NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the July 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rich KatzEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21136 clues

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Across 53

  1. 1Firm up ↗STIFFEN
  2. 8Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea ↗ACCRA
  3. 13Gamer's pursuit ↗ESPORT
  4. 19Aid for a violin player ↗CHINREST
  5. 20Crocs and mocs ↗SHOES
  6. 21Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief ↗SAILOR
  7. 22{Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} ↗BABEINTHEWOODS
  8. 24"Send a quick reminder" ↗PINGME
  9. 25"___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) ↗GRIP
  10. 26Org. for those leaving the workforce ↗AARP
  11. 27Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles ↗ENDCAPS
  12. 28{Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} ↗BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH
  13. 35Colored ↗HUED
  14. 36Org. that accepts returns ↗IRS
  15. 37Grinders ↗HEROS
  16. 41{WC, AC, DC} ↗POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE
  17. 49Jewish mysticism, in one spelling ↗KABALA
  18. 50Love, in Lima ↗AMOR
  19. 51Card game whose name is shouted ↗UNO
  20. 52Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief ↗ACL
  21. 53At any time ↗EVER
  22. 54Small test subjects ↗LABRATS
  23. 57Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? ↗NBAREF
  24. 60"The Second Coming" poet, 1919 ↗YEATS
  25. 62Ragú competitor ↗PREGO
  26. 63The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet ↗SONNET
  27. 66{Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} ↗HONORAMONGTHIEVES
  28. 70Some salon tasks ↗RINSES
  29. 71"Hammerin' Hank" of baseball ↗AARON
  30. 72Allow someone to pass ↗YIELD
  31. 7530-ounce Starbucks size ↗TRENTA
  32. 78Old Testament patriarch ↗ABRAHAM
  33. 80Close by ↗NEAR
  34. 81Early email provider ↗AOL
  35. 82Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock ↗III
  36. 85Neighbor of an Estonian ↗LETT
  37. 86Evening that a couple spends together, say ↗USTIME
  38. 88{Larry, Sue, Emma} ↗TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE
  39. 94Mexican mister ↗SENOR
  40. 95Veer, as a ship ↗YAW
  41. 96Org. concerned with plants ↗OSHA
  42. 97{Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} ↗ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
  43. 107Powerhouse in English football ↗ARSENAL
  44. 110Home to Waikiki Beach ↗OAHU
  45. 111California's ___ Linda ↗LOMA
  46. 112Rested atop ↗LAIDON
  47. 113{Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} ↗DOWNINTHEDUMPS
  48. 119Pay no mind to ↗IGNORE
  49. 120Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" ↗ODEON
  50. 121Thousands of binary digits ↗KILOBITS
  51. 122Was overflowing ↗TEEMED
  52. 123Van Halen of Van Halen ↗EDDIE
  53. 124Extended voyage ↗ODYSSEY

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  1. 1Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) ↗SHARE
  2. 2Shinbone ↗TIBIA
  3. 3Completely incompetent ↗INEPT
  4. 4Time for Sat. prep? ↗FRI
  5. 5Marshland ↗FEN
  6. 6Suffix for superlatives ↗EST
  7. 7Unspecified member of a series ↗NTH
  8. 8Nile dam ↗ASWAN
  9. 9Triad, e.g. ↗CHORD
  10. 10Assume ↗COOPT
  11. 11Lead-in to River or Rover ↗RED
  12. 12Dummkopf ↗ASS
  13. 13Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game ↗ESPNU
  14. 14Called for quiet ↗SAIDSHH
  15. 15Penny ___ (miser) ↗PINCHER
  16. 16Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name ↗OLGA
  17. 17Fun time ↗ROMP
  18. 18"___ bon!" ↗TRES
  19. 19Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials ↗CBGB
  20. 23Wisconsin's ___ Claire ↗EAU
  21. 27Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" ↗EBSEN
  22. 29Apt name for a conchologist? ↗SHEL
  23. 30Ear-related ↗AURAL
  24. 31Yank's Civil War foe ↗REB
  25. 32What has flatter feet? ↗ODE
  26. 33Achieve success, so to speak ↗HIT
  27. 34Chinese instrument with two strings ↗ERHU
  28. 38Sound of an approaching subway train ↗ROAR
  29. 39Start of a reminiscence ↗ONCE
  30. 40Word with confidence or checkout ↗SELF
  31. 41Do some roadwork on ↗PAVE
  32. 42Folk religion akin to voodoo ↗OBEAH
  33. 43Battered by battle ↗WARTORN
  34. 44Women's areas in old Muslim palaces ↗HAREMS
  35. 45Last stage of an insect's development ↗IMAGO
  36. 46"No way, no how!" ↗NOTONABET
  37. 47Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. ↗DRS
  38. 48Metric unit of weight ↗TONNE
  39. 49Map legend ↗KEY
  40. 55Figs. related to car loans ↗APRS
  41. 56Scottish hill ↗BRAE
  42. 58Big bunch ↗BEVY
  43. 59Eroded ↗ATEINTO
  44. 61Pouty mood ↗SNIT
  45. 63Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere ↗STRATO
  46. 64"Hey! I know the answer!" ↗OHOH
  47. 65Atlantic crosser of 1492 ↗NINA
  48. 67Sign outside a broadcast booth ↗ONAIR
  49. 68Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" ↗GARTH
  50. 69Admit ↗SEEIN
  51. 73Really weak, as an excuse ↗LAME
  52. 74Beats by ___ (audio brand) ↗DRE
  53. 75They might be up in arms, informally ↗TATS
  54. 76T. ___ Price (investment firm) ↗ROWE
  55. 77"I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) ↗ELON
  56. 78He was né Clay ↗ALI
  57. 79___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) ↗MUSHU
  58. 83Tale of rustic life ↗IDYLL
  59. 84"Vidi," in Caesar's boast ↗ISAW
  60. 87Satirist Freberg ↗STAN
  61. 89You won't actually die of it ↗BOREDOM
  62. 90Rocks smelted to make steel ↗IRONORE
  63. 91Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. ↗WWI
  64. 92San Francisco's ___ Valley ↗NOE
  65. 93Madrid's land, in the Olympics ↗ESP
  66. 98Like Olympic pools ↗LANED
  67. 99Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs ↗TOWED
  68. 100Vietnam's capital ↗HANOI
  69. 101Old-fashioned "your" ↗THINE
  70. 102Soldier for Attila ↗HUN
  71. 103Black suit ↗CLUBS
  72. 104Good pal ↗HOMIE
  73. 105Out of gas ↗EMPTY
  74. 106Lip ↗SASS
  75. 107Settled down, in a way ↗ALIT
  76. 108All the ___ ↗RAGE
  77. 109Kind of wave ↗SINE
  78. 113Last name for an unnamed person ↗DOE
  79. 114Curious ↗ODD
  80. 115Ring result, in brief ↗TKO
  81. 116Secreted away ↗HID
  82. 117Ron who played Tarzan ↗ELY
  83. 118Two in Tijuana ↗DOS