Daily Themed Crossword July 21, 2018 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 21, 2018 grid, in puzzle order.
July 21, 2018 — All 62 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Agrees to a plan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | "May the ___ be ever in your favor." | Show answer | 4 | |
| #3 | Evidence that can be matched | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Sub-category: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Suffocates | Show answer | 7 | |
| #6 | Largest country in Africa | Show answer | 7 | |
| #7 | Braying animal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Clean a spill using a sponge with "up" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Like some paints | Show answer | 5 | |
| #10 | Career Grand Slam winning tennis player ___ Djokovic | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Brooklyn ___ (Black and white basketball team) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Monthly publication that can be read online for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Third child of the Jackson family | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | W.W. II weapon | Show answer | 4 | |
| #15 | Create a woolen scarf | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Chop off from a tree | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Intentionally remove some data for e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #18 | Steven Spielberg hit "___ Ryan" which has its 20th anniversary this July: 2 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #19 | Christmas song | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Shakespearean actor ___ Aldridge | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Not on your team | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Catherine of ___ (first wife of King Henry VIII) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #23 | Papa's better half | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Protagonist of 15a who is also a teacher | Show answer | 6 | |
| #25 | Let ___ a secret: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Rainbow parade letters: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Milk source in the Himalayas | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | One with a halo | Show answer | 7 | |
| #29 | Smoke for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Injure gravely | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Ran into | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | It has been designated a Decade Volcano by the U.N. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | "And ___ There Were None" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Groups of rioters | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ quotes (used to indicate an ironic use of a word) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Told off sharply | Show answer | 7 | |
| #37 | Rough sketch of what the actual plan might be for e.g. | Show answer | 7 | |
| #38 | Solemn promise | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | Colony member | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Completely what it claims to be | Show answer | 7 | |
| #41 | Baked bread enjoyed with curry | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | Instruction in a cookery show: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | "The Alphabet Network": Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Strap and support lingerie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Hallmark products | Show answer | 5 | |
| #46 | Mask wearing protagonist of 44a | Show answer | 6 | |
| #47 | "Capital of the Ruins" city for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | "Miss Congeniality" actress ___ Bullock | Show answer | 6 | |
| #49 | Sound of interruption | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | "Panic" actress ___ Campbell | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | "Fly the Friendly Skies" company: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Christopher Nolan hit which has its 10th anniversary this July: 3 wds. | Show answer | 13 | |
| #53 | Company for campers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Lapidary's muse | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | It may get sandwiched | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Attempt | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Denim maker Strauss | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Fawn's mother | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ Islands Alaska | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | It may trigger a premonition | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Dejected | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Oprah's award | Show answer | 4 |
How the July 21, 2018 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 21, 2018, a Saturday. It contains 62 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SAVINGPRIVATE at 13 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2018 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 21, 2018 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 21, 2018 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 62 clues with answers from 3 to 13 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2018 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 62 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 21, 2018 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.