Purported homes of some urban gators

Latest answer — July 27, 2026

24 Across

Think of the underground passageways beneath city streets where stormwater disappears. 🐊

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This clue's Monday, July 27, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Speech problem
  2. 5Milk choice
  3. 9Time being
  4. 10Wanderer
  5. 12Part player
  6. 13Autumn zodiac sign
  7. 14Spring zodiac sign
  8. 16Boxing’s Muhammad
  9. 17Writer Wiesel
  10. 18Winter zodiac sign
  11. 21Filming site
  12. 22Hook-billed bird
  13. 23Year divisions
  14. 24Purported homes of some urban gators
  15. 26Vigor
  16. 29Spring zodiac sign
  17. 30Farm sight
  18. 31“-- we there yet?”
  19. 32Summer zodiac sign
  20. 34Summer zodiac sign
  21. 37Grimace
  22. 38Raring to go
  23. 39Does book work
  24. 40“Why don’t we!”
  25. 41Min. parts

Down

  1. 1Place
  2. 2Know by feeling
  3. 3Get a goal
  4. 4Andean nation
  5. 5NBC show since 1975
  6. 6Colorful carp
  7. 7Return announcement
  8. 8Matlin of “Children of a Lesser God”
  9. 9Archibald and Thurmond
  10. 11Speaker’s stand
  11. 15Round
  12. 19Ticks off
  13. 20Bro’s sibling
  14. 22Glimpsed
  15. 23It ended Nov. 11, 1918
  16. 24Continuing story
  17. 25Come into view
  18. 26Meal on the grass
  19. 27Votes in
  20. 28Skin openings
  21. 29Donated
  22. 30Disparaging
  23. 33Really impresses
  24. 35Acquire
  25. 36Hosp. areas

The answer to “Purported homes of some urban gators” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is SEWERS — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 27, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 24-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Purported homes of some urban gators” answer

SEWERS (6 letters)

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Why the answer is SEWERS

Think of the underground passageways beneath city streets where stormwater disappears. 🐊

What does SEWERS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SEWERS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter

When else has “Purported homes of some urban gators” appeared?

Thomas Joseph reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 27, 2026 (most recent) → SEWERS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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What is the answer to “Purported homes of some urban gators”?

The answer is SEWERS, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 27, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Purported homes of some urban gators”?

6 letters: SEWERS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 27, 2026 (a Monday puzzle), at 24-Across.

Can “Purported homes of some urban gators” have a different answer?

Yes — Thomas Joseph sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's Thomas Joseph answers?

The full grid for July 27, 2026 is on the Thomas Joseph answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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