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Universal Crossword Answers & Hints - July 18, 2026
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July 18, 2026
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Across
1.Wings and flippers5 letters6.Women's undergarment, for short4 letters10.Entirely3 letters13.Like a clock with hands6 letters15.Not nice4 letters16.Wasabi ___3 letters17."Quiet!"11 letters19.WNBA score units3 letters20."Doesn't matter which you choose"9 letters21.Like Catherine Zeta-Jones and corgis5 letters23.Wireless standard initials3 letters24.Inc. alternative3 letters25.Made amends6 letters27.Apologetic text that drops -ad3 letters28."Mixed-___" (former sitcom)3 letters29.Singer Redding4 letters31.Prince Buster's genre3 letters33.Childbirth pros3 letters35.Allocate6 letters37.Get out of ___ free card4 letters38.Reach by ship6 letters40."The Marvels" director DaCosta3 letters41.Video genre that might include slime cutting or pressure washing15 letters44.Name hidden in "For Pete's sake!"5 letters45.Start with a clean ___5 letters46.Amazing, in slang4 letters48.Pained cries3 letters49.Bit of hair or smoke4 letters53.Just do something, in slang6 letters55."Gotcha!"3 letters57.One of 31 in mayo3 letters58.Yoga's ___ pose, aka navasana4 letters59."Ta-ta!"10 letters62.Actress Fisher4 letters63."Don't worry about me!"10 letters64.Throw lightly4 letters65.Tot with sauce?10 letters
Down
1.Place for a clip-on mic5 letters2.Indigenous people who invented dog sleds and snow goggles5 letters3.Nonreflective finish5 letters4.Like a snoozefest4 letters5.Without anyone else involved6 letters6."Hurry it up!"4 letters7.Trojan demigod6 letters8.___ tai3 letters9.Bisected5 letters10.Fruity drink from the "Dark Ages" of mixology9 letters11."Time to eat!"9 letters12.A wish might be made on a fallen one4 letters14.2010s term whose rejection by Gen Z led to the "soft life" era8 letters18.Vet, for a pet3 letters22.Grandson of Adam and Eve4 letters26."I'm sorry to hear it"11 letters27.Holiday season workers with beards10 letters28."Really?"6 letters30.Unexpected obstacle4 letters31.1986 Best New Artist Grammy winner4 letters32.Fast-food offerings for children9 letters34.What's not heard in the silence of the lambs?3 letters36.Like a cotton ball4 letters37.Scribble3 letters39."All hail Weezy, call it bad weather" rapper8 letters42.Gridiron unit4 letters43.Wood in archery bows3 letters47.Short stay5 letters50.Baggage marker5 letters51.Tactic used at Vicksburg5 letters52.Peeling knife5 letters53.Neither good nor bad4 letters54.___-savvy4 letters56.Zach's role in "The Hangover"4 letters58.Smallest unit of data3 letters60.AirPod's place3 letters61.De Armas of "No Time to Die"3 letters
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