Washington Post Daily Crossword
Washington Post Daily Crossword Answers & Hints - July 28, 2026
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July 28, 2026
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Across
1.Ginger cookie4 letters5.Cyan shade4 letters9.Oven setting4 letters13.Document with an executor4 letters14.Coffee cups4 letters15.Speaks foolishly5 letters16.Drag Defense Fund org.4 letters17.Frying liquids4 letters18.Get down __ knee5 letters19."Gravity's Rainbow" novelist13 letters22.Tuned to, as a radio dial5 letters23.Chapel Hill sch.3 letters24.Art technique also known as French embossing12 letters32.On the house4 letters35.Bert who played the Cowardly Lion4 letters36.Everglades wading bird5 letters37.Chuckle in a DM3 letters38."That's my intention"7 letters40.Egg cells3 letters41.Photo book5 letters43.Et __: and others4 letters44.Med school subj.4 letters45.Act with chivalry12 letters48.Energizer size3 letters49.Stuffed grape leaf5 letters53.Psychological cause of personal failure, or a feature of 19-, 24-, 38-, and 45-Across13 letters58.Pop icon Lauper5 letters60.Irish currency4 letters61."Don't __ me, but ... "4 letters62.Diet food phrase5 letters63.MC or Visa alternative4 letters64.Like the score at the start of overtime4 letters65.Midday4 letters66.Little bouquet4 letters67.Take it easy4 letters
Down
1.Slaps (at)5 letters2.Wall recess5 letters3.Portion out5 letters4.Bird's feathers7 letters5.Singer-songwriter Tori4 letters6.Witty remark4 letters7.Not easy on the eyes4 letters8.Org.4 letters9.Juliette of "The English Patient"7 letters10.Cosmetics giant that started as the California Perfume Company4 letters11."Jazz" documentarian Burns3 letters12.WNW's opposite3 letters15.Sulu player in recent "Star Trek" films7 letters20.Hartsfield-Jackson airport code3 letters21.Use scissors on3 letters25.Swiss peak3 letters26.Ritual prayer of Islam5 letters27."We __ Overcome"5 letters28."Ghostbusters" actor Hudson5 letters29.Word after curling or waffle4 letters30.__ Scotia, Canada4 letters31.Pest in a cloud4 letters32.Extra fat4 letters33.Actor's part to play4 letters34.Actor Idris4 letters38."No fooling"7 letters39.Scottish cap3 letters42.Kampala native7 letters44.One more7 letters46."Sorry, laddie"3 letters47.Stir3 letters50.Depart5 letters51.Silences, as on Zoom5 letters52."__ you clever!"5 letters53.The 4114 letters54.Gather4 letters55.Japanese wrestling4 letters56.Greek war god4 letters57.Like the Honda Element4 letters58."The Source With Kaitlan Collins" network3 letters59."__-hoo! Over here!"3 letters
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