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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 7, 2024
Sunday, July 7, 2024
By WordFinderZ Puzzle TeamLast updated How we make hints
This archive page covers the The Crossword from Sunday, July 7, 2024. 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
- 20
- 25
- 41
- 43
- 58
- 69
- 100
- 101
- 106
- 118
- 120
Down clues & answers
- 34
- 47
- 84
- 104
- 112
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Saturday, July 6, 2024
across
- 1. Journalistic concern: STANDARDS
- 10. Order at a bar … or at a butcher shop: ROUND
- 15. Something that fades into the background: WATERMARK
- 16. Tagging along: INTOW
- 17. "Everything good between us?": AREWEOKAY
- 18. Shove off: LEAVE
- 19. Cable inits. for cinephiles: TMC
- 20. Went up: GREW
- 21. Ancient city near Jerusalem: BETHEL
- 22. Ramirez of "Madam Secretary": SARA
- 24. Tactic for driving digital subscriptions: PAYWALL
- 25. One interested in bull-dozing?: COWTIPPER
- 30. ___ something: ONTO
- 31. Historical period from 1918 to 1933: WEIMARERA
- 33. Money for bread, e.g.: Abbr.: SYN
- 34. Moral bankruptcy: DEPRAVITY
- 36. :-O: OMG
- 39. Like many viral posts: RETWEETED
- 41. Meeting places: FORA
- 43. TV character who said "What you call 'love' was invented by guys like me to sell nylons": DONDRAPER
- 45. Author of 2001's "The Corrections": FRANZEN
- 47. Run slowly: SEEP
- 49. Had a burning desire: LONGED
- 50. Woman who sounds like she's messin' up?: ERIN
- 54. Reason to look away, for short: PDA
- 55. Hot dog buns in a pack, often: OCTET
- 56. Bug-catching period: FLUSEASON
- 58. East Coast travel option: ACELA
- 59. Zoom classes and the like: ELEARNING
- 60. Nitwits: DODOS
- 61. Simple solutions: EASYFIXES
down
- 1. Big hits: SWATS
- 2. Touchdown locale: TARMAC
- 3. Suffered humiliation: ATECROW
- 4. Sorting category on a social media feed: NEW
- 5. Last little bit: DREG
- 6. Gabriel García Márquez's "El ___ en los Tiempos del Cólera": AMOR
- 7. Casino's cut: RAKE
- 8. Poker variety: DRAW
- 9. You might look up to it: SKY
- 10. N.B.A. coach Pat who trademarked the term "three-peat": RILEY
- 11. Left and then a right, say: ONETWO
- 12. Pioneer Day celebrants: UTAHANS
- 13. Unusual item: NOVELTY
- 14. Refuse to let go: DWELLON
- 21. Word with sound or language: BARRIER
- 23. Knocked for a loop: AWED
- 24. Cross: PEEVED
- 26. Pricing plan category: TIER
- 27. Got in the way of: IMPEDED
- 28. Artist who released her first-ever rock album, "Rockstar," a year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: PARTON
- 29. Ten-legged sea creature: PRAWN
- 32. "___ girl!": ATTA
- 35. Casual affirmatives: YEPS
- 36. Get rid of: OFFLOAD
- 37. Nation that declared independence from France in March 1956: MOROCCO
- 38. "I will admit …": GRANTED
- 40. Get rid of: DEEPSIX
- 42. ___ Dundee, trainer for Muhammad Ali and George Foreman: ANGELO
- 44. Overhauled: REDONE
- 46. Some sorority sisters, informally: ZETAS
- 48. Heartthrobs, e.g.: PANGS
- 50. First name of the "First Lady of Jazz": ELLA
- 51. Feels contrition about: RUES
- 52. Lead-in to a suggestion: ISAY
- 53. Material in some sports equipment: NERF
- 56. Cancellation deterrent: FEE
- 57. Glossy black cuckoo: ANI
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.