Crossword Answers for Thursday, 2 July 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 2 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region MIS
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A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ORS
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Any small compartment CELL
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Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment POI
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Designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree NONLINEAR
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Angular distance above the horizon ALT
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Make imperfect MARS
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Be agitated BOIL
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The top of the head PATE
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An upper limit on what is allowed ROOF
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Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour TIN
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A variety of mandarin orange TANGERINE
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A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
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Good at remembering LONG
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Relating to a recently developed fashion or style MOD
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The limb of an animal used for food LEG

Down

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Make mention of MENTIONED
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Distressing ILL
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Take off weight SLIM
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Keep engaged OPERATING
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Subject to laughter or ridicule ROASTING
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Term of address for a man SIR
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A river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico COLORADO
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Seize suddenly NAB
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Take a siesta NAP
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A written record of events on a voyage LOG
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The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
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Pass away rapidly FELL
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Male turkey TOM
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Eggs of female fish ROE