Crossword Answers for Tuesday, 23 June 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Tuesday, 23 June 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Hit lightly PAT
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Catch sight of SPY
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An island to the northwest of Wales MONA
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Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote LORE
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(of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow ARCO
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Indicate by signs OMEN
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Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series NTH
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Make older AGES
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Be later in time FOLLOWS
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Using speech rather than writing ORAL
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Sing with closed lips HUM
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By bad luck ALAS
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Someone who fights for a cause HERO
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An utterance made by exhaling audibly SIGH
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A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARES
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A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle HOE
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A state in New England MES

Down

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The role of the head of a government department PORTFOLIO
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A fee for anchoring ANCHORAGE
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The ultimate principle of the universe TAO
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An indefinite or unknown location SOMEWHERE
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A force that compels PRESSURES
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A yearning for something or to do something YEN
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A male subordinate MAN
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A company emblem or device LOGO
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Completely given to or absorbed by ALL
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Strike as if by whipping LASH
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An indefinitely short time MOS
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The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
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Son of Noah HAM