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Crossword Mini Hints & Answers - Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Stuck on the Crossword Mini puzzle for Wednesday, 8 July 2026 (puzzle #72)? 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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Solution grid

Reveal solution 1P2L3A4S5M6A7RATTAN8OUTING9FRINGE10ACTOR
Completed grid for the 8 July 2026 Crossword Mini puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Fourth state of matter (6)
    Hint P · · · · ·
    Answer PLASMA
  2. 7A. Wicker chair material (6)
    Hint R · · · · ·
    Answer RATTAN
  3. 8A. Group day trip (6)
    Hint O · · · · ·
    Answer OUTING
  4. 9A. Tassels on a rug, say (6)
    Hint F · · · · ·
    Answer FRINGE
  5. 10A. Plaintiff, in Roman law (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ACTOR

Down answers

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  1. 1D. University don, informally (4)
    Hint P · · ·
    Answer PROF
  2. 2D. Petrarch's poetic muse (5)
    Hint L · · · ·
    Answer LAURA
  3. 3D. Where keepsakes gather dust (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ATTIC
  4. 4D. Period of duty (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer STINT
  5. 5D. Chutney's tropical fruit (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MANGO
  6. 6D. Seeing-red feeling (5)
    Hint A · · · ·
    Answer ANGER