Daily Themed Crossword July 14, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 14, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
July 14, 2026 — All 66 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Put money on a race | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Circle segment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Furry ET in an '80s sitcom | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | The Tortoise and the ___ (one of Aesop's fables) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Assistant on an Apple phone | Show answer | 4 | |
| #6 | ___ constrictor (species of snake) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | ___ Brockovich (legal drama starring Julia Roberts) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Not rich | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | One's physique informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Tube placed in an artery (anagram of tents) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | French hybrid martial art involving kickboxing that evolved from 19th-century Paris street fighting | Show answer | 6 | |
| #12 | Deep anger | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Direction opposite NNW: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Expires like a subscription | Show answer | 6 | |
| #15 | Sushi grain | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | The Addams Family cousin | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Competition ___ sport involving artificial walls which was championed by the French Federation in the late '80s | Show answer | 8 | |
| #18 | Black Eyed ___ Where Is the Love? band | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | President on a penny informally | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Present continuous suffix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | Underwater ___ shooting precision sport developed in France in the early 1980s which involves shooting spearguns in pools | Show answer | 6 | |
| #22 | Patrick ___ star of Youngblood | Show answer | 6 | |
| #23 | ___ fly (baseball tactic for short) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Tai ___ (martial art form) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #25 | Actor Danson of CSI: Cyber | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | ___ de France famous French cycling race created in 1903 to boost L'Auto newspaper circulation | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | You've Got Mail company: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Suffix with Japan or Taiwan | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Parisian street performer perhaps | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Spanish for more | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Semicircular letter phonetically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | That was such a ___ in the face! (So rude!) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Maggie Simpson's brother | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Spooky sounding Great Lake | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Racket sport that originated in medieval France as jeu de paume where players competed using their palms to hit balls | Show answer | 6 | |
| #36 | Egyptian viper | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | ___ de Janeiro (city with the Maracana stadium) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Get to the other side of the road say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #39 | Dancing Queen pop group | Show answer | 4 | |
| #40 | Stolen goods (rhymes with boot) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Lose color as clothes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #42 | ___ All That (gender-swapped remake of She's All That) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Retirement plans: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Italian three | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Action word | Show answer | 4 | |
| #46 | Key found in a corner on your laptop | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Face part that's glossed over in a sense | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Had the forbidden fruit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | Mom-and-pop organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Roman but not Italian three | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Channel where Dana Bash hosts Inside Politics: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #52 | Drive with on | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Jet ___ (international traveler's woe) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | May ___ excused?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | New York baseball team | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Oinker's place | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Tenochtitlan resident | Show answer | 5 | |
| #58 | Actress Witherspoon of Wild | Show answer | 5 | |
| #59 | Play a part in a Ponzi scheme | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Hold your horses! | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Feels sick say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | PIN points?: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Shape of a spring | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | ___ Wallace of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Actress ___ Thurman of Johnny Be Good | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Salesperson for short | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 14, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 14, 2026, a Tuesday. It contains 66 clues, which is exactly the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is CLIMBING at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 1 clue carries 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 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for July 14, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 14, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 14, 2026 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 66 clues with answers from 3 to 8 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.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for July 14, 2026 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 66 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 14, 2026 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.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
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.