Scathing review

Latest answer — July 21, 2026

22 Down

A harsh critique might do this to a movie or performance. 🔥

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This clue's Tuesday, July 21, 2026 appearance

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Across

  1. 1Went under
  2. 7Fling
  3. 11White Rabbit’s cry
  4. 12Pearl Harbor setting
  5. 13American fashion designer
  6. 15Arrange
  7. 16Stadium section
  8. 18Unhearing
  9. 21Minnow’s home
  10. 22With 27-Across, French fashion designer
  11. 24Museum focus
  12. 25Bowler, for one
  13. 26Word on a bill
  14. 27See 22-Across
  15. 29Simmer, say
  16. 30Rhino feature
  17. 31Bakery buy
  18. 32Perfect
  19. 34American fashion designer
  20. 40Tot’s scrape
  21. 41Give a hand
  22. 42Banana leftover
  23. 43Moved like a crab

Down

  1. 1Fragrant tree
  2. 2Dr.’s org.
  3. 3Under the weather
  4. 4Ran out
  5. 5Old anesthetic
  6. 6Shoulder muscle, for short
  7. 7Bald spot cover
  8. 8Lifeboat need
  9. 9That girl
  10. 10Day light
  11. 14Filer’s worry
  12. 16Temple scroll
  13. 17Prologue
  14. 19Passion
  15. 20Produce section
  16. 21Lobbying org.
  17. 22Scathing review
  18. 23Long swimmer
  19. 25Delhi tongue
  20. 28Nonsense
  21. 29Romantic song
  22. 31George of “Star Trek”
  23. 33Cuts off
  24. 34Beat walker
  25. 35Reverent wonder
  26. 36Use deceit
  27. 37Building wing
  28. 38Mineral suffix
  29. 39Silent okay

The answer to “Scathing review” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is PAN — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 21, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 22-Down. 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.

“Scathing review” answer

PAN (3 letters)

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Why the answer is PAN

A harsh critique might do this to a movie or performance. 🔥

What does PAN mean?

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

(noun)

  • a metal container used for cooking food in
  • a hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated
  • a hard stratum of compacted soil

When else has “Scathing review” 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 21, 2026 (most recent) → PAN. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Scathing review”?

The answer is PAN, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 21, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Scathing review”?

3 letters: PAN.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 21, 2026 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 22-Down.

Can “Scathing review” 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 21, 2026 is on the Thomas Joseph answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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