Apple News Crossword Today: Answers for July 31 2026

The complete list of answers to the Apple News Crossword published on July 31 2026.

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Clues Across (34 total)

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“OK, makes sense”
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Tegan’s twin sister and musical partner
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“How’s it goin’?”
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Not digital
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Bowled over
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De Armas who appeared in the trailer for Yesterday (but not the actual film)
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Device for channel surfing
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___ of honor
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Drill attachment
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Violinist who saved Carnegie Hall from demolition
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Choice when you can’t choose between two options
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Ceremony novelist Leslie Marmon ___
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Body part that’s a palindrome
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Portmanteau word for an outdoor enclosure for felines
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Donkey sound (Continued at 40-Across)
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Filming device, for short
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These symbols, for short: ( )
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Term punningly referenced by 33-Across when an insect got trapped in a relay in a Harvard Mark II
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Programming pioneer and namesake of an annual tech conference
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Insect that sounds like 33-Across but wasn’t the insect referenced in the 30-Across clue (which was a moth)
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Bird in a murder
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Exercise protocol with bursts of activity
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Medical scan that some pacemakers can be damaged by
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See 26-Across
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Pixar movie Monsters, ___
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Giving up of rights, formally
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Too grumpy to deal with any nonsense right now
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Herbivores with prominent horns
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___ occasion (event of great importance)
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Basketball star Ogunbowale
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The P in AP exams
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Send in as payment
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Open-faced golf club for getting out of a bunker
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“Head, shoulders, ___, and toes”
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Clues Down (34 total)

(1)
Colorful in a tacky way
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Bodysuit for a baby
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Dish wrapped in a corn husk
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Garment paired with “dagger” in a spy-related phrase
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Warming drinks often enjoyed at ski lodges
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“It’s been ___! How have you been?”
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Overly repetitive
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“I’m well ___, thanks”
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Item used to guide a horse
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Use the + button on a calculator
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Person who deliberately undermines an organization
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Bringing together
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Rhetorical tactic involving appealing to the emotions
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Protein source made of fermented soybeans
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Haircut provider
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Big fish named for its resemblance to a rug
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Movie theaters repped by Nicole Kidman
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More lively
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“That really sticks in my ___”
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“This looks bad!”
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Conversation subject
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He’s not a kid anymore
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Crunchy breakfast food
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Apes with humanlike hands, for short
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Nickname for someone who resembles a smaller version of you
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Pro athlete in their first season
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Maps within maps
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Excuse from someone on their first week at the job
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Unhelpful answer to “Does anyone know what time it is?”
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Sounded like a pigeon
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Ambulance’s warning sound
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International organization founded to stimulate world trade
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___ beetle (insect that feeds on poop)
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Sault ___ Marie, Ontario
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