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NYT Crossword July 22 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, July 22 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Object of an extensive search5 lettersSee answer ›6Regional life forms5 lettersSee answer ›11Lead-in to destination and determination3 lettersSee answer ›14Cry after an accident5 lettersSee answer ›15Take over5 lettersSee answer ›16Deli supply3 lettersSee answer ›17With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down11 lettersSee answer ›19Seller's bottom lines, for short?3 lettersSee answer ›20Mister3 lettersSee answer ›21Victorian or Edwardian3 lettersSee answer ›22"Hmm, I'm thinking …"7 lettersSee answer ›24Privy to4 lettersSee answer ›26Qualified, say4 lettersSee answer ›28Some STEM degrees4 lettersSee answer ›29Ace, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›31Wild ___4 lettersSee answer ›33"You are correct about that"4 lettersSee answer ›34Hawk's hook5 lettersSee answer ›36It doesn't include the Apocrypha5 lettersSee answer ›38Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall5 lettersSee answer ›39It's a celebration5 lettersSee answer ›40Toxin in castor beans5 lettersSee answer ›41Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion"5 lettersSee answer ›42Actor Eric of "Troy"4 lettersSee answer ›43Get in bad with?4 lettersSee answer ›45Raises the temperature of5 lettersSee answer ›49Many a tech alum: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›50Wood sculptor's tool4 lettersSee answer ›52Pop top?9 lettersSee answer ›53Organic chemistry experiment?7 lettersSee answer ›56___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur3 lettersSee answer ›58Exec overseeing A.I. integration3 lettersSee answer ›59Annual video game competition, for short3 lettersSee answer ›60See 17-Across11 lettersSee answer ›63"___ Misérables"3 lettersSee answer ›64Keep busy5 lettersSee answer ›65Israeli politician Dayan5 lettersSee answer ›66Some people doing residencies: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›67They're typical5 lettersSee answer ›68Handful in a beer garden?5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Spread dirt6 lettersSee answer ›2Corkscrew-shaped pasta6 lettersSee answer ›3Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz6 lettersSee answer ›4Means of making some connections, for short3 lettersSee answer ›5Relative of a harp4 lettersSee answer ›6Pet peeves8 lettersSee answer ›7Estimation suffix3 lettersSee answer ›8Power source6 lettersSee answer ›9"You are correct about that"4 lettersSee answer ›10Calendar notation: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›11Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth8 lettersSee answer ›12Voluntold, say7 lettersSee answer ›13More than necessary6 lettersSee answer ›18Something you might put stock in, for short3 lettersSee answer ›23Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl?13 lettersSee answer ›25Memory jogger8 lettersSee answer ›27PC hookup3 lettersSee answer ›30Cab4 lettersSee answer ›32Digitize, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›35Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick"4 lettersSee answer ›37"I'm so frustrated!"4 lettersSee answer ›38Carnival game depicted in this puzzle8 lettersSee answer ›39Brief bathroom breaks, slangily8 lettersSee answer ›40Trampled7 lettersSee answer ›41Habitat with a wet floor3 lettersSee answer ›42Eyeballed6 lettersSee answer ›44Ice cream eponym6 lettersSee answer ›46Play the blame game with6 lettersSee answer ›47Chinese martial art6 lettersSee answer ›48Not sung, say6 lettersSee answer ›51More, musically3 lettersSee answer ›54Abbr. atop a memo4 lettersSee answer ›55Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks4 lettersSee answer ›57Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›61"Tasty!"3 lettersSee answer ›62Auction offering3 lettersSee answer ›