Daily Themed Crossword July 24, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 24, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
July 24, 2026 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Took care of as a bill | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Furry alien of 1980s TV | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Whac-A-___ (popular arcade game) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | I didn't mean to delete that! PC command | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Flowery Hawaiian souvenir | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Extremely dry as a desert | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Put on the market | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Writer's tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Butterfly or fish catchers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Cleaned the floor with a broom | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Pet that meows | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Old what's-___-name | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Second-largest Great Lake by surface area | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Chest-beating primate that has been seen using wooden sticks to gauge water depth or rake in items | Show answer | 7 | |
| #15 | Much-awaited retail events | Show answer | 5 | |
| #16 | Muscat's country | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | Carry-___ (light luggage) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | The Cowboys on scoreboards | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Tonic's bar buddy | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Baby's room | Show answer | 7 | |
| #21 | Sea ___ marine mammal that has been seen floating on its back and using rocks to crack open shellfish on its belly | Show answer | 5 | |
| #22 | Flying nocturnal mammal that uses echolocation | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Cul-de-___ (road leading to nowhere) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Sorry! and Trouble for two | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Large mammal with a trunk that has been seen turning branches into fly swatters and using rocks to break through electric fences safely | ELEPHANT | 8 | |
| #26 | High-___ (cutting edge) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | ___ in the U.S.A. (hit by Bruce Springsteen) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #28 | Advanced management degree: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Extremely small amount | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | Cafeteria worker's hairdo perhaps | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Lisa Simpson's jazz instrument for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Black bird known for its intelligence that has been seen bending wire into hooks and making tools to retrieve food from tight spaces | CROW | 4 | |
| #33 | ___ in Boots (2011 animated movie) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Start ___ (start over again) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | Just sitting around say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Bottlenose ___ ocean mammal that has been seen wearing sea sponges on its snout like gloves while foraging on rocky sea floors | DOLPHIN | 7 | |
| #37 | European peak | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Actor Bruce ___ of Enter the Dragon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Woodpecker ___ small bird that has been seen using cactus spines and twigs as makeshift tweezers to catch insects in tree bark | FINCH | 5 | |
| #40 | Repeated word or phrase in meditation (rhymes with tantra) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #41 | Metal-bearing rock | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Ignited as a scented candle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Singer Sheeran and actor Helms for two | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | Online acronym meaning This is new to me | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Steve Irwin's country for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | ___-mo replay (what you may see during the Super Bowl) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Ye ___ Shoppe (shop sign words) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Stone's throw away | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Wake Me Up Before You ___ (Wham! song): Hyph. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #50 | Leave out as a detail | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | ___ and rave (go on a tirade) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | ___ M. Martin who wrote The Baby-Sitters Club | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Sneakily clever | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Long sandwich for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Cleaning cloth | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | ___ electricity (what might cause a zap when touching a doorknob) | Show answer | 6 | |
| #57 | Baseball Tonight channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Pep rally cheer of encouragement | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Video recorders for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Is it just ___ did that movie feel way too long?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Prefix with plasm to mean a layer of a cell's cytoplasm | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Pygmalion playwright George Bernard ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Tidal retreat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Comedian Sanders | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Sea eagle | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Organization with slam dunks: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | IRS concern | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 24, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 24, 2026, a Friday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is ELEPHANT at 8 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 3 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 24, 2026 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 24, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 24, 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 67 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 24, 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 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 24, 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.