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NYT Crossword answers for July 7, 2026

NYT Crossword · July 7, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Tuesday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with B
  • 5 starts with I
  • 9 starts with G
  • 14 starts with O
  • 15 starts with C
  • 16 starts with A
  • 17 starts with M
  • 18 starts with E
  • 19 starts with M
  • 20 starts with B
  • 23 starts with A
  • 24 starts with D
  • 28 starts with H
  • 31 starts with L
  • 32 starts with O
  • 33 starts with P
  • 34 starts with P
  • 35 starts with R
  • 36 starts with S
  • 39 starts with O
  • 40 starts with N
  • 41 starts with P
  • 42 starts with R
  • 43 starts with E
  • 45 starts with F
  • 48 starts with D
  • 49 starts with N
  • 50 starts with W
  • 55 starts with A
  • 58 starts with U
  • 59 starts with L
  • 60 starts with C
  • 61 starts with S
  • 62 starts with T
  • 63 starts with E
  • 64 starts with H
  • 65 starts with S
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: ___ ghanouj BABA
  • 5 Across: Like a couch potato IDLE
  • 9 Across: "Rise and shine!" GETUP
  • 14 Across: Patron saint of Norway OLAV
  • 15 Across: Combustible rock COAL
  • 16 Across: No longer in dreamland AWAKE
  • 17 Across: Charisma MOJO
  • 18 Across: "Orinoco Flow" singer ENYA
  • 19 Across: Like a credit card at its limit MAXED
  • 20 Across: *Surfer girls, in old lingo BEACHBUNNIES
  • 23 Across: Ease off ABATE
  • 24 Across: D.C. URL ending DOTGOV
  • 28 Across: *Frankfurters HOTDOGS
  • 31 Across: Easy mark for a hustle LIVEONE
  • 32 Across: Subject of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff" OREO
  • 33 Across: Common car freshener scent PINE
  • 34 Across: Score that's better than a bogey PAR
  • 35 Across: "Barbie" actress Issa RAE
  • 36 Across: *Relative of a grizzly that's named for its bright chest patch SUNBEAR
  • 39 Across: Umpire's clenched-fist call OUT
  • 40 Across: Sgt., but not pvt., e.g. NCO
  • 41 Across: Orgs. that may hold raffles PTAS
  • 42 Across: Mechanical memorization ROTE
  • 43 Across: Accessories pointed at the North Pole? ELFHATS
  • 45 Across: *Internet browser borrowing a nickname for the red panda FIREFOX
  • 48 Across: Slander DEFAME
  • 49 Across: What to call people … or what not to call people NAMES
  • 50 Across: Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues? WARMANDFUZZY
  • 55 Across: Common default computer font ARIAL
  • 58 Across: Mistake-correcting command UNDO
  • 59 Across: Rebel Alliance princess LEIA
  • 60 Across: Portmanteau for a screened-in feline lounge CATIO
  • 61 Across: Fresh powder, e.g. SNOW
  • 62 Across: Sci-fi franchise with light cycles TRON
  • 63 Across: Break things off ENDIT
  • 64 Across: "Amazing Grace," for one HYMN
  • 65 Across: Eurovision contest entry SONG
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with B
  • 2 starts with A
  • 3 starts with B
  • 4 starts with A
  • 5 starts with I
  • 6 starts with D
  • 7 starts with L
  • 8 starts with E
  • 9 starts with G
  • 10 starts with E
  • 11 starts with T
  • 12 starts with U
  • 13 starts with P
  • 21 starts with H
  • 22 starts with I
  • 25 starts with G
  • 26 starts with O
  • 27 starts with V
  • 28 starts with H
  • 29 starts with O
  • 30 starts with T
  • 31 starts with L
  • 33 starts with P
  • 36 starts with S
  • 37 starts with U
  • 38 starts with N
  • 42 starts with R
  • 44 starts with H
  • 45 starts with F
  • 46 starts with I
  • 47 starts with R
  • 49 starts with N
  • 51 starts with M
  • 52 starts with Z
  • 53 starts with Z
  • 54 starts with Y
  • 55 starts with A
  • 56 starts with R
  • 57 starts with I
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Tell jokes to total silence, say BOMB
  • 2 Down: Soothing succulent ALOE
  • 3 Down: ___ California (Mexican border state) BAJA
  • 4 Down: Fruit from a tree that can self-pollinate AVOCADO
  • 5 Down: Cooler in a cooler ICEBAG
  • 6 Down: Hole foods? DONUTS
  • 7 Down: ___ Staley, original lead singer of Alice in Chains LAYNE
  • 8 Down: Pizazz ELAN
  • 9 Down: Last words on a pinball machine GAMEOVER
  • 10 Down: Discarded tech EWASTE
  • 11 Down: Levy TAX
  • 12 Down: Luau instrument, informally UKE
  • 13 Down: ___ Xing PED
  • 21 Down: "Curb Your Enthusiasm" network HBO
  • 22 Down: "Let It Go" singer Menzel IDINA
  • 25 Down: Vanish into thin air GOPOOF
  • 26 Down: Acting unthinkingly ONAUTO
  • 27 Down: Geometrical corner VERTEX
  • 28 Down: Like a triceratops HORNED
  • 29 Down: Delphi prophet ORACLE
  • 30 Down: Start a long drive, in a way TEEOFF
  • 31 Down: Tell a tall tale LIE
  • 33 Down: "This Old House" network PBS
  • 36 Down: Monty Python musical with a portmanteau title SPAMALOT
  • 37 Down: Absolute, as nonsense UTTER
  • 38 Down: "Illmatic" rapper NAS
  • 42 Down: What doers produce RESULTS
  • 44 Down: Luau locale HAWAII
  • 45 Down: Obsessive pop culture subculture FANDOM
  • 46 Down: "Count me in!" IMDOWN
  • 47 Down: Yellow card wielder REF
  • 49 Down: Job for Mrs. Doubtfire NANNY
  • 51 Down: Sled dog command MUSH
  • 52 Down: Number of years that George Washington lived in the White House ZERO
  • 53 Down: Last U.S. national park alphabetically ZION
  • 54 Down: Bowen formerly of "S.N.L." YANG
  • 55 Down: High card ACE
  • 56 Down: Hightailed it RAN
  • 57 Down: "___ be my pleasure!" ITD
Show the solved grid
1B2A3B4A5I6D7L8E9G10E11T12U13P14OLAV15COAL16AWAKE17MOJO18ENYA19MAXED20BEAC21HBUNN22IES23ABATE24DOT25G26O27V28H29O30TDOGS31LIVEONE32OREO33PINE34PAR35RAE36S37U38NBEAR39OUT40NCO41PTAS42ROTE43ELF44HATS45F46I47REFOX48DEFAME49NAMES50WAR51MANDFU52Z53Z54Y55A56R57IAL58UNDO59LEIA60CATIO61SNOW62TRON63ENDIT64HYMN65SONG

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