Crossword Answers for Monday, 20 July 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 20 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Destroy and strip of its possession RAPE
- 5
- Drive obliquely TOE
- 8
- Extremely robust IRON
- 9
- Very narrow THIN
- 10
- Proceed in line FILE
- 11
- Join together by heating WELD
- 12
- A native or inhabitant of Thailand TAI
- 13
- A slight wind AIRS
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- United States poet CRANE
- 16
- Soldier of the American Revolution LEES
- 17
- Give food to FED
- 20
- Large American feline resembling a lion PUMA
- 21
- The closing section of a musical composition CODA
- 22
- Using speech rather than writing ORAL
- 23
- Lacking sufficient water or rainfall ARID
- 24
- A male subordinate MEN
- 25
- Make as a net profit NETS
Down
- 1
- A narrow fissure in rock RIFT
- 2
- An elaborate song for solo voice ARIA
- 3
- A member of a police force POLICEMAN
- 4
- The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
- 5
- As a consequence THEREFORE
- 6
- Cover with oil, as if by rubbing OILS
- 7
- A final state END
- 9
- A duplicate copy TWIN
- 13
- An associate degree in arts AAS
- 15
- Not to be taken lightly REAL
- 16
- Anything that serves as an enticement LURE
- 18
- Cut or eliminate EDIT
- 19
- An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk DADS
- 20
- A disparaging term for a British person POM
- 21
- A buoy with a round bottom and conical top CAN