NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 10, 2026

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Clues70
Across34
Down36
ConstructorWilla Angel Chen Miller

Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers

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Across

1A
Acronymic weapon (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTASER→
6A
Suffix with caffe- (3)
Starts with I, ends with EINE→
9A
Intro course? (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSALAD→
14A
Hot shot producer (15)
Starts with E, ends with EESPRESSOMACHINE→
18A
Source of the Coneheads, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSNL→
19A
Strove (7)
Starts with L, ends with DLABORED→
20A
"Jeepers!" (3)
Starts with E, ends with KEEK→
21A
Main ingredients in unagi don (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEELS→
23A
Former fillies (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMARES→
24A
Camp neckwear (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOAS→
25A
One way to check your impulses, in brief? (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEEG→
27A
Lo-___ (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRES→
28A
Nimble (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDEFT→
29A
Wills (7)
Starts with O, ends with SORDAINS→
32A
Bad-mouthed (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSMEARED→
35A
Spot for a mini-fridge (6)
Starts with W, ends with RWETBAR→
36A
Creator of the Detroit Industry Murals (6)
Starts with R, ends with ARIVERA→
37A
Boost (7)
Starts with E, ends with EENHANCE→
39A
Smug know-it-all type (7)
Starts with W, ends with SWISEASS→
40A
Class act? (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEST→
41A
High degree (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNTH→
43A
Virginia Woolf's "___ Dalloway" (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMRS→
44A
Semi segments (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCABS→
45A
Yuks (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHAHAS→
47A
Merely whispered (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFT→
50A
Lego founder ___ Kirk Christiansen (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
51A
Relative of a bandeau (7)
Starts with T, ends with PTUBETOP→
53A
Mint (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNEW→
58A
"No cap" (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSRSLY→
59A
Saint-Maur-___-Fossés (part of Paris) (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDES→
60A
Just beat (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEDGED→

Down

1D
Past or present (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETENSE→
2D
In tandem (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASONE→
3D
Blabbed (15)
Starts with S, ends with SSPILLEDTHEBEANS→
4D
Things that come with waffles? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
5D
Short Instagram video (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
6D
Weather map features (7)
Starts with I, ends with SISOBARS→
7D
"Enough!" (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOMORE→
8D
Wu Zetian of the Zhou dynasty, for one (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEMPRESS→
9D
Ginormous quantity (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSCAD→
10D
Pescatarian steak option (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
11D
Pathway to a conclusion (15)
Starts with L, ends with GLINEOFREASONING→
12D
Relatives of sloths (9)
Starts with A, ends with SANTEATERS→
13D
Typewriter settings (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDESKS→
15D
Catfishing, for one (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSCAM→
16D
Subjects of certain reviews at Untappd.com (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
22D
Branzino, by another name (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSEABASS→
24D
Lodge builders (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBEAVERS→
26D
Titanic (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGIANT→
28D
Philosophy of many founding fathers (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDEISM→
29D
Not be square with (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
30D
Dollar offering (9)
Starts with R, ends with RRENTALCAR→
31D
Org. concerned with reactor safety (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNRC→
33D
3-D scan (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMRI→
34D
"___ Boot" (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDAS→
38D
On (7)
Starts with E, ends with DENABLED→
39D
Speculative musings (7)
Starts with W, ends with SWHATIFS→
44D
Fancy dos (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOIFS→
45D
Proceed with a game plan (4)
Starts with H, ends with THUNT→
46D
Quite the (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOME→
48D
Yard sticks? (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFENCE→
49D
Coat material (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTWEED→
51D
Stylish, as at an awards show? (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTONY→
52D
Reduce (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPARE→
55D
Naught (3)
Starts with N, ends with LNIL→
56D
H.S.-level exam (3)
Starts with G, ends with DGED→

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70 clues: 34 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Willa Angel Chen Miller and edited by Will Shortz.

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For example: Acronymic weapon (TASER); Suffix with caffe- (INE); Intro course? (SALAD).

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