NYT Crossword Clues for July 12, 2026

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Across Clues

One-named singer from County Donegal 4 letters / Daily

ENYA Reveal Hide

Spot treatment provider? 6 letters / Daily

PETSPA Reveal Hide

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You might need to lose a few to get them 3 letters / Daily

ABS Reveal Hide

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Problem with a story 4 letters / Daily

HOLE Reveal Hide

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Shallot relatives 5 letters / Daily

LEEKS Reveal Hide

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Icon beside a username 6 letters / Daily

AVATAR Reveal Hide

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Push-up, for example 3 letters / Daily

BRA Reveal Hide

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Asia's rejuvenated North ___ Sea 4 letters / Daily

ARAL Reveal Hide

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"I vant to suck your blood!" 12 letters / Daily

BITINGREMARK Reveal Hide

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White Claws, e.g. 8 letters / Daily

SELTZERS Reveal Hide

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Twisted balloon shapes, typically 7 letters / Daily

ANIMALS Reveal Hide

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Doesn't wait to find out, say 4 letters / Daily

ASKS Reveal Hide

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Video game setting for noobs 8 letters / Daily

EASYMODE Reveal Hide

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Sculptor's degree, for short 3 letters / Daily

BFA Reveal Hide

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Little annoyance 4 letters / Daily

FLEA Reveal Hide

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Turkey part 6 letters / Daily

ANKARA Reveal Hide

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"I know you're the one who used up the last of my artisanal coffee!" 20 letters / Daily

GROUNDLESSACCUSATION Reveal Hide

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Apt letters missing from PRO_EC_T_ 3 letters / Daily

SUE Reveal Hide

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Reef setting 3 letters / Daily

CAY Reveal Hide

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Profound 4 letters / Daily

DEEP Reveal Hide

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Preserve 4 letters / Daily

SAVE Reveal Hide

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Prepared to pray 7 letters / Daily

KNEELED Reveal Hide

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Contradictory 6 letters / Daily

ATODDS Reveal Hide

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"In ___," Colin Farrell dark comedy set in Belgium 6 letters / Daily

BRUGES Reveal Hide

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Digs in the snow? 5 letters / Daily

IGLOO Reveal Hide

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Gridiron unit that includes the nose tackle, informally 5 letters / Daily

DLINE Reveal Hide

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Certain bony protrusions 7 letters / Daily

BUNIONS Reveal Hide

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"If you don't find the rings this instant, I'm calling off the wedding!" 18 letters / Daily

THINLYVEILEDTHREAT Reveal Hide

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Prodigal ___ 3 letters / Daily

SON Reveal Hide

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Apex 4 letters / Daily

ACME Reveal Hide

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Author Colfer of the "Artemis Fowl" series 4 letters / Daily

EOIN Reveal Hide

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Palindromic family member 3 letters / Daily

SIS Reveal Hide

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"I love your paintings so much, I'd like to finance your next exhibition!" 18 letters / Daily

PATRONIZINGCOMMENT Reveal Hide

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What fighter pilots fight, for short 7 letters / Daily

GFORCES Reveal Hide

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Noggins 5 letters / Daily

DOMES Reveal Hide

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Device for sending group messages? 5 letters / Daily

OUIJA Reveal Hide

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Lap, maybe 6 letters / Daily

REPASS Reveal Hide

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Oaf 6 letters / Daily

GALOOT Reveal Hide

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Surf in a daring way 7 letters / Daily

HANGTEN Reveal Hide

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"You can say that again" 4 letters / Daily

AMEN Reveal Hide

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Japanese city known for its beef 4 letters / Daily

KOBE Reveal Hide

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Shop ___ 3 letters / Daily

VAC Reveal Hide

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Pack-bearing beast 3 letters / Daily

ASS Reveal Hide

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"Wow! With form like that, you're headed to Wimbledon!" 20 letters / Daily

BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENT Reveal Hide

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Stroke gently 6 letters / Daily

CARESS Reveal Hide

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Puts away 4 letters / Daily

ICES Reveal Hide

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Planner unit 3 letters / Daily

DAY Reveal Hide

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"Don't fall for that!" 8 letters / Daily

ITSATRAP Reveal Hide

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Like many wines and cheeses 4 letters / Daily

AGED Reveal Hide

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Gallery collection 7 letters / Daily

FINEART Reveal Hide

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Where one might drink a mai tai or piña colada 8 letters / Daily

POOLSIDE Reveal Hide

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"I'm so glad you shaved! I hated when you looked like a sexy lumberjack!" 12 letters / Daily

BALDFACEDLIE Reveal Hide

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Kind of contraceptive 4 letters / Daily

ORAL Reveal Hide

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Compete 3 letters / Daily

VIE Reveal Hide

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Josh of "No Country for Old Men" 6 letters / Daily

BROLIN Reveal Hide

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Love seats, e.g. 5 letters / Daily

SOFAS Reveal Hide

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Certain body-weight exercises 4 letters / Daily

DIPS Reveal Hide

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The Big Crunch, theoretically, for our universe 3 letters / Daily

END Reveal Hide

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Daisy relatives 6 letters / Daily

ASTERS Reveal Hide

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Quitter's word 4 letters / Daily

CANT Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Actor Idris 4 letters / Daily

ELBA Reveal Hide

German dissent 4 letters / Daily

NEIN Reveal Hide

Himalayan menace 4 letters / Daily

YETI Reveal Hide

With hands on hips 6 letters / Daily

AKIMBO Reveal Hide

Common occurrences for scratch golfers 4 letters / Daily

PARS Reveal Hide

Apple consumer 3 letters / Daily

EVE Reveal Hide

Mesoamerican staple cooked in a cornhusk 6 letters / Daily

TAMALE Reveal Hide

Equilibria 6 letters / Daily

STASES Reveal Hide

Heavy coats 6 letters / Daily

PARKAS Reveal Hide

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Torah vessels 4 letters / Daily

