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NYT Crossword July 4 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, July 4 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Bar fight?9 lettersSee answer ›10Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name5 lettersSee answer ›15Expansive marine exhibits9 lettersSee answer ›16Really fancy5 lettersSee answer ›171991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage"9 lettersSee answer ›18Fax predecessor5 lettersSee answer ›19Grand Tour, e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›20Buyer6 lettersSee answer ›21Like ideal arrivals6 lettersSee answer ›23"___ pics!"4 lettersSee answer ›24Conceptual framework6 lettersSee answer ›28Follower of X or G3 lettersSee answer ›29Peacock's home3 lettersSee answer ›30Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed5 lettersSee answer ›31"Gotcha," to a beatnik4 lettersSee answer ›33Piece of cartoon memorabilia3 lettersSee answer ›34Steamed5 lettersSee answer ›35Golden goal periods, for short3 lettersSee answer ›36"Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen5 lettersSee answer ›38Certain Ivy Leaguer3 lettersSee answer ›39Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum4 lettersSee answer ›41Passes (out)5 lettersSee answer ›42Bracketed disclaimer3 lettersSee answer ›43Lover of sugar3 lettersSee answer ›44Results of swiping6 lettersSee answer ›45Lend, informally4 lettersSee answer ›47Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people)6 lettersSee answer ›49Animals with prehensile proboscises6 lettersSee answer ›51"The One"8 lettersSee answer ›56First name in cosmetics5 lettersSee answer ›57Pioneering P.D.A.9 lettersSee answer ›58Ship back?5 lettersSee answer ›59Soft drink originally made with egg whites9 lettersSee answer ›60Short5 lettersSee answer ›61Rock instrument?9 lettersSee answer ›

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1One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones"4 lettersSee answer ›2Berry spelled with a cedilla4 lettersSee answer ›3Small smack4 lettersSee answer ›4Brown, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›5Milky Way's nearest major galaxy9 lettersSee answer ›6#MeToo movement activist Burke6 lettersSee answer ›7Expanse5 lettersSee answer ›8Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity15 lettersSee answer ›9"Mangia!"3 lettersSee answer ›10Not 21-Across4 lettersSee answer ›11Elysia5 lettersSee answer ›12False idol in the Old Testament10 lettersSee answer ›13Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname10 lettersSee answer ›14Where students learn about congress10 lettersSee answer ›20"___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn)4 lettersSee answer ›22Things often refilled, informally4 lettersSee answer ›24Cardiac exam on a treadmill10 lettersSee answer ›25Gochujang, e.g.10 lettersSee answer ›26Blade runner?10 lettersSee answer ›27Before, in olden times3 lettersSee answer ›32"Lord, have mercy!"9 lettersSee answer ›35One attracted to all gender identities, for short4 lettersSee answer ›37Tilling aid3 lettersSee answer ›40The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them4 lettersSee answer ›44President who married one of his kindergarten classmates6 lettersSee answer ›46Membership categories5 lettersSee answer ›48Loggers' competition5 lettersSee answer ›50Former French president ___ Coty4 lettersSee answer ›52Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening4 lettersSee answer ›53Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)4 lettersSee answer ›54List header4 lettersSee answer ›55List ender4 lettersSee answer ›57Some notebooks, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›