WaPo Mini Crossword Clues & Answers - Jul 16

Thursday’s Daily

By Pete Muller & Frank Longo

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WaPo Mini Crossword Clues

Across

  1. 1David Beckham or Roger Daltrey, e.g., as of 2025
  2. 4With 1-Down, appetizer often served in a crock
  3. 7Body parts whose name has remained unchanged from the Latin
  4. 8Old Turkish bigwig
  5. 9Part of MYOB

Down

  1. 1See 4-Across
  2. 2Fancy furniture feature
  3. 3Laundry soap brand mentioned in a "Hair" song
  4. 5Island birthplace of Nicole Kidman and Nicole Scherzinger
  5. 6Dear companion?

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. David Beckham or Roger Daltrey, e.g., as of 2025 — Answer: SIR
  2. 4. With 1-Down, appetizer often served in a crock — Answer: ONION
  3. 7. Body parts whose name has remained unchanged from the Latin — Answer: ULNAE
  4. 8. Old Turkish bigwig — Answer: PASHA
  5. 9. Part of MYOB — Answer: YOUR

Down

  1. 1. See 4-Across — Answer: SOUP
  2. 2. Fancy furniture feature — Answer: INLAY
  3. 3. Laundry soap brand mentioned in a "Hair" song — Answer: RINSO
  4. 5. Island birthplace of Nicole Kidman and Nicole Scherzinger — Answer: OAHU
  5. 6. Dear companion? — Answer: NEAR

Here are the Washington Post Mini answers for Thursday, July 16, 2026 — every solution for that day's small (~5×5) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on July 16?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live Washington Post Mini answers page.

Washington Post Mini answers for July 16, 2026

The full solution for the July 16 Washington Post Mini is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Thursday, July 16.

Hints for the July 16 puzzle

Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The July 16 Washington Post Mini was a quick Thursday solve — a small, clean grid in the same fast, modern style as the other minis. Because a Mini is so compact, one missing letter that day tended to block several crossing answers at once, so the answers above are listed separately, clue by clue, for a quick check. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.

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