NYT Crossword July 5 2026 Answers

All 136 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Rich KatzEdited by Will Shortz“Boxed Sets”

PUZZLE GRID21×21 · SPOILERS HIDDEN

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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES136 CLUES

ACROSS

1AFirm up7 lettersSTIFFEN

8ACapital city on the Gulf of Guinea5 lettersACCRA

13AGamer's pursuit6 lettersESPORT

19AAid for a violin player8 lettersCHINREST

20ACrocs and mocs5 lettersSHOES

21AKind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief6 lettersSAILOR

22A{Elijah, Ruth, Natalie}14 lettersBABEINTHEWOODS

24A"Send a quick reminder"6 lettersPINGME

25A"___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra)4 lettersGRIP

26AOrg. for those leaving the workforce4 lettersAARP

27AProduct displays seen at entrances to store aisles7 lettersENDCAPS

28A{Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg}18 lettersBEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH

35AColored4 lettersHUED

36AOrg. that accepts returns3 lettersIRS

37AGrinders5 lettersHEROS

41A{WC, AC, DC}20 lettersPOWERBEHINDTHETHRONE

49AJewish mysticism, in one spelling6 lettersKABALA

50ALove, in Lima4 lettersAMOR

51ACard game whose name is shouted3 lettersUNO

52AKnee part often torn by athletes, in brief3 lettersACL

53AAt any time4 lettersEVER

54ASmall test subjects7 lettersLABRATS

57AEnforcer of traveling restrictions, informally?6 lettersNBAREF

60A"The Second Coming" poet, 19195 lettersYEATS

62ARagú competitor5 lettersPREGO

63AThe Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet6 lettersSONNET

66A{Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde}17 lettersHONORAMONGTHIEVES

70ASome salon tasks6 lettersRINSES

71A"Hammerin' Hank" of baseball5 lettersAARON

72AAllow someone to pass5 lettersYIELD

75A30-ounce Starbucks size6 lettersTRENTA

78AOld Testament patriarch7 lettersABRAHAM

80AClose by4 lettersNEAR

81AEarly email provider3 lettersAOL

82ARightmost hour on a grandfather clock3 lettersIII

85ANeighbor of an Estonian4 lettersLETT

86AEvening that a couple spends together, say6 lettersUSTIME

88A{Larry, Sue, Emma}20 lettersTWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE

94AMexican mister5 lettersSENOR

95AVeer, as a ship3 lettersYAW

96AOrg. concerned with plants4 lettersOSHA

97A{Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C}18 lettersROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES

107APowerhouse in English football7 lettersARSENAL

110AHome to Waikiki Beach4 lettersOAHU

111ACalifornia's ___ Linda4 lettersLOMA

112ARested atop6 lettersLAIDON

113A{Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard}14 lettersDOWNINTHEDUMPS

119APay no mind to6 lettersIGNORE

120ALongtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the"5 lettersODEON

121AThousands of binary digits8 lettersKILOBITS

122AWas overflowing6 lettersTEEMED

123AVan Halen of Van Halen5 lettersEDDIE

124AExtended voyage7 lettersODYSSEY

DOWN

1DAngel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging)5 lettersSHARE

2DShinbone5 lettersTIBIA

3DCompletely incompetent5 lettersINEPT

4DTime for Sat. prep?3 lettersFRI

5DMarshland3 lettersFEN

6DSuffix for superlatives3 lettersEST

7DUnspecified member of a series3 lettersNTH

8DNile dam5 lettersASWAN

9DTriad, e.g.5 lettersCHORD

10DAssume5 lettersCOOPT

11DLead-in to River or Rover3 lettersRED

12DDummkopf3 lettersASS

13DBroadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game5 lettersESPNU

14DCalled for quiet7 lettersSAIDSHH

15DPenny ___ (miser)7 lettersPINCHER

16DLingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name4 lettersOLGA

17DFun time4 lettersROMP

18D"___ bon!"4 lettersTRES

19DBygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials4 lettersCBGB

23DWisconsin's ___ Claire3 lettersEAU

27DBuddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies"5 lettersEBSEN

29DApt name for a conchologist?4 lettersSHEL

30DEar-related5 lettersAURAL

31DYank's Civil War foe3 lettersREB

32DWhat has flatter feet?3 lettersODE

33DAchieve success, so to speak3 lettersHIT

34DChinese instrument with two strings4 lettersERHU

38DSound of an approaching subway train4 lettersROAR

39DStart of a reminiscence4 lettersONCE

40DWord with confidence or checkout4 lettersSELF

41DDo some roadwork on4 lettersPAVE

42DFolk religion akin to voodoo5 lettersOBEAH

43DBattered by battle7 lettersWARTORN

44DWomen's areas in old Muslim palaces6 lettersHAREMS

45DLast stage of an insect's development5 lettersIMAGO

46D"No way, no how!"9 lettersNOTONABET

47DNeurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr.3 lettersDRS

48DMetric unit of weight5 lettersTONNE

49DMap legend3 lettersKEY

55DFigs. related to car loans4 lettersAPRS

56DScottish hill4 lettersBRAE

58DBig bunch4 lettersBEVY

59DEroded7 lettersATEINTO

61DPouty mood4 lettersSNIT

63DLead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere6 lettersSTRATO

64D"Hey! I know the answer!"4 lettersOHOH

65DAtlantic crosser of 14924 lettersNINA

67DSign outside a broadcast booth5 lettersONAIR

68DWayne's buddy in "Wayne's World"5 lettersGARTH

69DAdmit5 lettersSEEIN

73DReally weak, as an excuse4 lettersLAME

74DBeats by ___ (audio brand)3 lettersDRE

75DThey might be up in arms, informally4 lettersTATS

76DT. ___ Price (investment firm)4 lettersROWE

77D"I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla)4 lettersELON

78DHe was né Clay3 lettersALI

79D___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant)5 lettersMUSHU

83DTale of rustic life5 lettersIDYLL

84D"Vidi," in Caesar's boast4 lettersISAW

87DSatirist Freberg4 lettersSTAN

89DYou won't actually die of it7 lettersBOREDOM

90DRocks smelted to make steel7 lettersIRONORE

91DConflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr.3 lettersWWI

92DSan Francisco's ___ Valley3 lettersNOE

93DMadrid's land, in the Olympics3 lettersESP

98DLike Olympic pools5 lettersLANED

99DLike some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs5 lettersTOWED

100DVietnam's capital5 lettersHANOI

101DOld-fashioned "your"5 lettersTHINE

102DSoldier for Attila3 lettersHUN

103DBlack suit5 lettersCLUBS

104DGood pal5 lettersHOMIE

105DOut of gas5 lettersEMPTY

106DLip4 lettersSASS

107DSettled down, in a way4 lettersALIT

108DAll the ___4 lettersRAGE

109DKind of wave4 lettersSINE

113DLast name for an unnamed person3 lettersDOE

114DCurious3 lettersODD

115DRing result, in brief3 lettersTKO

116DSecreted away3 lettersHID

117DRon who played Tarzan3 lettersELY

118DTwo in Tijuana3 lettersDOS

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