New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 07/18/2026. The July 18 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Unite, with “up”TEAM
- 5a Many an extra in the “Lord of the Rings” moviesELF
- 8a Like fondue, traditionallySWISS
- 13a Nairobi-based collection of NGOsOXFAM
- 15a Restriction on how much one can serveTERMLIMIT
- 17a Conductor’s referenceSCORE
- 18a Opportunity to compare notes, perhapsSTUDYDATE
- 19a Very traditional sortPURIST
- 21a Khloe, Kim or Kourtney, familiarlySIS
- 22a Jennifer who won a Pulitzer for “A Visit From the Goon Squad”EGAN
- 23a ConcerningASTO
- 24a WeightHEFT
- 26a Orange video game character who appears in “Wreck-It Ralph”QBERT
- 27a Retailer with mountains in its logoREI
- 28a Persuade, as on a course of actionSELL
- 29a ShadeHUE
- 30a Smartphone feature that debuted worldwide in 2011EMOJIKEYBOARD
- 34a HotEROTIC
- 35a Kind of acid partly responsible for sourdough’s tangLACTIC
- 37a “Sorry, that’s way above my pay grade”IJUSTWORKHERE
- 40a Black ___OPS
- 41a Line holdersRODS
- 42a Brilliant exampleGEM
- 43a Digs up by the rootsGRUBS
- 46a Cry at the end of a countdownTIME
- 47a Dead center?TOMB
- 48a Song whose titular subject has a “dark brown voice”LOLA
- 49a MeshFIT
- 50a One side of many a transactionDEALER
- 52a Backs up on its own, sayAUTOSAVES
- 55a Titular animated dog of children’s TVBLUEY
- 56a Go down swinging, perhapsSTRIKEOUT
- 57a What might add a bit of flavor to a salsa?BONGO
- 58a Company bought by Tempur-Pedic in 2012SEALY
- 59a W.W. II-era occupation for baseball’s Moe Berg, following his playing careerSPY
- 60a RidesNAGS
- Down
- 1d LeftTOSPARE
- 2d “Um … what?!”EXCUSEME
- 3d With even stronger reasoning, in lawAFORTIORI
- 4d Super man?MARIO
- 5d Quite a few characters in 2025’s “Elio,” for shortETS
- 6d UnleashesLETSFLY
- 7d Results of one’s labors, so to speakFRUIT
- 8d ShrewdSLY
- 9d You might give this to someone you want to avoidWIDEBERTH
- 10d Outward appearanceIMAGE
- 11d Instrument that’s held at about a 45-degree angle from the player’s bodySITAR
- 12d Inner tube?STENT
- 14d “Bonjour, ___ amis!”MES
- 16d Figures listed on Zocdoc, for shortMDS
- 20d Gustav Klimt masterpieceTHEKISS
- 25d ChooseELECT
- 26d CharlatansQUACKS
- 28d Exercises with a “butterfly” variation, in which the soles of one’s feet are pressed togetherSITUPS
- 29d Overtook?HOARDED
- 31d Cosmetic additive that comes from the SouthwestJOJOBAOIL
- 32d Flowering periodBLOOM
- 33d Actor who plays the title role on TV’s “Andor”DIEGOLUNA
- 36d Classic Easter treatCREMEEGG
- 38d ReportWRITEUP
- 39d Items frozen in cryopreservationEMBRYOS
- 43d Flute, for oneGLASS
- 44d WayROUTE
- 45d Prefix with marathonULTRA
- 46d Bygone recordersTIVOS
- 47d GrabberTALON
- 49d Race of supernatural spiritsFAE
- 51d Fall backEBB
- 53d You might look up to thisSKY
- 54d Unpleasant digsSTY