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MONDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 66 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 32 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword July 20 2026 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the July 20, 2026 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

66 of 66 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Beach skin shade TAN 3 4A Harmless lie (rhymes with "bib") FIB 3 7A First three letters of the English language alphabet ABC 3 10A Suffix with "lemon" for a summer drink ADE 3 11A Card game where you have to yell the name of the game UNO 3 12A Thick piece of concrete SLAB 4 13A ___ bunk (bunk closer to the ceiling) TOP 3 14A Waiter's handout MENU 4 15A ___ d'oeuvre (finger food that might be listed on a 14a) HORS 4 16A Flag down, as a cab HAIL 4 18A "The ___ Is Dead," song by The Smiths with a title that could describe the loss of a valuable piece in a game of chess QUEEN 5 20A Set of head feathers on a bird (rhymes with "wrest") CREST 5 22A Naval vessel letters USS 3 23A "Only a ___ in Their Game," song by Bob Dylan with a title that could be used by a low-ranked chess piece lamenting its plight PAWN 4 24A Last month on the calendar, for short DEC 3 25A Work like an archaeologist, perhaps DIG 3 28A "I ___ sorry!": 2 wds. AMSO 4 29A ___ Kat (wafer chocolate) KIT 3 30A Tibetan monk LAMA 4 31A "___ Then There Were None" (Agatha Christie thriller) AND 3 32A Poles on ships MASTS 5 33A Baseball hitter's stat (anagram of "rib"): Abbr. RBI 3 34A "The ___," song from the "Les Miserables" movie which could refer to the chess piece that moves diagonally BISHOP 6 35A Former quarterback ___ Flutie DOUG 4 36A Yale or Stanford, for short UNI 3 37A Peek-___ (baby's playtime pastime): Hyph. ABOO 4 39A "Darling," for short HON 3 41A "___ of Pain," song by The Police which could describe the state of an important chess piece after a devastating checkmate KING 4 45A "___ & Mindy" ("Happy Days" spin-off) MORK 4 46A Significant amount TON 3 47A Got together MET 3 48A Has bills to pay OWES 4 49A Someone with intelligence? SPY 3 50A "The Pit and the Pendulum" author, Edgar Allan ___ POE 3
Down
1D Bit of body art, for short TAT 3 2D "This is ___-or-die situation!": 2 wds. ADO 3 3D Nieces' counterparts NEPHEWS 7 4D Gas tank filler FUEL 4 5D Hotel providing food and accommodation to travelers INN 3 6D Flower arrangement BOUQUET 7 7D ___ vera gel (soothing salve for sunburns) ALOE 4 8D Building for livestock BARN 4 9D "Survivor" and "Ghosts" network: Abbr. CBS 3 12D "___ a Woman," 1964 hit Beatles song SHES 4 14D Iron Man's alma mater: Abbr. MIT 3 17D "It came ___ surprise to me": 2 wds. ASNO 4 19D Los Angeles school: Abbr. USC 3 20D Tax advisor: Abbr. CPA 3 21D Merino male RAM 3 24D "What ___ you expect?" DID 3 25D Punctuation that's in a hurry? DASH 4 26D "Are you saying ___ blame?": 2 wds. IMTO 4 27D Sound expressing the emotion behind "oh no!" GASP 4 29D "___ of Cydonia," song by Muse which could describe the chess pieces that move in an L-shape KNIGHTS 7 30D Vision-correcting surgical procedure: Abbr. LASIK 5 31D ___ Dhabi, capital of UAE ABU 3 32D Lowest setting, for short MIN 3 33D Song by Shearwater which could describe the chess pieces that can only move in a straight line ROOKS 5 34D Bugs ___ of "Looney Tunes" BUNNY 5 35D Notes before "mi": 2 wds. DORE 4 37D "Te ___" (lover's confession in a telenovela, perhaps) AMO 3 38D Final act, on Broadway BOW 3 40D Alley-___ (NBA move) OOP 3 42D Mischievous one, in fairy tales IMP 3 43D New MacBook model which fittingly means "new" NEO 3 44D Former telecom giant: Abbr. GTE 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 123 letters
1T
2A
3N
4F
5I
6B
7A
8B
9C
10A
D
E
11U
N
O
12S
L
A
B
13T
O
P
14M
E
N
U
15H
O
R
S
16H
17A
I
L
18Q
19U
E
E
N
20C
21R
E
S
T
22U
S
S
23P
A
W
N
24D
E
C
25D
26I
27G
28A
M
S
O
29K
I
T
30L
A
M
A
31A
N
D
32M
A
S
T
S
33R
B
I
34B
I
S
H
O
P
35D
O
U
G
36U
N
I
37A
38B
O
O
39H
40O
N
41K
42I
43N
44G
45M
O
R
K
46T
O
N
47M
E
T
48O
W
E
S
49S
P
Y
50P
O
E

The completed 13 x 13 grid for July 20, 2026. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the July 20, 2026 puzzle

The July 20, 2026 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 66 clues — 34 across and 32 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Monday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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