NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 16, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 16, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Smart ↗POSH
  2. 5Sensation ↗SMASH
  3. 10Acquisition on the big day ↗INLAW
  4. 15"That's a good one!" ↗HAHA
  5. 16Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies ↗PINTA
  6. 17Who knows what preceded the Big Bang ↗NOONE
  7. 18*Yes — three arduous ones ↗IRONMANTRIATHLON
  8. 21February 14, informally ↗VDAY
  9. 22Scratch that! ↗ITCH
  10. 23El ___ ↗CID
  11. 24Like novices ↗GREEN
  12. 26Spoil ↗DEFILE
  13. 28Preceder of how, way or where ↗ANY
  14. 29*Yes — sometimes more than 1,000 ↗MILLIPEDE
  15. 31Patooties ↗BUTTS
  16. 33Little dipper? ↗TOE
  17. 34"Tout à fait!" ↗OUI
  18. 35Tire ↗FLAG
  19. 37*Yes — exactly one, in common usage ↗DIRECTFLIGHT
  20. 42First line on many a form ↗NAME
  21. 43Common garnish in a chirashi bowl ↗ROE
  22. 44Had at present? ↗HAS
  23. 47Article of lab wear ↗SMOCK
  24. 50*No — but it does have three feet ↗YARDSTICK
  25. 53Elizabethan curse ↗POX
  26. 54Country that las islas Canarias are part of ↗ESPANA
  27. 57Important blood line ↗AORTA
  28. 58"___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche ↗ART
  29. 59Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks" ↗IHOP
  30. 60Raving ↗AVID
  31. 61Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues ↗DOESTHISHAVELEGS
  32. 67Popular Japanese brew ↗ASAHI
  33. 68Alcohol, slangily ↗SAUCE
  34. 69Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified" ↗EYRE
  35. 70Its capital is Sanaa ↗YEMEN
  36. 71Heavens ↗ETHER
  37. 72Debugging component? ↗DEET

Down 44

  1. 1Letter after upsilon ↗PHI
  2. 2Trireme tool ↗OAR
  3. 3Cleared, as snow ↗SHOVELED
  4. 4"Messiah" composer ↗HANDEL
  5. 5Neuter ↗SPAY
  6. 6What a big hand indicates: Abbr. ↗MIN
  7. 7Its colony can be considered one superorganism ↗ANT
  8. 8Struggle ↗STRIFE
  9. 9World's most populous Creole-speaking country ↗HAITI
  10. 10Pretty much assured ↗INTHEBAG
  11. 11Japanese drama ↗NOH
  12. 12Feline in a 2000s meme ↗LOLCAT
  13. 13Dub ... or rub ↗ANOINT
  14. 14Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys ↗WENDYS
  15. 19___-pedi ↗MANI
  16. 20Oft-injured part of the knee, for short ↗ACL
  17. 24Clock-setting std. ↗GMT
  18. 25___ Bravo (México/Tejas border) ↗RIO
  19. 26Certain tie score ↗DEUCE
  20. 27Mince words? ↗EDIT
  21. 30Frost piece ↗POEM
  22. 32Sound of dissatisfaction ↗UGH
  23. 35Botanist's study ↗FLORA
  24. 36Told stories ↗LIED
  25. 38Business ending ↗INC
  26. 39Roll in dough ↗RAKEITIN
  27. 40Actress/union leader Drescher ↗FRAN
  28. 41Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism ↗THIRDEYE
  29. 45Class ___ ↗ACT
  30. 46Music genre with "walking" bass lines ↗SKA
  31. 47Steamy occasion? ↗SPADAY
  32. 48Lugubrious ↗MOROSE
  33. 49Pioneers' prairie pullers ↗OXTEAM
  34. 50Harangues ↗YAPSAT
  35. 51Store ↗SAVE
  36. 52Worked sufferingly ↗TOILED
  37. 55"Pipe down!" ↗SHH
  38. 56Composure ↗POISE
  39. 60Attest ↗AVER
  40. 62___-goat ↗SHE
  41. 63"Wait ... really?" ↗HUH
  42. 64One of a kind ↗ACE
  43. 65Test for future Ph.D.s ↗GRE
  44. 66Not needing anything else ↗SET