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NYT Crossword July 30 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated July 30 2026

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Every answer from the Thursday, July 30 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Change entirely5 lettersSee answer ›6Like former secrets6 lettersSee answer ›12Make like a frog3 lettersSee answer ›15One who doesn't speak while in a cast5 lettersSee answer ›16Balkan state that's been independent since 20086 lettersSee answer ›17Like the name of former soccer star Mark De Man3 lettersSee answer ›18Cluster12 lettersSee answer ›20Density symbol3 lettersSee answer ›21Go for gold?3 lettersSee answer ›22It may be padded or slapped4 lettersSee answer ›23Do you read me?5 lettersSee answer ›25Veteran6 lettersSee answer ›27Agent9 lettersSee answer ›31Change logos, maybe7 lettersSee answer ›33"Bravo!"3 lettersSee answer ›34Dour4 lettersSee answer ›35Unnatural, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›36H.S. course covering integrals6 lettersSee answer ›39___ trading3 lettersSee answer ›40Steam10 lettersSee answer ›43Sow, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›46Black-and-orange bird6 lettersSee answer ›47Bob who painted "happy little trees"4 lettersSee answer ›50Jackie who co-starred in "Rush Hour"4 lettersSee answer ›52Top halves of centaurs3 lettersSee answer ›53They may be lifted … or downed7 lettersSee answer ›56Gambit9 lettersSee answer ›59City with red buses6 lettersSee answer ›60Big or bad follower5 lettersSee answer ›61So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"4 lettersSee answer ›63Fripp & ___ (musical duo)3 lettersSee answer ›64___ culpa3 lettersSee answer ›65Communication aid that helps make sense of the italicized clues12 lettersSee answer ›70Subj. for immigrants, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›71Training aids for a lab, say6 lettersSee answer ›72Plain5 lettersSee answer ›73___ pad3 lettersSee answer ›74What headphones often play in6 lettersSee answer ›75Shark's mark5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Church leader6 lettersSee answer ›2Took one's breath away?7 lettersSee answer ›3Remain loyal to7 lettersSee answer ›4Pronounce "aisle" as it's spelled, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›5It often leans left or right9 lettersSee answer ›6___-Ball4 lettersSee answer ›7Joel follows it5 lettersSee answer ›8Flame's remains3 lettersSee answer ›9Lumpsucker eggs3 lettersSee answer ›10Biblical second coming?3 lettersSee answer ›11Prima ___5 lettersSee answer ›12University of Cambridge7 lettersSee answer ›13"Hamlet" noblewoman7 lettersSee answer ›14Developer of a geocentric model of the universe7 lettersSee answer ›19Words after cash or zero4 lettersSee answer ›24[Horrors!]3 lettersSee answer ›26Org. leader4 lettersSee answer ›28One who knows all the shortcuts, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›29Puts down6 lettersSee answer ›30Where Dante's path to paradise begins4 lettersSee answer ›32Panama's ___ National Park6 lettersSee answer ›37That's the whole point!5 lettersSee answer ›38Seller of knickknacks9 lettersSee answer ›41Gospel singer Franklin4 lettersSee answer ›42Like a zoomer after 19974 lettersSee answer ›43Minecraft and World of Warcraft7 lettersSee answer ›44"If we're lucky!"7 lettersSee answer ›45Rhyming name for a certain group of friends7 lettersSee answer ›48It's not the main part of the action7 lettersSee answer ›49High achievers?7 lettersSee answer ›51Notable org. with 32 members3 lettersSee answer ›54Sit (down) heavily4 lettersSee answer ›55Arrogant6 lettersSee answer ›57Lets5 lettersSee answer ›58Really please5 lettersSee answer ›62Plus4 lettersSee answer ›66It might be left hanging3 lettersSee answer ›67Most common letter in this clue3 lettersSee answer ›68Boat propeller3 lettersSee answer ›69Director DuVernay3 lettersSee answer ›