Crossword Mini Hints & Answers - Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Stuck on the Crossword Mini puzzle for Tuesday, 7 July 2026 (puzzle #71)? Get a one-letter hint clue-by-clue, reveal individual answers as you need them, or unhide the full solution grid below. 5 across · 6 down.
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Across answers
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- 1A. Play that ends happily (6)
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C · · · · ·Answer
COMEDY - 7A. Flowering shrub, often potted (6)
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A · · · · ·Answer
AZALEA - 8A. A page's outer edge (6)
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B · · · · ·Answer
BORDER - 9A. Confine without a trial (6)
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I · · · · ·Answer
INTERN - 10A. Within arm's reach (4)
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N · · ·Answer
NEAR
Down answers
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- 1D. Cosy log retreat (5)
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C · · · ·Answer
CABIN - 2D. Bracing seaside air (5)
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O · · · ·Answer
OZONE - 3D. Form of the name Martha (5)
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M · · · ·Answer
MARTA - 4D. Senior of the family (5)
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E · · · ·Answer
ELDER - 5D. Antlered woodland roamer (4)
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D · · ·Answer
DEER - 6D. Knitting thread, or a tall tale (4)
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Y · · ·Answer
YARN