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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 24, 2022
Sunday, July 24, 2022
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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, July 24, 2022. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.
Across clues & answers
- 31
- 36
- 60
- 62
- 77
- 82
- 96
- 106
- 111
- 123
- 124
Down clues & answers
- 11
- 12
- 49
- 61
- 70
- 81
- 90
- 92
- 104
- 112
- 114
- 118
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Saturday, July 23, 2022
across
- 1. "Braveheart" villain: EDWARDI
- 8. Shoddy treatment: RAWDEAL
- 15. Monodon monoceros, more familiarly: NARWHAL
- 16. Qatar, e.g.: EMIRATE
- 17. "Eh? Eh?": AMIRITE
- 18. Defense secretary under Obama: PANETTA
- 19. Día después de hoy: MANANA
- 20. Utah home of Weber State University: OGDEN
- 21. Shell game?: EGGTOSS
- 23. ___ es Salaam: DAR
- 25. Ending with love or tap: INS
- 26. Bottom of the barrel: LEES
- 27. Marion ___, Best Actress winner for "La Vie en Rose": COTILLARD
- 30. 20th-century map inits.: SSR
- 31. First person to fly solo around the world (1933): WILEYPOST
- 32. Gesture signifying perfection: CHEFSKISS
- 33. Part of a plan?: PHONELINE
- 34. Tip of a writing implement: NIB
- 37. Circuit building block: LOGICGATE
- 38. Cash crop of South America: COCA
- 39. Use curlers on, say: SET
- 40. Match: SEE
- 41. Like many a chute in Chutes and Ladders: SSHAPED
- 43. Poorly suited: UNFIT
- 45. Some grilled meat dishes: KABOBS
- 46. Ground: GNASHED
- 49. ___ Command (classic arcade game): MISSILE
- 50. Small plane for short flights: AIRTAXI
- 51. Entourage: RETINUE
- 52. Things sometimes lost in sofa cushions: REMOTES
- 53. Brought (out): TROTTED
down
- 1. Smooth veneers: ENAMELS
- 2. Award in a lawsuit: DAMAGES
- 3. Metaphor for a difficult ordeal: WRINGER
- 4. "Oh, darn!": AWRATS
- 5. Animal whose name means, literally, "nose": RHINO
- 6. Field of informatics: DATASCIENCE
- 7. ___ du Diable (notorious French penal colony): ILE
- 8. Status, informally: REP
- 9. Org. with a snake in its logo: AMA
- 10. No matter what: WINORLOSE
- 11. Remnant: DREG
- 12. Suffer abject humiliation: EATDIRT
- 13. Opposite of cut: ATTEND
- 14. Has a list: LEANS
- 22. Method of music education: SOLFEGE
- 23. Aids in making craft projects, in brief: DIYKITS
- 24. Super-G competitor: ALPINESKIER
- 28. A.C. : ___ :: D.C. : Edison: TESLA
- 29. Doofus: ASS
- 31. Question asked when going through an old family photo album, perhaps: WHOISTHAT
- 32. Abbr. on a receipt: CHG
- 33. Joint venture?: POTFARM
- 34. What a circular argument has: NOPOINT
- 35. Color of a glacier: ICEBLUE
- 36. Person who's corrupt by nature: BADSEED
- 37. Detective ___ Briscoe of "Law & Order": LENNIE
- 38. Pays a fare to get there, say: CABSIT
- 39. Atkins diet no-no: SUGAR
- 42. Must: HASTO
- 44. Relationship phrase: ISTO
- 47. Program file suffix: EXE
- 48. Lead-in to course: DIS
- 49. 1980s TV celeb with a role in "Rocky III": MRT
More daily puzzle hints
- WordleGuess the five-letter word in six triesGuide & tips
- ConnectionsSort 16 words into four hidden groupsGuide & tips
- StrandsFind the themed words hidden in a letter gridGuide & tips
- Spelling BeeMake words from seven letters around a center letterGuide & tips
- Mini CrosswordA bite-size crossword you can finish over coffeeGuide & tips
- Connections: Sports EditionConnections with a sports-only word poolGuide & tips
- Letter BoxedChain words around a square using all 12 lettersGuide & tips
- Midi CrosswordThe mid-size crossword between the Mini and the dailyGuide & tips
How the week is built
- Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
- Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
- Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
- Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
- Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Crossword-solving habits worth building
- Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
- Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
- Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
- Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
- Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.
The Crossword FAQ
When is the next crossword released?
Weekday puzzles go live at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the night before; weekend puzzles are released earlier in the evening.
What is a rebus square?
A square that holds more than one letter. Sometimes it holds a whole word or a symbol. They are most common on Thursdays.
Which day is the hardest?
Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.
Can I see past crossword answers?
Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.