NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 22, 2026
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Clues76
Across40
Down36
ConstructorRebecca Goldstein
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Object of an extensive search (5)
Starts with G, ends with LGRAIL→
6A
Regional life forms (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABIOTA→
11A
Lead-in to destination and determination (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPRE→
14A
Cry after an accident (5)
Starts with O, ends with YOOPSY→
15A
Take over (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUSURP→
16A
Deli supply (3)
Starts with L, ends with XLOX→
17A
With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down (11)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEPRIGHTUP→
19A
Seller's bottom lines, for short? (3)
Starts with U, ends with CUPC→
20A
Mister (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSIR→
21A
Victorian or Edwardian (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
22A
"Hmm, I'm thinking …" (7)
Starts with L, ends with ELETSSEE→
24A
Privy to (4)
Starts with I, ends with NINON→
26A
Qualified, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with EABLE→
28A
Some STEM degrees (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPHDS→
29A
Ace, e.g. (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPILOT→
31A
Wild ___ (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
33A
"You are correct about that" (4)
Starts with I, ends with SITIS→
34A
Hawk's hook (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTALON→
36A
It doesn't include the Apocrypha (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCANON→
38A
Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREXES→
39A
It's a celebration (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPARTY→
40A
Toxin in castor beans (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRICIN→
41A
Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion" (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSINGH→
42A
Actor Eric of "Troy" (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABANA→
43A
Get in bad with? (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
45A
Raises the temperature of (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHEATS→
49A
Many a tech alum: Abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with RENGR→
50A
Wood sculptor's tool (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRASP→
52A
Pop top? (9)
Starts with B, ends with PBOTTLECAP→
53A
Organic chemistry experiment? (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHOTDATE→
56A
___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATIA→
58A
Exec overseeing A.I. integration (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCIO→
59A
Annual video game competition, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEVO→
60A
See 17-Across (11)
Starts with T, ends with KTRYYOURLUCK→
63A
"___ Misérables" (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLES→
64A
Keep busy (5)
Starts with T, ends with PTIEUP→
65A
Israeli politician Dayan (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMOSHE→
66A
Some people doing residencies: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDRS→
67A
They're typical (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNORMS→
68A
Handful in a beer garden? (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSTEIN→
Down
1D
Spread dirt (6)
Starts with G, ends with PGOSSIP→
2D
Corkscrew-shaped pasta (6)
Starts with R, ends with IROTINI→
3D
Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAPEROL→
4D
Means of making some connections, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with PISP→
5D
Relative of a harp (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELYRE→
6D
Pet peeves (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBUGABOOS→
7D
Estimation suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with HISH→
8D
Power source (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOUTLET→
9D
"You are correct about that" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUE→
10D
Calendar notation: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TAPPT→
11D
Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth (8)
Starts with P, ends with YPLUSHTOY→
12D
Voluntold, say (7)
Starts with R, ends with NROPEDIN→
13D
More than necessary (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXCESS→
18D
Something you might put stock in, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
23D
Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl? (13)
Starts with S, ends with ESPINTHEBOTTLE→
25D
Memory jogger (8)
Starts with N, ends with DNOTECARD→
27D
PC hookup (3)
Starts with L, ends with NLAN→
32D
Digitize, maybe (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSCAN→
35D
Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALENA→
37D
"I'm so frustrated!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARGH→
38D
Carnival game depicted in this puzzle (8)
Starts with R, ends with SRINGTOSS→
39D
Brief bathroom breaks, slangily (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPITSTOPS→
40D
Trampled (7)
Starts with R, ends with RRANOVER→
41D
Habitat with a wet floor (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
42D
Eyeballed (6)
Starts with B, ends with DBEHELD→
44D
Ice cream eponym (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBREYER→
46D
Play the blame game with (6)
Starts with A, ends with EACCUSE→
47D
Chinese martial art (6)
Starts with T, ends with ITAICHI→
48D
Not sung, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSPOKEN→
51D
More, musically (3)
Starts with P, ends with UPIU→
54D
Abbr. atop a memo (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATTN→
55D
Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTRIO→
57D
Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARMS→
61D
"Tasty!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with MYUM→
62D
Auction offering (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 22, 2026?+
76 clues: 40 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rebecca Goldstein and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Object of an extensive search (GRAIL); Regional life forms (BIOTA); Lead-in to destination and determination (PRE).
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