The full solution for the NY Times July 05 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Rich Katz and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is Boxed Sets.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Firm up STIFFEN
- 8A Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea ACCRA
- 13A Gamer’s pursuit ESPORT
- 19A Aid for a violin player CHINREST
- 20A Crocs and mocs SHOES
- 21A Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief SAILOR
- 22A {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} BABEINTHEWOODS
- 24A “Send a quick reminder” PINGME
- 25A “___ it and rip it!” (aggressive golfer’s mantra) GRIP
- 26A Org. for those leaving the workforce AARP
- 27A Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles ENDCAPS
- 28A {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH
- 35A Colored HUED
- 36A Org. that accepts returns IRS
- 37A Grinders HEROS
- 41A {WC, AC, DC} POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE
- 49A Jewish mysticism, in one spelling KABALA
- 50A Love, in Lima AMOR
- 51A Card game whose name is shouted UNO
- 52A Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief ACL
- 53A At any time EVER
- 54A Small test subjects LABRATS
- 57A Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? NBAREF
- 60A “The Second Coming” poet, 1919 YEATS
- 62A Ragú competitor PREGO
- 63A The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet SONNET
- 66A {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} HONORAMONGTHIEVES
- 70A Some salon tasks RINSES
- 71A “Hammerin’ Hank” of baseball AARON
- 72A Allow someone to pass YIELD
- 75A 30-ounce Starbucks size TRENTA
- 78A Old Testament patriarch ABRAHAM
- 80A Close by NEAR
- 81A Early email provider AOL
- 82A Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock III
- 85A Neighbor of an Estonian LETT
- 86A Evening that a couple spends together, say USTIME
- 88A {Larry, Sue, Emma} TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE
- 94A Mexican mister SENOR
- 95A Veer, as a ship YAW
- 96A Org. concerned with plants OSHA
- 97A {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
- 107A Powerhouse in English football ARSENAL
- 110A Home to Waikiki Beach OAHU
- 111A California’s ___ Linda LOMA
- 112A Rested atop LAIDON
- 113A {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} DOWNINTHEDUMPS
- 119A Pay no mind to IGNORE
- 120A Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with “the” ODEON
- 121A Thousands of binary digits KILOBITS
- 122A Was overflowing TEEMED
- 123A Van Halen of Van Halen EDDIE
- 124A Extended voyage ODYSSEY
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Angel’s ___ (distiller’s term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) SHARE
- 2D Shinbone TIBIA
- 3D Completely incompetent INEPT
- 4D Time for Sat. prep? FRI
- 5D Marshland FEN
- 6D Suffix for superlatives EST
- 7D Unspecified member of a series NTH
- 8D Nile dam ASWAN
- 9D Triad, e.g. CHORD
- 10D Assume COOPT
- 11D Lead-in to River or Rover RED
- 12D Dummkopf ASS
- 13D Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game ESPNU
- 14D Called for quiet SAIDSHH
- 15D Penny ___ (miser) PINCHER
- 16D Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name OLGA
- 17D Fun time ROMP
- 18D “___ bon!” TRES
- 19D Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials CBGB
- 23D Wisconsin’s ___ Claire EAU
- 27D Buddy of “The Beverly Hillbillies” EBSEN
- 29D Apt name for a conchologist? SHEL
- 30D Ear-related AURAL
- 31D Yank’s Civil War foe REB
- 32D What has flatter feet? ODE
- 33D Achieve success, so to speak HIT
- 34D Chinese instrument with two strings ERHU
- 38D Sound of an approaching subway train ROAR
- 39D Start of a reminiscence ONCE
- 40D Word with confidence or checkout SELF
- 41D Do some roadwork on PAVE
- 42D Folk religion akin to voodoo OBEAH
- 43D Battered by battle WARTORN
- 44D Women’s areas in old Muslim palaces HAREMS
- 45D Last stage of an insect’s development IMAGO
- 46D “No way, no how!” NOTONABET
- 47D Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. DRS
- 48D Metric unit of weight TONNE
- 49D Map legend KEY
- 55D Figs. related to car loans APRS
- 56D Scottish hill BRAE
- 58D Big bunch BEVY
- 59D Eroded ATEINTO
- 61D Pouty mood SNIT
- 63D Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere STRATO
- 64D “Hey! I know the answer!” OHOH
- 65D Atlantic crosser of 1492 NINA
- 67D Sign outside a broadcast booth ONAIR
- 68D Wayne’s buddy in “Wayne’s World” GARTH
- 69D Admit SEEIN
- 73D Really weak, as an excuse LAME
- 74D Beats by ___ (audio brand) DRE
- 75D They might be up in arms, informally TATS
- 76D T. ___ Price (investment firm) ROWE
- 77D “I bought this before ___ went crazy” (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) ELON
- 78D He was né Clay ALI
- 79D ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) MUSHU
- 83D Tale of rustic life IDYLL
- 84D “Vidi,” in Caesar’s boast ISAW
- 87D Satirist Freberg STAN
- 89D You won’t actually die of it BOREDOM
- 90D Rocks smelted to make steel IRONORE
- 91D Conflict sparked by an archduke’s assassination: Abbr. WWI
- 92D San Francisco’s ___ Valley NOE
- 93D Madrid’s land, in the Olympics ESP
- 98D Like Olympic pools LANED
- 99D Like some cars parked next to “No Parking” signs TOWED
- 100D Vietnam’s capital HANOI
- 101D Old-fashioned “your” THINE
- 102D Soldier for Attila HUN
- 103D Black suit CLUBS
- 104D Good pal HOMIE
- 105D Out of gas EMPTY
- 106D Lip SASS
- 107D Settled down, in a way ALIT
- 108D All the ___ RAGE
- 109D Kind of wave SINE
- 113D Last name for an unnamed person DOE
- 114D Curious ODD
- 115D Ring result, in brief TKO
- 116D Secreted away HID
- 117D Ron who played Tarzan ELY
- 118D Two in Tijuana DOS
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