The NY Times Mini Crossword July 18, 2026 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 24 cans of beer CASE
- 5 ⬆ or ⬇ ARROW
- 6 Cold spike? ICICLE
- 7 Dance steps after “Right foot, let’s stomp! Left foot, let’s stomp!” CHACHAS
- 8 Cybersecurity menace HACKER
- 9 Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, etc. IVIES
- 10 “Cool!” NEAT
Down
- 1 A sport, or an insect CRICKET
- 2 Parts of the McDonald’s logo ARCHES
- 3 Renewable energy option SOLAR
- 4 Female sheep EWES
- 5 Thorny tree that’s a favorite of giraffes ACACIA
- 6 “___ my reasons …” IHAVE
- 7 Place for hair in “The Three Little Pigs” CHIN
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