Crossword Answers for Thursday, 25 June 2026

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

Across

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A tube in which a body fluid circulates VAS
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A way of doing or being WISE
8
A toroidal shape HALO
9
A friendly nation ALLY
10
An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ILLS
11
Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive GLUE
12
The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
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A contest or fight BOUT
14
Derive a benefit from GAINS
16
Trying something to find out about it TEST
17
Water frozen in the solid state ICE
20
Start to grow or develop BUDS
21
Ring slowly TOLL
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Having a strong healthy body ABLE
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The excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal ANUS
24
United States baseball player MAYS
25
The act of using USE

Down

1
A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river VALE
2
According to what has been alleged ALLEGEDLY
3
An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code SOS
4
Van used by police to transport prisoners WAGON
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An erroneous mental representation ILLUSIONS
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A woman adulterer SLUT
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Good discernment EYE
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A conspicuous success HIT
13
A small fragment BIT
15
A pompous fool ASSES
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The lowest brass wind instrument TUBA
18
Roll into a ball CLUE
19
Angular distance above the horizon ELS
20
A sudden very loud noise BAM
21
The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet TAU