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NYT Crossword Answers Jul 20, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 20, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Scarecrow stuffing ↗STRAW
  2. 6Ralph who ran for president four times ↗NADER
  3. 11Some HP products ↗PCS
  4. 14Ebb ↗ABATE
  5. 15Top-tier group ↗ELITE
  6. 16Tuna variety often used in sashimi ↗AHI
  7. 17On/off device ↗LIGHTSWITCH
  8. 19Empty space between things ↗GAP
  9. 20Something at either end of a hammock, often ↗TREE
  10. 21Brain tests, for short ↗EEGS
  11. 22"10 ___ or less" (sign at checkout) ↗ITEMS
  12. 24Golf club for teeing off ↗DRIVER
  13. 26Small orchard ↗GROVE
  14. 27One with Q or Z is worth 10 points ↗SCRABBLETILE
  15. 31Audio genre designed to trigger tingling, for short ↗ASMR
  16. 33Regret ↗RUE
  17. 34Pursue ↗SEEK
  18. 35Young Yorkie, e.g. ↗PUP
  19. 36Better halves ↗SPOUSES
  20. 40Blue state? ↗WOE
  21. 41GPS guesses ↗ETAS
  22. 43April 15 deadline org. ↗IRS
  23. 44The last "A" in N.C.A.A.: Abbr. ↗ASSN
  24. 46Cause of some rescreenings in an airport ↗POCKETCHANGE
  25. 50Like many English bogs ↗PEATY
  26. 51Begin to grow choppers ↗TEETHE
  27. 54Measure around the middle ↗GIRTH
  28. 55Norse god of thunder ↗THOR
  29. 57Agricultural locale ↗FARM
  30. 59Chicken ___ king ↗ALA
  31. 60"My sympathies" … or what could be said of 17-, 27- and 46-Across ↗IFEELFORYOU
  32. 63Rapper Tone ___ ↗LOC
  33. 64Reef material ↗CORAL
  34. 65Winning Monopoly player's collection ↗DEEDS
  35. 66Had dinner, say ↗ATE
  36. 67Transmits ↗SENDS
  37. 68Hockey feints ↗DEKES

Down 39

  1. 1Add some seasoning to ↗SALT
  2. 2Car in "Thelma & Louise," informally ↗TBIRD
  3. 3Wild party ↗RAGER
  4. 4Faith no more? ↗ATHEISM
  5. 5More than damp ↗WET
  6. 6Big name in baseball caps ↗NEWERA
  7. 7Sacha Baron Cohen persona ↗ALIG
  8. 8Counterpart of dahs, in Morse code ↗DITS
  9. 9And more like that: Abbr. ↗ETC
  10. 10Put back on the payroll ↗REHIRE
  11. 11What search engine optimization hopes to increase ↗PAGEVIEWS
  12. 12Creature that blends into its surroundings ↗CHAMELEON
  13. 13Drinks daintily ↗SIPS
  14. 18Prognosticator ↗SEER
  15. 23Young ’uns ↗TOTS
  16. 25Bygone staples of home theaters, informally ↗VCRS
  17. 26Utter delight ↗GLEE
  18. 28Item for a painter or hairstylist ↗BRUSH
  19. 29Vehicle to and from school ↗BUS
  20. 30Barely get, with "out" ↗EKE
  21. 31Someone who's not thinking may be on this ↗AUTOPILOT
  22. 32U.S./Soviet competition of the 1950s-’60s ↗SPACERACE
  23. 35Get-up-and-go ↗PEP
  24. 37"It's a shame, really!" ↗PITY
  25. 38Monster of Tolkiendom ↗ORC
  26. 39Very wise ↗SAGE
  27. 4232-card card game ↗SKAT
  28. 45Liberate ↗SETFREE
  29. 47Important consideration for A.I. programmers ↗ETHICS
  30. 48Bikini and others ↗ATOLLS
  31. 49Spongy ball material ↗NERF
  32. 52"Frida" star Salma ↗HAYEK
  33. 53Slowly chip away at ↗ERODE
  34. 54Fancy party ↗GALA
  35. 55Gull relative ↗TERN
  36. 56Lettuce unit ↗HEAD
  37. 58"No ___, no fuss!" ↗MUSS
  38. 61Opponent ↗FOE
  39. 62Unfamiliar ↗ODD