Daily Themed Crossword July 27, 2021 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 27, 2021 grid, in puzzle order.
July 27, 2021 — All 69 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Twinge of hunger | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Macabre master Edgar Allan ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Skunk's defense | Show answer | 4 | |
| #4 | Upper hand | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | ___ Machado baseball third baseman and shortstop who signed a 10-year contract worth $300 million in 2019 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #6 | Single ___ scotch | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Great minds think ___ | Show answer | 5 | |
| #8 | Delicate curtain fabric | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | "That's a pity!" sound | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Crossword-loving cookie? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #11 | "___ MacDonald Had a Farm" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Party in Hawaii | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | Dexterous or nimble (rhymes with "left") | Show answer | 4 | |
| #14 | Sum up | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | "Woe is me!" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Feel remorse for | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Christmas party drink for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | SpongeBob SquarePants network familiarly | Show answer | 4 | |
| #19 | "Let Me Ride" hitmaker Dr. ___ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #20 | Fall on ___ ears (be ignored) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #21 | Zack ___ baseball pitcher who signed a six-year contract worth $206.5 million in 2016 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #22 | Tax-collecting organization: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Sardine containers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #24 | Mike ___ baseball center fielder who signed a 12-year contract worth $426.5 million in 2019 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | Reuben sandwich bread | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Used a shovel say | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | 2013 John McClane fim "A Good Day to ___ Hard" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | "___ humbug!" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Superior at work | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | "Rate this song ___ scale of one to ten": 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Disobey a commandment | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Ceiling fixture | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | "It's all ___ and games until someone gets hurt" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Open a ___ of worms | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Collapsible bed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Greeting in Lisbon | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Beer or water source at a pub | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Young Darth Vader's nickname | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Rug on a bathroom floor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Vanity Fair and Vogue for short | Show answer | 4 | |
| #41 | Pie ___ mode: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Popular word game involving a stick figure | Show answer | 7 | |
| #43 | ___ Cole baseball pitcher who signed a 9-year contract worth $324 million in 2019 | Show answer | 6 | |
| #44 | "To whom it ___ concern" | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Opposite of antonym for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Suddenly lose patience | Show answer | 4 | |
| #47 | "___ Pray Love" Julia Roberts film | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | David ___ baseball pitcher who signed a 7-year contract worth $217 million in 2015 | Show answer | 5 | |
| #49 | Stick one's nose in | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Tree secretion | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | Bird wing measurement | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Child's bedtime request | Show answer | 5 | |
| #53 | Charles Dickens' "A ___ of Two Cities" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | Lubricates | Show answer | 4 | |
| #55 | ___ Luyendyk Jr. racing driver and former contestant on "The Bachelorette" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Nolan ___ baseball third baseman who signed an eight-year contract worth $260 million in 2019 | Show answer | 7 | |
| #57 | Famous ___ (cookie brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #58 | Soil or dust | Show answer | 4 | |
| #59 | ___ in a while (from time to time) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #60 | Two of a kind | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Drip-feed tubes: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #62 | Greek rainbow goddess | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | An hour has sixty of them for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Mariah Carey's "___ Want for Christmas Is You": 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #65 | Veni vidi ___ | Show answer | 4 | |
| #66 | "The Lord of the Rings" baddie | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sparrow's home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #68 | "It remains to be ___" | Show answer | 4 | |
| #69 | Sault ___ Marie | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 27, 2021 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 27, 2021, a Tuesday. It contains 69 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is GREINKE at 7 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 2 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2021 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for July 27, 2021 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 27, 2021 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 27, 2021 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 69 clues with answers from 3 to 7 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for July 27, 2021 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 69 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 27, 2021 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.