Encouraging touch on the back — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the July 4 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
PAT
3 letters
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___ on the back (praise)
PAT
3
Reassuring touch on the back
PAT
3
___ down (frisk at the airport)
PAT
3
___ down (frisk)
PAT
3
___-a-cake (kids' game)
PAT
3
___ down (frisk at the airport)
PAT
3
"Wheel of Fortune" former host Sajak
PAT
3
Reassuring touch on the back
PAT
3
___ on the back (show of approval)
PAT
3
___ Summitt, college basketball coach who coached a whopping 1,098 career wins with the University of Tennessee Lady Vols
PAT
3
___ on the back (approval)
PAT
3
Light touch on the back
PAT
3
"___, humbug!"
BAH
3
"Ready, willing, and ___"
ABLE
4
Body parts that blink
EYES
4
Hospital's critical ward: Abbr.
ICU
3
___ off (left the ground, like an airplane)
TOOK
4
Biological heredity unit
GENE
4
Words ___ minute (typing speed)
PER
3
Dickens' "A ___ of Two Cities"
TALE
4
Had some hot pockets, say
ATE
3
Spangle the ___, Beanie Baby with patriotic red, white, and blue colors that may have been a 4th of July gift for a kid in the '90s
BEAR
4
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