NYT Crossword Clues for July 16, 2026

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Across Clues

Smart 4 letters / Daily

POSH Reveal Hide

Sensation 5 letters / Daily

SMASH Reveal Hide

10A

Acquisition on the big day 5 letters / Daily

INLAW Reveal Hide

15A

"That's a good one!" 4 letters / Daily

HAHA Reveal Hide

16A

Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies 5 letters / Daily

PINTA Reveal Hide

17A

Who knows what preceded the Big Bang 5 letters / Daily

NOONE Reveal Hide

18A

*Yes — three arduous ones 16 letters / Daily

IRONMANTRIATHLON Reveal Hide

21A

February 14, informally 4 letters / Daily

VDAY Reveal Hide

22A

Scratch that! 4 letters / Daily

ITCH Reveal Hide

23A

El ___ 3 letters / Daily

CID Reveal Hide

24A

Like novices 5 letters / Daily

GREEN Reveal Hide

26A

Spoil 6 letters / Daily

DEFILE Reveal Hide

28A

Preceder of how, way or where 3 letters / Daily

ANY Reveal Hide

29A

*Yes — sometimes more than 1,000 9 letters / Daily

MILLIPEDE Reveal Hide

31A

Patooties 5 letters / Daily

BUTTS Reveal Hide

33A

Little dipper? 3 letters / Daily

TOE Reveal Hide

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"Tout à fait!" 3 letters / Daily

OUI Reveal Hide

35A

Tire 4 letters / Daily

FLAG Reveal Hide

37A

*Yes — exactly one, in common usage 12 letters / Daily

DIRECTFLIGHT Reveal Hide

42A

First line on many a form 4 letters / Daily

NAME Reveal Hide

43A

Common garnish in a chirashi bowl 3 letters / Daily

ROE Reveal Hide

44A

Had at present? 3 letters / Daily

HAS Reveal Hide

47A

Article of lab wear 5 letters / Daily

SMOCK Reveal Hide

50A

*No — but it does have three feet 9 letters / Daily

YARDSTICK Reveal Hide

53A

Elizabethan curse 3 letters / Daily

POX Reveal Hide

54A

Country that las islas Canarias are part of 6 letters / Daily

ESPANA Reveal Hide

57A

Important blood line 5 letters / Daily

AORTA Reveal Hide

58A

"___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche 3 letters / Daily

ART Reveal Hide

59A

Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks" 4 letters / Daily

IHOP Reveal Hide

60A

Raving 4 letters / Daily

AVID Reveal Hide

61A

Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues 16 letters / Daily

DOESTHISHAVELEGS Reveal Hide

67A

Popular Japanese brew 5 letters / Daily

ASAHI Reveal Hide

68A

Alcohol, slangily 5 letters / Daily

SAUCE Reveal Hide

69A

Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified" 4 letters / Daily

EYRE Reveal Hide

70A

Its capital is Sanaa 5 letters / Daily

YEMEN Reveal Hide

71A

Heavens 5 letters / Daily

ETHER Reveal Hide

72A

Debugging component? 4 letters / Daily

DEET Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Letter after upsilon 3 letters / Daily

PHI Reveal Hide

Trireme tool 3 letters / Daily

OAR Reveal Hide

Cleared, as snow 8 letters / Daily

SHOVELED Reveal Hide

"Messiah" composer 6 letters / Daily

HANDEL Reveal Hide

Neuter 4 letters / Daily

SPAY Reveal Hide

What a big hand indicates: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

MIN Reveal Hide

Its colony can be considered one superorganism 3 letters / Daily

ANT Reveal Hide

Struggle 6 letters / Daily

STRIFE Reveal Hide

World's most populous Creole-speaking country 5 letters / Daily

HAITI Reveal Hide

10D

Pretty much assured 8 letters / Daily

INTHEBAG Reveal Hide

11D

Japanese drama 3 letters / Daily

NOH Reveal Hide

12D

Feline in a 2000s meme 6 letters / Daily

LOLCAT Reveal Hide

13D

Dub ... or rub 6 letters / Daily

ANOINT Reveal Hide

14D

Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys 6 letters / Daily

WENDYS Reveal Hide

19D

___-pedi 4 letters / Daily

MANI Reveal Hide

20D

Oft-injured part of the knee, for short 3 letters / Daily

ACL Reveal Hide

24D

Clock-setting std. 3 letters / Daily

GMT Reveal Hide

25D

___ Bravo (México/Tejas border) 3 letters / Daily

RIO Reveal Hide

26D

Certain tie score 5 letters / Daily

DEUCE Reveal Hide

27D

Mince words? 4 letters / Daily

EDIT Reveal Hide

30D

Frost piece 4 letters / Daily

POEM Reveal Hide

32D

Sound of dissatisfaction 3 letters / Daily

UGH Reveal Hide

35D

Botanist's study 5 letters / Daily

FLORA Reveal Hide

36D

Told stories 4 letters / Daily

LIED Reveal Hide

38D

Business ending 3 letters / Daily

INC Reveal Hide

39D

Roll in dough 8 letters / Daily

RAKEITIN Reveal Hide

40D

Actress/union leader Drescher 4 letters / Daily

FRAN Reveal Hide

41D

Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism 8 letters / Daily

THIRDEYE Reveal Hide

45D

Class ___ 3 letters / Daily

ACT Reveal Hide

46D

Music genre with "walking" bass lines 3 letters / Daily

SKA Reveal Hide

47D

Steamy occasion? 6 letters / Daily

SPADAY Reveal Hide

48D

Lugubrious 6 letters / Daily

MOROSE Reveal Hide

49D

Pioneers' prairie pullers 6 letters / Daily

OXTEAM Reveal Hide

50D

Harangues 6 letters / Daily

YAPSAT Reveal Hide

51D

Store 4 letters / Daily

SAVE Reveal Hide

52D

Worked sufferingly 6 letters / Daily

TOILED Reveal Hide

55D

"Pipe down!" 3 letters / Daily

SHH Reveal Hide

56D

Composure 5 letters / Daily

POISE Reveal Hide

60D

Attest 4 letters / Daily

AVER Reveal Hide

62D

___-goat 3 letters / Daily

SHE Reveal Hide

63D

"Wait ... really?" 3 letters / Daily

HUH Reveal Hide

64D

One of a kind 3 letters / Daily

ACE Reveal Hide

65D

Test for future Ph.D.s 3 letters / Daily

GRE Reveal Hide

66D

Not needing anything else 3 letters / Daily

SET Reveal Hide