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Crossword Mini Hints & Answers - Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Stuck on the Crossword Mini puzzle for Tuesday, 21 July 2026 (puzzle #85)? 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 1S2M3I4T5H6S7MONROE8ATTIRE9STRAND10HOOD
Completed grid for the 21 July 2026 Crossword Mini puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Forge workers, plural (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer SMITHS
  2. 7A. Surname meaning "foot of a hill" (6)
    Hint M · · · · ·
    Answer MONROE
  3. 8A. What one wears (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer ATTIRE
  4. 9A. Beach, or one thread of rope (6)
    Hint S · · · · ·
    Answer STRAND
  5. 10A. Jacket's head cover, or a thug (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HOOD

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Shatter, or a nasty prang (5)
    Hint S · · · ·
    Answer SMASH
  2. 2D. Personal slogan (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MOTTO
  3. 3D. Telly programme's opening sequence (5)
    Hint I · · · ·
    Answer INTRO
  4. 4D. Grouping of three (5)
    Hint T · · · ·
    Answer TRIAD
  5. 5D. Rhino's nose growth (4)
    Hint H · · ·
    Answer HORN
  6. 6D. Sower's handful (4)
    Hint S · · ·
    Answer SEED