NYT Crossword: answers for Friday, July 26

The New York Times offers a variety of word games to keep everyone entertained. From Wordle to Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s a game for every type of puzzle lover. However, the classic crossword puzzle remains the most popular. It’s packed with intriguing trivia, helps sharpen your mind, and gives you bragging rights if you complete it every day.

Don’t be disheartened if you find the NYT crossword challenging—solving these puzzles is a skill that improves with practice. If you’re stuck on today’s crossword, we’ve got you covered with all the answers you need below.

 

Today’s NYT Crossword Answers:

Across:

  1. SPF – Letters of coverage
  2. SLUSH – Roadside buildup on a warm winter day
  3. SOCKS – They’re often around two feet
  4. EAR – Metonym for attention
  5. PINTO – Spotted
  6. THREW – Lost intentionally
  7. ERA – Phase
  8. IMOUTTAHERE – Departure announcement
  9. KATANA – Samurai’s sword
  10. DERRIERE – French buns
  11. SERAPE – Garment for a vaquero
  12. LOS – First word in the name of the U.S.’s most populous county
  13. PIT – Center of a 63-Across
  14. BARTLEBY – Melville character with the mantra “I would prefer not to”
  15. TIL – Up to
  16. TINE – Pitchfork part
  17. ROOS – Bush bounders
  18. GIT – “Shoo!”
  19. SLAMDUNKCONTEST – Jam session?
  20. LIE – “That’s a ___!”
  21. YEOH – Best Actress Oscar winner of 2022
  22. CREE – First Nations people
  23. SAD – Tearing up, perhaps
  24. DOBERMAN – Breed once known as the “Tax Collector’s Dog”
  25. SOD – Landscaper’s supply
  26. DUA – ___ Lipa (“Dance the Night” singer)
  27. PERILS – Threats
  28. PROPHECY – Predictive text?
  29. HATING – Not at all into
  30. ANGIETHOMAS – Best-selling author of 2017’s “The Hate U Give”
  31. MAA – Kid’s cry
  32. MOMOA – Jason of “Aquaman”
  33. OLIVE – Divisive pizza topping
  34. IKE – “South Park” kid
  35. STAND – Vacate a seat
  36. OOZED – Was syrupy, in a way
  37. TEA – Sachet filler

Down:

  1. SEEK – Go after
  2. PARASAIL – Chute behind a boat
  3. FRATERNAL – Not identical, say
  4. SPINAL – Kind of column
  5. LIMAPERU – Capital city whose main governmental building is known as the “House of Pizarro”
  6. UNO – Game with a draw pile
  7. STUD – Term of endearment akin to “handsome”
  8. HOTEL – Monopoly piece
  9. STARSIGN – Personality indicator, some say
  10. OHHI – “I didn’t see you there!”
  11. CREEP – Radiohead’s highest-selling single
  12. KERRI – Three-time Olympic gold medalist ___ Walsh Jennings
  13. SWEET – Like port
  14. TROT – Race pace
  15. ARTEMIS – Lunar mission of the 2020s
  16. EBONY – Wood that sinks in water
  17. BTS – “The world’s biggest band,” per a 2021 Rolling Stone cover
  18. YOKED – Joined together
  19. LITCRIT – Rhyming subject for an English major
  20. SCOOP – Feat on a beat
  21. TERMLIMIT – Office max?
  22. DEADHEAD – Fan associated with a red, white and blue skull logo
  23. OHBEHAVE – Catchphrase for Austin Powers
  24. SEASNAKE – Venomous reef dweller
  25. TEN – “Powers of ___” (landmark documentary about the scale of the universe)
  26. DUET – Two-piece?
  27. ERASED – Took off the board
  28. SPAMS – Floods with junk
  29. ORNOT – “… oops, my mistake”
  30. DOGMA – Set of beliefs
  31. ACHOO – Cold call?
  32. PION – Subatomic particle named for a Greek letter
  33. YOLO – “Well, here goes nothing!”
  34. GAEA – Mother of the Titans
  35. MIZ – “Les ___”
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