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NYT Crossword July 2 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, July 2 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by David J. Kahn · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Flying high5 lettersSee answer ›6Romulus and Remus, e.g., for short4 lettersSee answer ›10"Hey ...!"4 lettersSee answer ›14Skateboarding trick5 lettersSee answer ›15"There is nothing on earth so powerful as an ___ whose time has come" (proverb)4 lettersSee answer ›16Bird related to the 46-Down4 lettersSee answer ›17City center, often5 lettersSee answer ›18Groups at the First Continental Congress in 177411 lettersSee answer ›20"Les ___"3 lettersSee answer ›21Open mic performer, often4 lettersSee answer ›22Setting of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"4 lettersSee answer ›2310 Hamiltons8 lettersSee answer ›25American Revolution heroes8 lettersSee answer ›27Fig. at a bus depot3 lettersSee answer ›28Defeats convincingly7 lettersSee answer ›31Fancy Dan3 lettersSee answer ›32Daiquiri flavor6 lettersSee answer ›34Bit of lore4 lettersSee answer ›35Overdo it at the beach, say3 lettersSee answer ›36George Washington's presidential status on February 4, 17895 lettersSee answer ›37Chrome alternative6 lettersSee answer ›39Simple wooden shoes6 lettersSee answer ›42Last full year of John Adams's presidency5 lettersSee answer ›46Heart chart, for short3 lettersSee answer ›49Fail to engage4 lettersSee answer ›50Jewish mysticism6 lettersSee answer ›52"Nixon in China" tenor3 lettersSee answer ›53Periodic survey started under Secy. of State Thomas Jefferson8 lettersSee answer ›55Trunk part3 lettersSee answer ›56Disunites6 lettersSee answer ›58"Father of the Constitution" and his family8 lettersSee answer ›60Like the Revolutionary War battles led by John Paul Jones5 lettersSee answer ›61Apple Store offerings4 lettersSee answer ›63Show of friendliness3 lettersSee answer ›64First signer of the Declaration of Independence11 lettersSee answer ›66"The Divine ___" (showbiz nickname)5 lettersSee answer ›68Conglomeration4 lettersSee answer ›69Regarding, on a memo4 lettersSee answer ›70Soul singer Adams5 lettersSee answer ›71Angler's hope4 lettersSee answer ›72TV programmer's slate, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›73American settlement until 1776 … or a hint to 13 squares in this puzzle6 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Word with bar or bunny3 lettersSee answer ›2Unadulterated by plastic, say8 lettersSee answer ›3Ordinary9 lettersSee answer ›4You knead dough to make it5 lettersSee answer ›5A word of support3 lettersSee answer ›6Location of "Sloop John B" on the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album7 lettersSee answer ›7Just chillaxing4 lettersSee answer ›8Salad ingredient often paired with goat cheese4 lettersSee answer ›9Long account4 lettersSee answer ›10A ___6 lettersSee answer ›11Hot dog on a roll?7 lettersSee answer ›12One whose qualifications are enumerated in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution7 lettersSee answer ›13Some coll. instructors3 lettersSee answer ›19Uneasy giggle6 lettersSee answer ›21Printing size4 lettersSee answer ›23Two-time Tony winner Neuwirth4 lettersSee answer ›24"Yowza!"3 lettersSee answer ›25Comedian Poundstone5 lettersSee answer ›26Bug exterminator?3 lettersSee answer ›29___ Island6 lettersSee answer ›30Graceless ones4 lettersSee answer ›33Gets going4 lettersSee answer ›37Ticked off4 lettersSee answer ›38Website that added podcast info in 20214 lettersSee answer ›40Granada grandma6 lettersSee answer ›41Pears used for cooking5 lettersSee answer ›43Musical with the song "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?"8 lettersSee answer ›44Doesn't let go of8 lettersSee answer ›45Street fleet4 lettersSee answer ›46World's second-tallest bird3 lettersSee answer ›47Trattoria treat in a shell7 lettersSee answer ›48Doubled, say7 lettersSee answer ›50Things to chew on4 lettersSee answer ›51Start to live and breathe?3 lettersSee answer ›54Kissed or whacked7 lettersSee answer ›57Rowena's love, in fiction7 lettersSee answer ›591970 Neil Diamond song about an imaginary childhood friend5 lettersSee answer ›61One living an orderly life?4 lettersSee answer ›624,840 square yards4 lettersSee answer ›64ZipRecruiter listing3 lettersSee answer ›65CBS drama starting in 20034 lettersSee answer ›66Soft slip-on, for short3 lettersSee answer ›67Lots of4 lettersSee answer ›