Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 22 July 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 22 July 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Subject to laughter or ridicule GUY
4
The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
7
A lower limit BASE
8
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 THOU
10
Things that make you comfortable and at ease AMENITIES
12
The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue RED
13
Washing lightly without soap RINSE
14
A licensed medical practitioner DOC
15
Fill or place a load on LADEN
18
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
21
An instrument that performs analyses ANALYZERS
23
An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up MART
24
By bad luck ALAS
25
A unit of length of thread or yarn LEA
26
Use diligently PLY

Down

1
An amusement or pastime GAME
2
Take or consume USED
3
A yearning for something or to do something YEN
4
Informal terms for a human head ATTIC
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Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling SHIN
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Dig with a hoe HOES
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The act of preventing BAR
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The act of using USE
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Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs IRONY
14
The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet DELTA
15
A rapid escape LAM
16
Of or related to the anus ANAL
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To be courageous enough to try or do something; , DARE
18
Give up for a price or reward SELL
19
Call upon in supplication; entreat PRAY
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A pompous fool ASS
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Strike suddenly and with force ZAP