USA Today Crossword hints and answers for July 3, 2026
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
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Today’s USA Today Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Potentially buggy releases (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBETAS→
6A
Thai currency (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAHT→
10A
Seasoning for pasta water (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSALT→
14A
"___ your eyes!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAVERT→
15A
Cookie often dunked in milk (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
16A
Group behind a practical yoke? (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOXEN→
17A
Cool again (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORETRO→
18A
On a ___ (running amok) (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTEAR→
19A
Like the B in an F major scale (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFLAT→
20A
Act like yourself? (14)
Starts with B, ends with RBREAKCHARACTER→
23A
Nay's opposite (3)
Starts with Y, ends with AYEA→
24A
"Oh! ___ reminds me!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTHAT→
25A
Sing wordlessly (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHUM→
28A
Trudges (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOGS→
31A
One might design a bust? (4)
Starts with N, ends with CNARC→
34A
Like a wafer (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHIN→
36A
It comes with a charge (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
37A
Word before "media" or "justice" (6)
Starts with S, ends with LSOCIAL→
39A
ABBA song that starts "If you change your mind, I'm the first in line" (15)
Starts with T, ends with ETAKEACHANCEONME→
42A
___ Rico (6)
Starts with P, ends with OPUERTO→
43A
Friend of Tigger (3)
Starts with R, ends with OROO→
45A
Rideshare app with a pink icon (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLYFT→
46A
Miami music festival (5)
Starts with U, ends with AULTRA→
49A
"Playbill" paragraphs (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBIOS→
51A
Common arboreal street name (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
53A
Hoppin' John ingredients (13)
Starts with B, ends with SBLACKEYEDPEAS→
59A
Game with pockets and cues (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPOOL→
60A
Victorian and Elizabethan, for two (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
61A
System manager, for short (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADMIN→
63A
"___, Interrupted" (memoir turned film) (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGIRL→
65A
Capital at the head of the Nile Delta (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAIRO→
66A
Some pub offerings (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
67A
Molecule with a double helix (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
68A
Wood used in Fender electric guitars (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALDER→
Down
1D
Fishhook feature (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBARB→
2D
"Never have I ___ . . ." (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
3D
Place pour un chapeau (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETETE→
4D
Assortment (5)
Starts with A, ends with YARRAY→
5D
Fuels, like a fire (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOKES→
6D
"Por que no los dos?" ("Why not ___?") (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBOTH→
7D
Vicinity (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
8D
Trick-taking game named for a suit (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHEARTS→
9D
Synagogue text (5)
Starts with T, ends with HTORAH→
10D
Less-crunchy Tex-Mex staples (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSOFTTACOS→
11D
Wheel connector (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAXLE→
12D
Shakespearean king known for his vanity and pride (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLEAR→
13D
Wile E. Coyote's explosive (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
21D
Tortoiseshell relative (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCALICO→
22D
Olympic vessel since 1936 (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECANOE→
25D
URL starter (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHTTP→
26D
DIY moving option (5)
Starts with U, ends with LUHAUL→
27D
"Anora" actress Madison (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMIKEY→
29D
___ and aah (3)
Starts with O, ends with HOOH→
30D
Tree knot (5)
Starts with G, ends with LGNARL→
32D
Venues with Zambonis (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRINKS→
33D
Quick guest appearance (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAMEO→
35D
Toys that are safe to throw (9)
Starts with N, ends with SNERFBALLS→
37D
Got the point? (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSCORED→
38D
Obscene (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEWD→
40D
Room where someone might blow dust off an old book of magic (5)
Starts with A, ends with CATTIC→
41D
"Psych!" (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNOT→
46D
Login name (6)
Starts with U, ends with DUSERID→
47D
Llama relative (6)
Starts with A, ends with AALPACA→
50D
Gave the green light to (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOKED→
52D
Olympian's goal (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMEDAL→
53D
Word on most pasta boxes (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBOIL→
54D
Folktales, etc. (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELORE→
55D
Long tale (4)
Starts with Y, ends with NYARN→
56D
"Como ___ usted?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
57D
In the center of (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAMID→
58D
Title for a king (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESIRE→
59D
Ryder Cup org. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APGA→
62D
Neither this ___ that (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
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How many clues are in the USA Today Crossword for July 3, 2026?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down.
What are some answers in today’s USA Today Crossword?+
For example: Potentially buggy releases (BETAS); Thai currency (BAHT); Seasoning for pasta water (SALT).
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