NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 23, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 23, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Damon GulczynskiEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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Across 33

  1. 1More than just a disapproving look ↗DEATHSTAR
  2. 10Scruff of the neck ↗APE
  3. 13Fondita offerings ↗ENCHILADAS
  4. 15Three-time A.L. M.V.P. of the 2000s, familiarly ↗AROD
  5. 16"The Devil's radio" ↗IDLEGOSSIP
  6. 17Pollution portmanteau ↗SMOG
  7. 18Really peeved ↗HOT
  8. 19What a pointless game has? ↗NOSCORE
  9. 21Outfitted ↗QUIPPED
  10. 25Password preceder ↗USERID
  11. 26Former Toyota sports cars named for a Latin prefix ↗SUPRAS
  12. 27Passover month ↗NISAN
  13. 29___-turvy ↗TOPSY
  14. 30Sprint, e.g. ↗RACE
  15. 31Home run hitter's gait ↗TROT
  16. 35Downed ↗ATE
  17. 36Part in a play ↗OLE
  18. 37"That's the spot!" ↗AAH
  19. 38"Tyrone" singer Erykah ↗BADU
  20. 40Not much ↗ATAD
  21. 41"Will you let me?" ↗CANTI
  22. 43Desert for which an African country is named ↗NAMIB
  23. 45Like obsidian rock, once ↗MOLTEN
  24. 46Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt ↗SCARAB
  25. 49Last hurrah ↗SWANSON
  26. 51Trials by fire ↗ORDEALS
  27. 53Wholly, but not holey or holy, e.g.: Abbr. ↗ADV
  28. 54Helen of Troy's mother ↗LEDA
  29. 55Ignominious outcome ↗EPICDEFEAT
  30. 61Tech product discontinued in 2022 ↗IPOD
  31. 62Proposed cosmological phenomenon that could make up 70% of the universe — and six squares in this puzzle's grid? ↗DARKENERGY
  32. 63Not admit ↗DEN
  33. 64Pottery so named for its hardness ↗STONEWARE

Down 41

  1. 1Agnus ___ ↗DEI
  2. 2Word after tight or defensive ↗END
  3. 3Knee stabilizer, in brief ↗ACL
  4. 4Not just any ↗THE
  5. 5Attractive feature of a job ↗HIGHPAY
  6. 6Single-masted vessels ↗SLOOPS
  7. 7Sweet or sour ↗TASTE
  8. 8Podcast interruptions ↗ADS
  9. 9Frequent forecast in Seattle ↗RAIN
  10. 10Strong suit? ↗ARMOR
  11. 11Unleavened South Asian flatbread ↗POORI
  12. 12Follower of double or gilt ↗EDGED
  13. 14Champion, as a cause ↗SPOUSE
  14. 15Budding ↗ASCENT
  15. 20Org. with a list of popular baby names ↗SSA
  16. 21Minimum, in a way ↗QUOTA
  17. 22Increased ↗UPPED
  18. 23Letters before ".gov" ↗IRS
  19. 24Forensic facilities ↗DNALABS
  20. 26Sign abbr. meaning "founded in" ↗STAB
  21. 28Coffee or tea specification ↗ICED
  22. 30Unleavened South Asian flatbread ↗ROTI
  23. 32Sought comfort from, say ↗RANTO
  24. 33Like granola ↗OATEN
  25. 34Unnamed article ↗THIN
  26. 39Ill-prepared ↗UNREAD
  27. 40Didn't stay on topic ↗AMBLED
  28. 41Come together ↗CONVENE
  29. 42Lou Gehrig's disease, for short ↗ALS
  30. 44One level below the majors ↗AAA
  31. 45Infuriate ↗MADDEN
  32. 46Sphere, e.g. ↗SOLID
  33. 47Crinkly fabric ↗CREPE
  34. 48Extension ↗ADDON
  35. 50Totally bizarre ↗WACKO
  36. 52Places to get masks ↗SPAS
  37. 56Original N.Y.C. subway line ↗IRT
  38. 57Handful ↗FEW
  39. 58Long stretch ↗ERA
  40. 59Cabinet dept. since 1889 ↗AGR
  41. 60Gospel musician Tribbett ↗TYE