NYT Crossword Clues for July 22, 2026

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Across Clues

Object of an extensive search 5 letters / Daily

GRAIL Reveal Hide

Regional life forms 5 letters / Daily

BIOTA Reveal Hide

11A

Lead-in to destination and determination 3 letters / Daily

PRE Reveal Hide

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Cry after an accident 5 letters / Daily

OOPSY Reveal Hide

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Take over 5 letters / Daily

USURP Reveal Hide

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Deli supply 3 letters / Daily

LOX Reveal Hide

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With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down 11 letters / Daily

STEPRIGHTUP Reveal Hide

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Seller's bottom lines, for short? 3 letters / Daily

UPC Reveal Hide

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Mister 3 letters / Daily

SIR Reveal Hide

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Victorian or Edwardian 3 letters / Daily

ERA Reveal Hide

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"Hmm, I'm thinking ..." 7 letters / Daily

LETSSEE Reveal Hide

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Privy to 4 letters / Daily

INON Reveal Hide

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Qualified, say 4 letters / Daily

ABLE Reveal Hide

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Some STEM degrees 4 letters / Daily

PHDS Reveal Hide

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Ace, e.g. 5 letters / Daily

PILOT Reveal Hide

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Wild ___ 4 letters / Daily

OATS Reveal Hide

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"You are correct about that" 4 letters / Daily

ITIS Reveal Hide

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Hawk's hook 5 letters / Daily

TALON Reveal Hide

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It doesn't include the Apocrypha 5 letters / Daily

CANON Reveal Hide

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Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall 5 letters / Daily

REXES Reveal Hide

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It's a celebration 5 letters / Daily

PARTY Reveal Hide

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Toxin in castor beans 5 letters / Daily

RICIN Reveal Hide

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Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion" 5 letters / Daily

SINGH Reveal Hide

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Actor Eric of "Troy" 4 letters / Daily

BANA Reveal Hide

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Get in bad with? 4 letters / Daily

ABET Reveal Hide

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Raises the temperature of 5 letters / Daily

HEATS Reveal Hide

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Many a tech alum: Abbr. 4 letters / Daily

ENGR Reveal Hide

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Wood sculptor's tool 4 letters / Daily

RASP Reveal Hide

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Pop top? 9 letters / Daily

BOTTLECAP Reveal Hide

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Organic chemistry experiment? 7 letters / Daily

HOTDATE Reveal Hide

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___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur 3 letters / Daily

TIA Reveal Hide

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Exec overseeing A.I. integration 3 letters / Daily

CIO Reveal Hide

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Annual video game competition, for short 3 letters / Daily

EVO Reveal Hide

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See 17-Across 11 letters / Daily

TRYYOURLUCK Reveal Hide

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"___ Misérables" 3 letters / Daily

LES Reveal Hide

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Keep busy 5 letters / Daily

TIEUP Reveal Hide

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Israeli politician Dayan 5 letters / Daily

MOSHE Reveal Hide

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Some people doing residencies: Abbr. 3 letters / Daily

DRS Reveal Hide

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They're typical 5 letters / Daily

NORMS Reveal Hide

68A

Handful in a beer garden? 5 letters / Daily

STEIN Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Spread dirt 6 letters / Daily

GOSSIP Reveal Hide

Corkscrew-shaped pasta 6 letters / Daily

ROTINI Reveal Hide

Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz 6 letters / Daily

APEROL Reveal Hide

Means of making some connections, for short 3 letters / Daily

ISP Reveal Hide

Relative of a harp 4 letters / Daily

LYRE Reveal Hide

Pet peeves 8 letters / Daily

BUGABOOS Reveal Hide

Estimation suffix 3 letters / Daily

ISH Reveal Hide

Power source 6 letters / Daily

OUTLET Reveal Hide

"You are correct about that" 4 letters / Daily

TRUE Reveal Hide

10D

Calendar notation: Abbr. 4 letters / Daily

APPT Reveal Hide

11D

Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth 8 letters / Daily

PLUSHTOY Reveal Hide

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Voluntold, say 7 letters / Daily

ROPEDIN Reveal Hide

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More than necessary 6 letters / Daily

EXCESS Reveal Hide

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Something you might put stock in, for short 3 letters / Daily

IRA Reveal Hide

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Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl? 13 letters / Daily

SPINTHEBOTTLE Reveal Hide

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Memory jogger 8 letters / Daily

NOTECARD Reveal Hide

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PC hookup 3 letters / Daily

LAN Reveal Hide

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Cab 4 letters / Daily

TAXI Reveal Hide

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Digitize, maybe 4 letters / Daily

SCAN Reveal Hide

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Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick" 4 letters / Daily

LENA Reveal Hide

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"I'm so frustrated!" 4 letters / Daily

ARGH Reveal Hide

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Carnival game depicted in this puzzle 8 letters / Daily

RINGTOSS Reveal Hide

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Brief bathroom breaks, slangily 8 letters / Daily

PITSTOPS Reveal Hide

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Trampled 7 letters / Daily

RANOVER Reveal Hide

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Habitat with a wet floor 3 letters / Daily

SEA Reveal Hide

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Eyeballed 6 letters / Daily

BEHELD Reveal Hide

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Ice cream eponym 6 letters / Daily

BREYER Reveal Hide

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Play the blame game with 6 letters / Daily

ACCUSE Reveal Hide

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Chinese martial art 6 letters / Daily

TAICHI Reveal Hide

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Not sung, say 6 letters / Daily

SPOKEN Reveal Hide

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More, musically 3 letters / Daily

PIU Reveal Hide

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Abbr. atop a memo 4 letters / Daily

ATTN Reveal Hide

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Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks 4 letters / Daily

TRIO Reveal Hide

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Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe 4 letters / Daily

ARMS Reveal Hide

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"Tasty!" 3 letters / Daily

YUM Reveal Hide

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Auction offering 3 letters / Daily

LOT Reveal Hide