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NYT Crossword July 8 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated July 8 2026

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Every answer from the Wednesday, July 8 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Cartographers' concerns4 lettersSee answer ›5Go by6 lettersSee answer ›11Helpful skill for guessers3 lettersSee answer ›14Working obediently4 lettersSee answer ›15Mickey with an Oscar nomination for "The Wrestler"6 lettersSee answer ›16Champiñones ___ plancha (Spanish dish)3 lettersSee answer ›17[C/P]ause11 lettersSee answer ›19Droop3 lettersSee answer ›20Food mentioned in the Lord's Prayer5 lettersSee answer ›21What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles"4 lettersSee answer ›22Buzz before a release4 lettersSee answer ›23Low-quality synthetic images, informally6 lettersSee answer ›25Prepare to drive, in golf5 lettersSee answer ›27[L/C]ure12 lettersSee answer ›32Result of touching poison ivy4 lettersSee answer ›35"The Deer Hunter" setting, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›36Old, as a joke5 lettersSee answer ›37Casual refusal3 lettersSee answer ›38"Way to go, kid!"7 lettersSee answer ›41Heir to the throne, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›42Like a good explanation, say5 lettersSee answer ›44Brain ___3 lettersSee answer ›45Prominent features of tarsiers4 lettersSee answer ›46[M/H]inds12 lettersSee answer ›50Fitness fad popularized by Billy Blanks5 lettersSee answer ›51"Animal Farm" or "The Simpsons"6 lettersSee answer ›55Soccer great Mia4 lettersSee answer ›57Apartment with a high ceiling4 lettersSee answer ›60New beginning5 lettersSee answer ›61Pub order3 lettersSee answer ›62[Z/R]est11 lettersSee answer ›64Magic setting, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›65List of things to discuss6 lettersSee answer ›66Mother of a stable family?4 lettersSee answer ›67___ pal3 lettersSee answer ›68Individual6 lettersSee answer ›69Hershey toffee bar4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Black ___, nickname for Kobe Bryant5 lettersSee answer ›2Company that created Pong5 lettersSee answer ›3Fish, roads or weapons that are long and thin5 lettersSee answer ›4Sneakiness7 lettersSee answer ›5Goof3 lettersSee answer ›6Brain or ear part4 lettersSee answer ›7Coolness, of a sort4 lettersSee answer ›8Magician's cry6 lettersSee answer ›9Many a Winter Olympian6 lettersSee answer ›10"Holy moley!"3 lettersSee answer ›11"No sweat!"9 lettersSee answer ›12___ on the wrist4 lettersSee answer ›13Word with home or half4 lettersSee answer ›18What cologne may mask4 lettersSee answer ›22Injured4 lettersSee answer ›24Pub order4 lettersSee answer ›26Site for "unique and creative" items4 lettersSee answer ›28"Sleep is like a ___: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn3 lettersSee answer ›29Big box store that merged with Sears in 20055 lettersSee answer ›30Sunburn remedy4 lettersSee answer ›31X's, sometimes4 lettersSee answer ›32Ruler division4 lettersSee answer ›33Tall story4 lettersSee answer ›34Weekly reward for a strict dieter, maybe9 lettersSee answer ›38Keister, in Leicester4 lettersSee answer ›39Feathered accessory that won't constrict you3 lettersSee answer ›40Singer Redding4 lettersSee answer ›43First in a race?4 lettersSee answer ›45Regards highly7 lettersSee answer ›47Do a favor6 lettersSee answer ›48Worker overhead6 lettersSee answer ›49Cooking fat4 lettersSee answer ›52Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"5 lettersSee answer ›53Cool again, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›54Heavens5 lettersSee answer ›55Rest like a bat4 lettersSee answer ›56Jessica of "Fantastic Four"4 lettersSee answer ›58Marshy areas4 lettersSee answer ›59Task on a list4 lettersSee answer ›62Greatly surpass, as competitors in a race3 lettersSee answer ›63Raced3 lettersSee answer ›