NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 31, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 31, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rafael MusaEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1Withholding something? ↗TAX
  2. 4It'll pass! ↗FAD
  3. 7Silent type ↗MIME
  4. 11Sex work? ↗KAMASUTRA
  5. 14Screen name ↗IMAX
  6. 15Tennis feat involving four consecutive major tournament wins in two calendar years ↗SERENASLAM
  7. 16Grime ↗DIRT
  8. 17Honey, for example ↗PETNAME
  9. 18Energy source for distance runners ↗GEL
  10. 20World Economic Forum, e.g., for short ↗NGO
  11. 21Tripping ↗ONLSD
  12. 22Style secured with a scrunchie ↗PONYTAIL
  13. 24Tobiko or masago ↗ROE
  14. 25Twists of fate, say ↗UPSANDDOWNS
  15. 28Pharyngitis docs ↗ENTS
  16. 30Exuding joy ↗ALLSMILES
  17. 31Went hell for leather ↗TORE
  18. 33Cry when shaking hands ↗DEAL
  19. 34"This is too much" ↗ICANTEVEN
  20. 37Blind component ↗SLAT
  21. 41Wiseacre ↗SMARTYPANTS
  22. 43What a closed fist with an extended index finger represents, in A.S.L. ↗ONE
  23. 44Where to be above all the drama? ↗OPERABOX
  24. 45Pierre : French :: ___ : Russian ↗PYOTR
  25. 47Maryland governor Moore ↗WES
  26. 48Perspective, for short ↗POV
  27. 49Casual Friday option ↗SNEAKER
  28. 51Result of a shopping spree ↗HAUL
  29. 53Highly flexible discipline? ↗AERIALYOGA
  30. 55Brazilian state whose name is a unit of measurement ↗ACRE
  31. 56Relative of a tumbler ↗TRAVELMUG
  32. 57Cuisine with tom kha kai ↗THAI
  33. 58Business with lockers ↗SPA
  34. 59All good ↗SET

Down 34

  1. 1Palm-sized pastry ↗TARTLET
  2. 2Assenting chorus ↗AMENS
  3. 3Shangri-La ↗XANADU
  4. 4Make one ↗FUSE
  5. 5Seat of Fulton County: Abbr. ↗ATL
  6. 6British counterpart to "Shark Tank" ↗DRAGONSDEN
  7. 7Just OK, in modern lingo ↗MID
  8. 8"Mind. Blown." ↗IMINAWE
  9. 9Part of Fermat's copy of "Arithmetica" where he wrote his Last Theorem ↗MARGINS
  10. 10Glorifies ↗EXTOLS
  11. 11Into ↗KEENON
  12. 12Tech mogul Altman ↗SAM
  13. 13Change for a bill ↗AMENDMENT
  14. 15Reproductive part of a fern ↗SPORE
  15. 19Youngest Bennet sister in "Pride and Prejudice" ↗LYDIA
  16. 22Patrick, to SpongeBob ↗PAL
  17. 23Rings ↗TOLLS
  18. 26Venue for events that guests are always on board to attend? ↗PARTYBOAT
  19. 27Some all-nighters ↗SLEEPOVERS
  20. 29"Yellow Submarine" lead vocalist ↗STARR
  21. 32Ready to go ↗ONTAP
  22. 34Censure, in a way ↗IMPEACH
  23. 35Formal pause in a line of poetry ↗CAESURA
  24. 36Certain shot, colloquially ↗VAX
  25. 38"Heads up!" ↗LOOKOUT
  26. 39Insect product in the salad yum khai mod daeng ↗ANTEGG
  27. 40___ incognita ↗TERRA
  28. 41"And …?" ↗SOWHAT
  29. 42Brief periods ↗SPELLS
  30. 46Self-congratulation ↗YAYME
  31. 49Hindu deity depicted with four arms ↗SIVA
  32. 50Denial in Aberdeen ↗NAE
  33. 52Chain that can symbolize friendship ↗LEI
  34. 54Genre for Logic ↗RAP