NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 19, 2026
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Clues140
Across69
Down71
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Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Teacher's summons (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESEEME→
11A
Bench press muscle, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with CPEC→
18A
___ Basin (D.C. attraction) (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTIDAL→
19A
Progeny (5)
Starts with I, ends with EISSUE→
20A
Didn't turn away (9)
Starts with A, ends with NALLOWEDIN→
22A
Texas A&M athlete (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGGIE→
23A
Prefix with media (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMULTI→
24A
Person providing a sworn account (9)
Starts with D, ends with TDECLARANT→
25A
"I really, really appreciate it!" (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATHANKSA→
27A
Unspoken communication syst. (3)
Starts with A, ends with LASL→
28A
After-the-fact discount (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMAILIN→
29A
Not fresh (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRITE→
30A
Big movie theater chain (3)
Starts with A, ends with CAMC→
31A
Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet" (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREDDIT→
32A
Paramedic's skill (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCPR→
35A
Reward for a good puppy (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTREAT→
37A
Harbingers (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOMENS→
39A
One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be" (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDESREE→
41A
Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball (11)
Starts with U, ends with NUNEARNEDRUN→
44A
Like sheep, so to speak (8)
Starts with O, ends with TOBEDIENT→
46A
Degree holder, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with MALUM→
47A
Displayed audacity (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDARED→
48A
The Psychedelic ___ (rock band) (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFURS→
49A
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDNA→
50A
Explosive stuff (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
53A
Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia" (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTUTU→
55A
Actress Shirley of "The Apartment" (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMACLAINE→
59A
"Nice idea!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSMART→
61A
Beethoven's Third (6)
Starts with E, ends with AEROICA→
62A
David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g. (5)
Starts with E, ends with YESSAY→
63A
Conspiring cliques (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCABALS→
65A
Judge of diamond value? (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAARON→
66A
Grab (onto) (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGLOM→
67A
Word order (8)
Starts with P, ends with GPHRASING→
69A
Britain's most prestigious military decoration (5)
Starts with V, ends with OVICTO→
71A
Fantasizes about (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODROO→
73A
Block someone's passage, say (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERECT→
74A
Scribble on, say (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMAR→
75A
Egyptian symbol of life (4)
Starts with A, ends with HANKH→
77A
Allow to enroll (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADMIT→
79A
Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENIKE→
80A
Gets more expensive (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEEPENS→
82A
Vague approximation (11)
Starts with G, ends with EGUESSTIMATE→
85A
Restrictive undergarment (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCORSET→
86A
Word employment (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUSAGE→
88A
Pia ___ (brain covering) (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMATER→
89A
Pained yelps (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOWS→
90A
Linings of nautilus shells (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNACRES→
92A
Hired detectives, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPIS→
94A
Slow ___ (Asian primate) (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLORIS→
98A
Prefix with -bar (3)
Starts with I, ends with OISO→
101A
Stayed somewhere temporarily (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSOJOURNED→
104A
Peak of religion? (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISINAI→
106A
"No worries!" (5)
Starts with I, ends with KITSOK→
107A
Number ones (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCHAMPIONS→
108A
You're doing it every day (5)
Starts with A, ends with GAGING→
109A
"I'll pass" (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTME→
110A
Bank offering for a property buyer (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOME→
111A
Roommate who doesn't pay rent? (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPET→
112A
2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit (5)
Starts with W, ends with AWHATA→
113A
"T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa") (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGRAPE→
Down
1D
"Right now!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
2D
This clue's number, cubed (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEIGHT→
3D
Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut (5)
Starts with E, ends with REDGAR→
4D
Top priority on the agenda (8)
Starts with M, ends with MMAINITEM→
5D
Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy (7)
Starts with E, ends with AELEKTRA→
6D
[See title] (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALIMA→
7D
Baton Rouge institution, familiarly (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
8D
Five Pillars religion (5)
Starts with I, ends with MISLAM→
9D
Defeat in competition (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTSCORE→
10D
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___ (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNEIL→
11D
Accepts a deal from the D.A., say (9)
Starts with P, ends with TPLEADSOUT→
12D
Spanish folk hero (5)
Starts with E, ends with DELCID→
13D
Meets head-on? (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLLIDES→
14D
[See title] (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBERN→
15D
Nabokov novel (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
16D
Whitesmith's material (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
17D
Doc using an otoscope (3)
Starts with E, ends with TENT→
20D
TV's Don Draper and his co-workers (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADMEN→
21D
Took orders, say (6)
Starts with W, ends with DWAITED→
26D
Fortuneteller (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
31D
"Star Wars" character Kylo ___ (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
32D
Plastic cap? (11)
Starts with C, ends with TCREDITLIMIT→
33D
Tube-shaped pasta (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPENNE→
34D
Do some road maintenance on (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRETAR→
36D
Et cetera (10)
Starts with A, ends with NANDONANDON→
38D
Clear as ___ (not clear) (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMUD→
40D
Western mountain range, informally (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSIERRAS→
41D
Arm bones (5)
Starts with U, ends with EULNAE→
42D
Christmas display pieces (11)
Starts with N, ends with SNUTCRACKERS→
43D
E.R. V.I.P.s (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDRS→
45D
Classic Italian appetizer (10)
Starts with B, ends with ABRUSCHETTA→
46D
Paper source? (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
51D
[See title] (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAIRO→
52D
Puerto ___ (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORICO→
53D
Player's club (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTEAM→
54D
[See title] (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRABAT→
56D
Despises (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLOATHES→
57D
[See title] (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSLO→
58D
Brandy letters (3)
Starts with V, ends with OVSO→
60D
Artist Chagall (4)
Starts with M, ends with CMARC→
62D
Big heads (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
64D
Travel a winding route (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESNAKE→
67D
They're at the ends of some rainbows (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPRISMS→
68D
Test for M.A. seekers (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGRE→
69D
Explorer da Gama (5)
Starts with V, ends with OVASCO→
70D
Following behind (5)
Starts with I, ends with WINTOW→
72D
Making a comeback (9)
Starts with R, ends with TRESURGENT→
73D
Ambulance initials (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEMS→
76D
"Keep it together!" (8)
Starts with G, ends with PGETAGRIP→
77D
Summer mo. (3)
Starts with A, ends with GAUG→
78D
Expression of frustration (8)
Starts with D, ends with HDEEPSIGH→
79D
Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski" (8)
Starts with N, ends with RNARRATOR→
81D
Suppressed, as emotions (6)
Starts with P, ends with PPENTUP→
82D
It's in the pipeline (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
83D
"___ never fly" (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITLL→
84D
Asking for a human's attention, perhaps (7)
Starts with M, ends with GMEOWING→
87D
They're often covered with dirt (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEDS→
91D
___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics) (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECANOE→
93D
Coastal region of ancient Greece (5)
Starts with I, ends with AIONIA→
95D
The 'gram (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINSTA→
96D
Pound the pavement? (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTOMP→
97D
[See title] (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROME→
98D
"You don't need to tell me" (4)
Starts with I, ends with WISAW→
99D
[See title] (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARIGA→
100D
___-Ball (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESKEE→
101D
Any of the U.C.s (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSCH→
102D
Cry of playful discovery (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOHO→
103D
Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___ (3)
Starts with J, ends with MJAM→
105D
Kitchen intruder (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 19, 2026?+
140 clues: 69 Across and 71 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Michael Lieberman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Teacher's summons (SEEME); – (LLION); Bench press muscle, for short (PEC).
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