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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, July 18, 2026

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A Saturday 7x7 by Joel Fagliano: CASE opens the Across clues and CRICKET runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. 24 cans of beer
CASE
5. ⬆ or ⬇
ARROW
6. Cold spike?
ICICLE
7. Dance steps after "Right foot, let's stomp! Left foot, let's stomp!"
CHACHAS
8. Cybersecurity menace
HACKER
9. Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, etc.
IVIES
10. "Cool!"
NEAT

Down

1. A sport, or an insect
CRICKET
2. Parts of the McDonald's logo
ARCHES
3. Renewable energy option
SOLAR
4. Female sheep
EWES
5. Thorny tree that's a favorite of giraffes
ACACIA
6. "___ my reasons ..."
IHAVE
7. Place for hair in "The Three Little Pigs"
CHIN

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CASE · ARROW · ICICLE · CHACHAS · HACKER · IVIES · NEAT
Down: CRICKET · ARCHES · SOLAR · EWES · ACACIA · IHAVE · CHIN

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