NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 31, 2026
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Clues68
Across34
Down34
ConstructorRafael Musa
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Withholding something? (3)
Starts with T, ends with XTAX→
4A
It'll pass! (3)
Starts with F, ends with DFAD→
7A
Silent type (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMIME→
11A
Sex work? (9)
Starts with K, ends with AKAMASUTRA→
14A
Screen name (4)
Starts with I, ends with XIMAX→
15A
Tennis feat involving four consecutive major tournament wins in two calendar years (10)
Starts with S, ends with MSERENASLAM→
17A
Honey, for example (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPETNAME→
18A
Energy source for distance runners (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGEL→
20A
World Economic Forum, e.g., for short (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONGO→
21A
Tripping (5)
Starts with O, ends with DONLSD→
22A
Style secured with a scrunchie (8)
Starts with P, ends with LPONYTAIL→
24A
Tobiko or masago (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
25A
Twists of fate, say (11)
Starts with U, ends with SUPSANDDOWNS→
28A
Pharyngitis docs (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENTS→
30A
Exuding joy (9)
Starts with A, ends with SALLSMILES→
31A
Went hell for leather (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETORE→
33A
Cry when shaking hands (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDEAL→
34A
"This is too much" (9)
Starts with I, ends with NICANTEVEN→
37A
Blind component (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
41A
Wiseacre (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSMARTYPANTS→
43A
What a closed fist with an extended index finger represents, in A.S.L. (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
44A
Where to be above all the drama? (8)
Starts with O, ends with XOPERABOX→
45A
Pierre : French :: ___ : Russian (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPYOTR→
47A
Maryland governor Moore (3)
Starts with W, ends with SWES→
48A
Perspective, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with VPOV→
49A
Casual Friday option (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSNEAKER→
51A
Result of a shopping spree (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHAUL→
53A
Highly flexible discipline? (10)
Starts with A, ends with AAERIALYOGA→
55A
Brazilian state whose name is a unit of measurement (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
56A
Relative of a tumbler (9)
Starts with T, ends with GTRAVELMUG→
57A
Cuisine with tom kha kai (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITHAI→
58A
Business with lockers (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
59A
All good (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
Down
1D
Palm-sized pastry (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTARTLET→
2D
Assenting chorus (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMENS→
3D
Shangri-La (6)
Starts with X, ends with UXANADU→
4D
Make one (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFUSE→
5D
Seat of Fulton County: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with LATL→
6D
British counterpart to "Shark Tank" (10)
Starts with D, ends with NDRAGONSDEN→
7D
Just OK, in modern lingo (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMID→
8D
"Mind. Blown." (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIMINAWE→
9D
Part of Fermat's copy of "Arithmetica" where he wrote his Last Theorem (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMARGINS→
10D
Glorifies (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXTOLS→
12D
Tech mogul Altman (3)
Starts with S, ends with MSAM→
13D
Change for a bill (9)
Starts with A, ends with TAMENDMENT→
15D
Reproductive part of a fern (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPORE→
19D
Youngest Bennet sister in "Pride and Prejudice" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALYDIA→
22D
Patrick, to SpongeBob (3)
Starts with P, ends with LPAL→
26D
Venue for events that guests are always on board to attend? (9)
Starts with P, ends with TPARTYBOAT→
27D
Some all-nighters (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSLEEPOVERS→
29D
"Yellow Submarine" lead vocalist (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTARR→
32D
Ready to go (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONTAP→
34D
Censure, in a way (7)
Starts with I, ends with HIMPEACH→
35D
Formal pause in a line of poetry (7)
Starts with C, ends with ACAESURA→
36D
Certain shot, colloquially (3)
Starts with V, ends with XVAX→
38D
"Heads up!" (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLOOKOUT→
39D
Insect product in the salad yum khai mod daeng (6)
Starts with A, ends with GANTEGG→
40D
___ incognita (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATERRA→
41D
"And …?" (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSOWHAT→
42D
Brief periods (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSPELLS→
46D
Self-congratulation (5)
Starts with Y, ends with EYAYME→
49D
Hindu deity depicted with four arms (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASIVA→
50D
Denial in Aberdeen (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENAE→
52D
Chain that can symbolize friendship (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
54D
Genre for Logic (3)
Starts with R, ends with PRAP→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 31, 2026?+
68 clues: 34 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rafael Musa and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Withholding something? (TAX); It'll pass! (FAD); Silent type (MIME).
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