NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 27, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 27, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Aidan DeshongEdited by Will ShortzGrid 14×1571 clues

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The Grid

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Across 33

  1. 1Male deer ↗STAG
  2. 5National sport of Japan ↗SUMO
  3. 9Posh N.Y.C. neighborhood ↗SOHO
  4. 13Post-it ___ ↗NOTE
  5. 14Privy to ↗INON
  6. 15Mideast ruler ↗EMIR
  7. 16"Either way is fine with me" ↗IDONTCARE
  8. 18Prefix with hit or bit ↗MEGA
  9. 19Citrusy Japanese sauce ↗PONZU
  10. 20Manipulate into doubting one's memory or experience ↗GASLIGHT
  11. 22Friendly emoticon ↗SMILEYFACE
  12. 24Relieve, as pain ↗SOOTHE
  13. 28Long-running forensics series ↗CSI
  14. 29Only state with a nonrectangular flag ↗OHIO
  15. 30Title for a married woman ↗MRS
  16. 33Fairy tale opening word ↗ONCE
  17. 36Country in Oceania named for a biblical king ↗SOLOMONISLANDS
  18. 40"Star Wars" character ___ Ren ↗KYLO
  19. 41___ Wednesday ↗ASH
  20. 42Interlocking toy brand ↗LEGO
  21. 43Four-wheeler, for short ↗ATV
  22. 45Kicked out of office ↗OUSTED
  23. 47Pet for Franklin Roosevelt or George W. Bush, informally ↗SCOTTIEDOG
  24. 52As a precaution ↗TOBESAFE
  25. 53Competitor at an esports tournament ↗GAMER
  26. 58All tied up ↗EVEN
  27. 59Smartphone setting that removes all color from the screen ... or a feature of this puzzle? ↗GRAYSCALE
  28. 61Currency in Chihuahua ↗PESO
  29. 62Job for an actor ↗ROLE
  30. 63Run in neutral ↗IDLE
  31. 64Ruminate (over) ↗STEW
  32. 65"A Bug's Life" bugs ↗ANTS
  33. 66Out of battery ↗DEAD

Down 38

  1. 1Scissors sound ↗SNIP
  2. 2Heading on a list of tasks ↗TODO
  3. 3Lots and lots ↗ATON
  4. 4Age group that includes 2000s kids ↗GENZ
  5. 5[Yes, I know that's a typo] ↗SIC
  6. 6Eel, at a Japanese restaurant ↗UNAGI
  7. 7Fable's takeaway ↗MORAL
  8. 8"Just a moment!" ↗ONESEC
  9. 9Penultimate tournament round ↗SEMIFINALS
  10. 10Last Greek letter ↗OMEGA
  11. 11Pitch that's hard to hit? ↗HIGHC
  12. 12Give a formal speech ↗ORATE
  13. 17Heinie ↗TUSH
  14. 21Sprayable disinfectant brand ↗LYSOL
  15. 23Officewide message ↗MEMO
  16. 24Signal at sea ↗SOS
  17. 25"Um, sure" ↗OHOK
  18. 26Covered in grease ↗OILY
  19. 27"You missed your chance" ↗TOOLATENOW
  20. 31Single-stranded molecule ↗RNA
  21. 32Palindromic sib ↗SIS
  22. 34Tech review site ↗CNET
  23. 35Living on the ___ ↗EDGE
  24. 37Big name in applesauce ↗MOTTS
  25. 38"Go away, fly!" ↗SHOO
  26. 39Grass bought in rolls ↗SOD
  27. 44"The little blue pill" ↗VIAGRA
  28. 46Branded fluffy slippers ↗UGGS
  29. 47Things taken on a walk? ↗STEPS
  30. 48Violate the Tenth Commandment ↗COVET
  31. 49Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone ↗OBESE
  32. 50Zac of "High School Musical" ↗EFRON
  33. 51Handed out, as playing cards ↗DEALT
  34. 54Low scorer on a pH test ↗ACID
  35. 55Constructed ↗MADE
  36. 56Name that can be parsed as "the the" in Spanish ↗ELLA
  37. 57Portland college attended by Steve Jobs ↗REED
  38. 60"Certainly!" ↗YES