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