ARKS Reveal Hide

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Things marked during attendance 8 letters / Daily

ABSENCES Reveal Hide

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End it 7 letters / Daily

BREAKUP Reveal Hide

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They might be green or red 6 letters / Daily

SALSAS Reveal Hide

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Dress for a job you probably don't want? 10 letters / Daily

HAZMATSUIT Reveal Hide

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Apt name for a tuxedo cat 4 letters / Daily

OREO Reveal Hide

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Embellish as with unnecessary words 4 letters / Daily

LARD Reveal Hide

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Alternatively 4 letters / Daily

ELSE Reveal Hide

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Screw-up 5 letters / Daily

SNAFU Reveal Hide

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Ricochet 6 letters / Daily

GLANCE Reveal Hide

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Supermodel Banks 4 letters / Daily

TYRA Reveal Hide

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Groovy 3 letters / Daily

FLY Reveal Hide

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Crushed, in a way 4 letters / Daily

ACED Reveal Hide

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Rarin' to go 6 letters / Daily

GUNGHO Reveal Hide

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Land, as a fish 6 letters / Daily

REELIN Reveal Hide

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Palindromic family member 3 letters / Daily

DAD Reveal Hide

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Contributed 5 letters / Daily

ADDED Reveal Hide

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Shakespeare character who declares "I am not what I am" 4 letters / Daily

IAGO Reveal Hide

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Baker's necessity 4 letters / Daily

OVEN Reveal Hide

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Loch ___ 4 letters / Daily

NESS Reveal Hide

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Sketches 5 letters / Daily

SKITS Reveal Hide

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Vast span 3 letters / Daily

EON Reveal Hide

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[That was a good one] 3 letters / Daily

LOL Reveal Hide

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The thing in "The Thing," for one 5 letters / Daily

ALIEN Reveal Hide

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"Open ___ midnight" 3 letters / Daily

TIL Reveal Hide

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United 3 letters / Daily

ONE Reveal Hide

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No es ___ (Spanish put-down) 5 letters / Daily

BUENO Reveal Hide

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Cellular messenger 3 letters / Daily

RNA Reveal Hide

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Audience stat 4 letters / Daily

DEMO Reveal Hide

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___-a-brac 4 letters / Daily

BRIC Reveal Hide

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David who directed the final four Harry Potter films 5 letters / Daily

YATES Reveal Hide

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Tape players 4 letters / Daily

VCRS Reveal Hide

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2020 Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie 5 letters / Daily

TENET Reveal Hide

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Uses more than one's fair share of 4 letters / Daily

HOGS Reveal Hide

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Tofu alternative 6 letters / Daily

SEITAN Reveal Hide

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As a joke 6 letters / Daily

INJEST Reveal Hide

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Obsessive supporters, in modern lingo 5 letters / Daily

STANS Reveal Hide

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Bull rings? 10 letters / Daily

PRANKCALLS Reveal Hide

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Some summer purchases, informally 3 letters / Daily

ACS Reveal Hide

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Laid off 5 letters / Daily

IDLED Reveal Hide

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Madhouse 3 letters / Daily

ZOO Reveal Hide

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Texter's qualifier 3 letters / Daily

IMO Reveal Hide

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Dude in Jamaica 3 letters / Daily

MON Reveal Hide

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Root beer order 3 letters / Daily

MUG Reveal Hide

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Clutch 4 letters / Daily

GRAB Reveal Hide

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Disaster relief org. 4 letters / Daily

FEMA Reveal Hide

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Noted example of oligopoly, in brief 4 letters / Daily

OPEC Reveal Hide

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"Have a safe trip" 8 letters / Daily

GODSPEED Reveal Hide

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Fivers 4 letters / Daily

ABES Reveal Hide

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"2001" villain 3 letters / Daily

HAL Reveal Hide

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Far from basic 6 letters / Daily

ACIDIC Reveal Hide

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Baking recipe instruction 7 letters / Daily

KNEADIN Reveal Hide

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Biden and Bush, once, in brief 3 letters / Daily

VPS Reveal Hide

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Professional responsibilities, colloquially 4 letters / Daily

HATS Reveal Hide

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Show up 6 letters / Daily

ARRIVE Reveal Hide

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Cubans, e.g. 6 letters / Daily

CIGARS Reveal Hide

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Spotted wildcat 6 letters / Daily

OCELOT Reveal Hide

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Put your nose where it doesn't belong, say 6 letters / Daily

MEDDLE Reveal Hide

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Flowing tresses 5 letters / Daily

MANES Reveal Hide

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One looking after pupils, for short 6 letters / Daily

EYEDOC Reveal Hide

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Device outmoded by the smartphone 4 letters / Daily

IPOD Reveal Hide

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"Holesome" figures 4 letters / Daily

TORI Reveal Hide

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Carving material for beginners 4 letters / Daily

SOAP Reveal Hide

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___ Arena, concert venue in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 4 letters / Daily

ABBA Reveal Hide

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Waves a hand in front of, maybe 4 letters / Daily

FANS Reveal Hide

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___ Romeo 4 letters / Daily

ALFA Reveal Hide

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Director Johnson of "Knives Out" 4 letters / Daily

RIAN Reveal Hide

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Word repeated into a mic 4 letters / Daily

TEST Reveal Hide

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Symbol on an Oregon license plate 3 letters / Daily

FIR Reveal Hide