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Crossword Mini Hints & Answers - Friday, 24 July 2026

Stuck on the Crossword Mini puzzle for Friday, 24 July 2026 (puzzle #88)? 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 1C2O3M4P5E6L7APOLLO8RETAIN9BRONZE10AREA
Completed grid for the 24 July 2026 Crossword Mini puzzle.

Across answers

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  1. 1A. Force into doing something (6)
    Hint C · · · · ·
    Answer COMPEL
  2. 7A. Greek god of music and light (6)
    Hint A · · · · ·
    Answer APOLLO
  3. 8A. Hold on to; keep (6)
    Hint R · · · · ·
    Answer RETAIN
  4. 9A. Copper-and-tin alloy, or third place (6)
    Hint B · · · · ·
    Answer BRONZE
  5. 10A. Patch of a town (4)
    Hint A · · ·
    Answer AREA

Down answers

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  1. 1D. Pasta's nutritional offering, briefly (4)
    Hint C · · ·
    Answer CARB
  2. 2D. Drama with arias (5)
    Hint O · · · ·
    Answer OPERA
  3. 3D. Engine, or a Brit's car (5)
    Hint M · · · ·
    Answer MOTOR
  4. 4D. Carpenter's smoothing tool (5)
    Hint P · · · ·
    Answer PLANE
  5. 5D. Doolittle of Pygmalion (5)
    Hint E · · · ·
    Answer ELIZA
  6. 6D. Without any companion (4)
    Hint L · · ·
    Answer LONE