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NYT Crossword Answers Jul 15, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 15, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jonathan Raksin and Jeff ChenEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Bold way to go when bluffing ↗ALLIN
  2. 6Blade brand ↗ATRA
  3. 10Mocked, in a way ↗APED
  4. 14One of approximately three million in Finland (for a population of less than six million) ↗SAUNA
  5. 15Artery ↗ROAD
  6. 16Place for a hero ↗DELI
  7. 17Giving up one's amateur status ↗TURNINGPRO
  8. 19Valhalla V.I.P. ↗ODIN
  9. 20Ben Jonson wrote one to himself ↗ODE
  10. 21Name repeated in a hit 1963 rock song ↗LOUIE
  11. 22Emulate Cicero ↗ORATE
  12. 23Frantic rushes ↗MADSCRAMBLES
  13. 25Apple variety named for the state it was developed in ↗EMPIRE
  14. 28Daffy Duck characteristic ↗LISP
  15. 29Thing to rule, proverbially ↗ROOST
  16. 30Moon's path ↗ORBIT
  17. 33Largest human cells ↗OVA
  18. 36Rapper born Tracy Lauren Marrow ↗ICET
  19. 37Good source of vitamin C ↗FRUIT
  20. 38Thunderstruck ↗AWED
  21. 39Ballpark fig. ↗EST
  22. 40Liam Neeson action trilogy ↗TAKEN
  23. 41Many a rosé wine ↗BLEND
  24. 42Budget airline of Ireland, informally ↗RYAN
  25. 44Word with college or message ↗BOARDS
  26. 45Something it's good to pass with ↗FLYINGCOLORS
  27. 50Places for hot dates? ↗OASES
  28. 51Moves pawn to e4, e.g. ↗OPENS
  29. 52"Hazy" drink ↗IPA
  30. 55One flying in to the coast, maybe ↗GULL
  31. 56Competitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across … or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters ↗SPEEDCUBER
  32. 58Mortarboard wearer ↗GRAD
  33. 59Steve with nine N.B.A. titles as a player and coach ↗KERR
  34. 60Island country that's an anagram of TAHITI minus T ↗HAITI
  35. 61Major export of Ghana ↗YAMS
  36. 62Brit's exclamation ↗ISAY
  37. 63Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ↗TESSA

Down 41

  1. 1Regarding ↗ASTO
  2. 2Hail ↗LAUD
  3. 3Draw ↗LURE
  4. 4Days or Knights follower ↗INN
  5. 5Finger painting? ↗NAILART
  6. 6Many-eyed giant of Greek myth ↗ARGUS
  7. 7Hot ___ (fast-fashion company) ↗TOPIC
  8. 8Like triplets vis-à-vis twins ↗RARER
  9. 9Botheration ↗ADO
  10. 10Cute to the max ↗ADORBS
  11. 11Standard bicycle propulsion ↗PEDALPOWER
  12. 12Upper echelon ↗ELITE
  13. 13Patronizes a four-star restaurant, say ↗DINES
  14. 18Central point ↗NODE
  15. 22Pass over ↗OMIT
  16. 23Atomizer output ↗MIST
  17. 24Came to rest ↗ALIT
  18. 25The "E" in HOMES ↗ERIE
  19. 26Some comfy kicks ↗MOCS
  20. 27Spoken-word event ↗POETRYSLAM
  21. 30Mork's planet on an old sitcom ↗ORK
  22. 31Narrator on "Euphoria" ↗RUE
  23. 32Storage container ↗BIN
  24. 34Peddle ↗VEND
  25. 35Tacks on ↗ADDS
  26. 37Vampire double feature? ↗FANG
  27. 38"What a pity!" ↗ALAS
  28. 40Catches some rays ↗TANS
  29. 41Sour soup ↗BORSCHT
  30. 43Rates of return ↗YIELDS
  31. 44Whom Austin Powers parodies ↗BOND
  32. 45Like San Francisco, frequently ↗FOGGY
  33. 46Early 2000s first lady ↗LAURA
  34. 47Hangs in there ↗COPES
  35. 48Work with a libretto ↗OPERA
  36. 49Distrustful ↗LEERY
  37. 52Sacred bird of ancient Egypt ↗IBIS
  38. 53Contents of some carriers ↗PETS
  39. 54Highlight of a 48-Down ↗ARIA
  40. 56Word with run or lift ↗SKI
  41. 57Burj Khalifa's home, in brief ↗UAE