primate APES
- 25
- A quad with a square body EMS
- 26
- A state in New England MES
Down
- 1
- Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts COLA
- 2
- A person who takes drugs USER
- 3
- A police officer who investigates crimes TEC
- 4
- Wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids DORIS
- 5
- At another time ANON
- 6
- A stratum of rock BEDS
- 7
- Long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation PEW
- 9
- Deem to be SEE
- 11
- An orderly crowd TROOP
- 14
- Retain possession of KEEPS
- 15
- The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES
- 16
- A shaft on which a wheel rotates AXLE
- 17
- Deprive of by deceit SCAM
- 18
- Utter a shrill cry PIPE
- 19
- Dig with a hoe HOES
- 20
- A state in midwestern United States INS
- 22
- A woolen cap of Scottish origin TAM