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NYT Crossword July 20 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated July 20 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, July 20 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Eric Rollfing · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Scarecrow stuffing5 lettersSee answer ›6Ralph who ran for president four times5 lettersSee answer ›11Some HP products3 lettersSee answer ›14Ebb5 lettersSee answer ›15Top-tier group5 lettersSee answer ›16Tuna variety often used in sashimi3 lettersSee answer ›17On/off device11 lettersSee answer ›19Empty space between things3 lettersSee answer ›20Something at either end of a hammock, often4 lettersSee answer ›21Brain tests, for short4 lettersSee answer ›22"10 ___ or less" (sign at checkout)5 lettersSee answer ›24Golf club for teeing off6 lettersSee answer ›26Small orchard5 lettersSee answer ›27One with Q or Z is worth 10 points12 lettersSee answer ›31Audio genre designed to trigger tingling, for short4 lettersSee answer ›33Regret3 lettersSee answer ›34Pursue4 lettersSee answer ›35Young Yorkie, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›36Better halves7 lettersSee answer ›40Blue state?3 lettersSee answer ›41GPS guesses4 lettersSee answer ›43April 15 deadline org.3 lettersSee answer ›44The last "A" in N.C.A.A.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›46Cause of some rescreenings in an airport12 lettersSee answer ›50Like many English bogs5 lettersSee answer ›51Begin to grow choppers6 lettersSee answer ›54Measure around the middle5 lettersSee answer ›55Norse god of thunder4 lettersSee answer ›57Agricultural locale4 lettersSee answer ›59Chicken ___ king3 lettersSee answer ›60"My sympathies" … or what could be said of 17-, 27- and 46-Across11 lettersSee answer ›63Rapper Tone ___3 lettersSee answer ›64Reef material5 lettersSee answer ›65Winning Monopoly player's collection5 lettersSee answer ›66Had dinner, say3 lettersSee answer ›67Transmits5 lettersSee answer ›68Hockey feints5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Add some seasoning to4 lettersSee answer ›2Car in "Thelma & Louise," informally5 lettersSee answer ›3Wild party5 lettersSee answer ›4Faith no more?7 lettersSee answer ›5More than damp3 lettersSee answer ›6Big name in baseball caps6 lettersSee answer ›7Sacha Baron Cohen persona4 lettersSee answer ›8Counterpart of dahs, in Morse code4 lettersSee answer ›9And more like that: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›10Put back on the payroll6 lettersSee answer ›11What search engine optimization hopes to increase9 lettersSee answer ›12Creature that blends into its surroundings9 lettersSee answer ›13Drinks daintily4 lettersSee answer ›18Prognosticator4 lettersSee answer ›23Young ’uns4 lettersSee answer ›25Bygone staples of home theaters, informally4 lettersSee answer ›26Utter delight4 lettersSee answer ›28Item for a painter or hairstylist5 lettersSee answer ›29Vehicle to and from school3 lettersSee answer ›30Barely get, with "out"3 lettersSee answer ›31Someone who's not thinking may be on this9 lettersSee answer ›32U.S./Soviet competition of the 1950s-’60s9 lettersSee answer ›35Get-up-and-go3 lettersSee answer ›37"It's a shame, really!"4 lettersSee answer ›38Monster of Tolkiendom3 lettersSee answer ›39Very wise4 lettersSee answer ›4232-card card game4 lettersSee answer ›45Liberate7 lettersSee answer ›47Important consideration for A.I. programmers6 lettersSee answer ›48Bikini and others6 lettersSee answer ›49Spongy ball material4 lettersSee answer ›52"Frida" star Salma5 lettersSee answer ›53Slowly chip away at5 lettersSee answer ›54Fancy party4 lettersSee answer ›55Gull relative4 lettersSee answer ›56Lettuce unit4 lettersSee answer ›58"No ___, no fuss!"4 lettersSee answer ›61Opponent3 lettersSee answer ›62Unfamiliar3 lettersSee answer ›