Crossword Answers for Sunday, 21 June 2026

All 46 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 21 June 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A state in midwestern United States INS
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The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization DOH
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A workplace for the conduct of scientific research LAB
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The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan SOM
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
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Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong IRE
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Sit or recline comfortably LOUNGES
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A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA
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Come on stage ENTER
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Plate with tin TINS
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Very small WEE
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Make hot or hotter HEAT
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The quality of giving pleasure SWEETNESS
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Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEAS
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A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot AIS
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A male deer, especially an adult male red deer HART
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A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter TESLA
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Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder ASP
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United States painter MARSHES
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Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck' DOE
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Followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery OBI
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A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves OAK
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A final state END
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A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric MAC
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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS

Down

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A small island ISLE
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The middle of the day NOON
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Make obscene SMUT
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The seriousness of something DEGREE
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A single person or thing ONE
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The 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet HES
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Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers LILIES
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A particular environment or walk of life ARENAS
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A cruelly rapacious person BEAST
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Gratuitously new NEWEST
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An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument THESES
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The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
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Lend flavor to SEASON
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Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat WARPED
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Of or containing nitrogen NITRIC
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A position of relative inferiority SHADE
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U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof SHOE
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British artist and writer of nonsense verse LEAR
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Inquire about ASKS
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Informal terms for a mother MOM
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A fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair ABA