New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 07/04/2026. The July 04 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Bar fight?RAPBATTLE
- 10a Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its nameLEGGS
- 15a Expansive marine exhibitsOCEANARIA
- 16a Really fancyADORE
- 17a 1991 blockbuster with the tagline “One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage”BACKDRAFT
- 18a Fax predecessorTELEX
- 19a Grand Tour, e.g.BIKERACE
- 20a BuyerVENDEE
- 21a Like ideal arrivalsONTIME
- 23a “___ pics!”SEND
- 24a Conceptual frameworkSCHEMA
- 28a Follower of X or GMEN
- 29a Peacock’s homeNBC
- 30a Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removedTHERE
- 31a “Gotcha,” to a beatnikIDIG
- 33a Piece of cartoon memorabiliaCEL
- 34a SteamedRILED
- 35a Golden goal periods, for shortOTS
- 36a “Miracle on 34th Street” actress MaureenOHARA
- 38a Certain Ivy LeaguerELI
- 39a Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney MuseumALMA
- 41a Passes (out)DOLES
- 42a Bracketed disclaimerSIC
- 43a Lover of sugarANT
- 44a Results of swipingTHEFTS
- 45a Lend, informallySPOT
- 47a Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people)PIERRE
- 49a Animals with prehensile proboscisesTAPIRS
- 51a “The One”SOULMATE
- 56a First name in cosmeticsESTEE
- 57a Pioneering P.D.A.PALMPILOT
- 58a Ship back?STERN
- 59a Soft drink originally made with egg whitesCREAMSODA
- 60a ShortTERSE
- 61a Rock instrument?STONETOOL
- Down
- 1d One of the Starks on “Game of Thrones”ROBB
- 2d Berry spelled with a cedillaACAI
- 3d Small smackPECK
- 4d Brown, in a wayBAKE
- 5d Milky Way’s nearest major galaxyANDROMEDA
- 6d #MeToo movement activist BurkeTARANA
- 7d ExpanseTRACT
- 8d Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativityLIFEIMITATESART
- 9d “Mangia!”EAT
- 10d Not 21-AcrossLATE
- 11d ElysiaEDENS
- 12d False idol in the Old TestamentGOLDENCALF
- 13d Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nicknameGREENBERET
- 14d Where students learn about congressSEXEDCLASS
- 20d “___ Sancte Spiritus” (medieval Latin hymn)VENI
- 22d Things often refilled, informallyMEDS
- 24d Cardiac exam on a treadmillSTRESSTEST
- 25d Gochujang, e.g.CHILIPASTE
- 26d Blade runner?HELICOPTER
- 27d Before, in olden timesERE
- 32d “Lord, have mercy!”GODHELPME
- 35d One attracted to all gender identities, for shortOMNI
- 37d Tilling aidHOE
- 40d The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of themLAPS
- 44d President who married one of his kindergarten classmatesTRUMAN
- 46d Membership categoriesTIERS
- 48d Loggers’ competitionROLEO
- 50d Former French president ___ CotyRENE
- 52d Weather phenomenon often appearing in the eveningMIST
- 53d Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)ALOO
- 54d List headerTODO
- 55d List enderETAL
- 57d Some notebooks, in briefPCS