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NYT Crossword Answers Jul 22, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 22, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rebecca GoldsteinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 40

  1. 1Object of an extensive search ↗GRAIL
  2. 6Regional life forms ↗BIOTA
  3. 11Lead-in to destination and determination ↗PRE
  4. 14Cry after an accident ↗OOPSY
  5. 15Take over ↗USURP
  6. 16Deli supply ↗LOX
  7. 17With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down ↗STEPRIGHTUP
  8. 19Seller's bottom lines, for short? ↗UPC
  9. 20Mister ↗SIR
  10. 21Victorian or Edwardian ↗ERA
  11. 22"Hmm, I'm thinking …" ↗LETSSEE
  12. 24Privy to ↗INON
  13. 26Qualified, say ↗ABLE
  14. 28Some STEM degrees ↗PHDS
  15. 29Ace, e.g. ↗PILOT
  16. 31Wild ___ ↗OATS
  17. 33"You are correct about that" ↗ITIS
  18. 34Hawk's hook ↗TALON
  19. 36It doesn't include the Apocrypha ↗CANON
  20. 38Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall ↗REXES
  21. 39It's a celebration ↗PARTY
  22. 40Toxin in castor beans ↗RICIN
  23. 41Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion" ↗SINGH
  24. 42Actor Eric of "Troy" ↗BANA
  25. 43Get in bad with? ↗ABET
  26. 45Raises the temperature of ↗HEATS
  27. 49Many a tech alum: Abbr. ↗ENGR
  28. 50Wood sculptor's tool ↗RASP
  29. 52Pop top? ↗BOTTLECAP
  30. 53Organic chemistry experiment? ↗HOTDATE
  31. 56___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur ↗TIA
  32. 58Exec overseeing A.I. integration ↗CIO
  33. 59Annual video game competition, for short ↗EVO
  34. 60See 17-Across ↗TRYYOURLUCK
  35. 63"___ Misérables" ↗LES
  36. 64Keep busy ↗TIEUP
  37. 65Israeli politician Dayan ↗MOSHE
  38. 66Some people doing residencies: Abbr. ↗DRS
  39. 67They're typical ↗NORMS
  40. 68Handful in a beer garden? ↗STEIN

Down 36

  1. 1Spread dirt ↗GOSSIP
  2. 2Corkscrew-shaped pasta ↗ROTINI
  3. 3Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz ↗APEROL
  4. 4Means of making some connections, for short ↗ISP
  5. 5Relative of a harp ↗LYRE
  6. 6Pet peeves ↗BUGABOOS
  7. 7Estimation suffix ↗ISH
  8. 8Power source ↗OUTLET
  9. 9"You are correct about that" ↗TRUE
  10. 10Calendar notation: Abbr. ↗APPT
  11. 11Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth ↗PLUSHTOY
  12. 12Voluntold, say ↗ROPEDIN
  13. 13More than necessary ↗EXCESS
  14. 18Something you might put stock in, for short ↗IRA
  15. 23Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl? ↗SPINTHEBOTTLE
  16. 25Memory jogger ↗NOTECARD
  17. 27PC hookup ↗LAN
  18. 30Cab ↗TAXI
  19. 32Digitize, maybe ↗SCAN
  20. 35Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick" ↗LENA
  21. 37"I'm so frustrated!" ↗ARGH
  22. 38Carnival game depicted in this puzzle ↗RINGTOSS
  23. 39Brief bathroom breaks, slangily ↗PITSTOPS
  24. 40Trampled ↗RANOVER
  25. 41Habitat with a wet floor ↗SEA
  26. 42Eyeballed ↗BEHELD
  27. 44Ice cream eponym ↗BREYER
  28. 46Play the blame game with ↗ACCUSE
  29. 47Chinese martial art ↗TAICHI
  30. 48Not sung, say ↗SPOKEN
  31. 51More, musically ↗PIU
  32. 54Abbr. atop a memo ↗ATTN
  33. 55Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks ↗TRIO
  34. 57Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe ↗ARMS
  35. 61"Tasty!" ↗YUM
  36. 62Auction offering ↗LOT