The full solution for the NY Times July 16 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Zhou Zhang and Mallory Montgomery and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Smart POSH
- 5A Sensation SMASH
- 10A Acquisition on the big day INLAW
- 15A “That’s a good one!” HAHA
- 16A Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies PINTA
- 17A Who knows what preceded the Big Bang NOONE
- 18A *Yes ? three arduous ones IRONMANTRIATHLON
- 21A February 14, informally VDAY
- 22A Scratch that! ITCH
- 23A El ___ CID
- 24A Like novices GREEN
- 26A Spoil DEFILE
- 28A Preceder of how, way or where ANY
- 29A *Yes ? sometimes more than 1,000 MILLIPEDE
- 31A Patooties BUTTS
- 33A Little dipper? TOE
- 34A “Tout à fait!” OUI
- 35A Tire FLAG
- 37A *Yes ? exactly one, in common usage DIRECTFLIGHT
- 42A First line on many a form NAME
- 43A Common garnish in a chirashi bowl ROE
- 44A Had at present? HAS
- 47A Article of lab wear SMOCK
- 50A *No ? but it does have three feet YARDSTICK
- 53A Elizabethan curse POX
- 54A Country that las islas Canarias are part of ESPANA
- 57A Important blood line AORTA
- 58A “___ is the proper task of life”: Nietzsche ART
- 59A Business whose rewards program gives “Stackholder Perks” IHOP
- 60A Raving AVID
- 61A Question during a brainstorming session … or of the answers to the starred clues DOESTHISHAVELEGS
- 67A Popular Japanese brew ASAHI
- 68A Alcohol, slangily SAUCE
- 69A Literary heroine who says “I would always rather be happy than dignified” EYRE
- 70A Its capital is Sanaa YEMEN
- 71A Heavens ETHER
- 72A Debugging component? DEET
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Letter after upsilon PHI
- 2D Trireme tool OAR
- 3D Cleared, as snow SHOVELED
- 4D “Messiah” composer HANDEL
- 5D Neuter SPAY
- 6D What a big hand indicates: Abbr. MIN
- 7D Its colony can be considered one superorganism ANT
- 8D Struggle STRIFE
- 9D World’s most populous Creole-speaking country HAITI
- 10D Pretty much assured INTHEBAG
- 11D Japanese drama NOH
- 12D Feline in a 2000s meme LOLCAT
- 13D Dub … or rub ANOINT
- 14D Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys WENDYS
- 19D ___-pedi MANI
- 20D Oft-injured part of the knee, for short ACL
- 24D Clock-setting std. GMT
- 25D ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border) RIO
- 26D Certain tie score DEUCE
- 27D Mince words? EDIT
- 30D Frost piece POEM
- 32D Sound of dissatisfaction UGH
- 35D Botanist’s study FLORA
- 36D Told stories LIED
- 38D Business ending INC
- 39D Roll in dough RAKEITIN
- 40D Actress/union leader Drescher FRAN
- 41D Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism THIRDEYE
- 45D Class ___ ACT
- 46D Music genre with “walking” bass lines SKA
- 47D Steamy occasion? SPADAY
- 48D Lugubrious MOROSE
- 49D Pioneers’ prairie pullers OXTEAM
- 50D Harangues YAPSAT
- 51D Store SAVE
- 52D Worked sufferingly TOILED
- 55D “Pipe down!” SHH
- 56D Composure POISE
- 60D Attest AVER
- 62D ___-goat SHE
- 63D “Wait … really?” HUH
- 64D One of a kind ACE
- 65D Test for future Ph.D.s GRE
- 66D Not needing anything else SET
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