NYT Crossword Clues for July 4, 2026

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Across Clues

Bar fight? 9 letters / Daily

RAPBATTLE Reveal Hide

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Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name 5 letters / Daily

LEGGS Reveal Hide

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Expansive marine exhibits 9 letters / Daily

OCEANARIA Reveal Hide

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Really fancy 5 letters / Daily

ADORE Reveal Hide

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1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage" 9 letters / Daily

BACKDRAFT Reveal Hide

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Fax predecessor 5 letters / Daily

TELEX Reveal Hide

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Grand Tour, e.g. 8 letters / Daily

BIKERACE Reveal Hide

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Buyer 6 letters / Daily

VENDEE Reveal Hide

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Like ideal arrivals 6 letters / Daily

ONTIME Reveal Hide

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"___ pics!" 4 letters / Daily

SEND Reveal Hide

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Conceptual framework 6 letters / Daily

SCHEMA Reveal Hide

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Follower of X or G 3 letters / Daily

MEN Reveal Hide

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Peacock's home 3 letters / Daily

NBC Reveal Hide

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Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed 5 letters / Daily

THERE Reveal Hide

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"Gotcha," to a beatnik 4 letters / Daily

IDIG Reveal Hide

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Piece of cartoon memorabilia 3 letters / Daily

CEL Reveal Hide

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Steamed 5 letters / Daily

RILED Reveal Hide

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Golden goal periods, for short 3 letters / Daily

OTS Reveal Hide

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"Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen 5 letters / Daily

OHARA Reveal Hide

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Certain Ivy Leaguer 3 letters / Daily

ELI Reveal Hide

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Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum 4 letters / Daily

ALMA Reveal Hide

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Passes (out) 5 letters / Daily

DOLES Reveal Hide

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Bracketed disclaimer 3 letters / Daily

SIC Reveal Hide

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Lover of sugar 3 letters / Daily

ANT Reveal Hide

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Results of swiping 6 letters / Daily

THEFTS Reveal Hide

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Lend, informally 4 letters / Daily

SPOT Reveal Hide

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Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people) 6 letters / Daily

PIERRE Reveal Hide

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Animals with prehensile proboscises 6 letters / Daily

TAPIRS Reveal Hide

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"The One" 8 letters / Daily

SOULMATE Reveal Hide

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First name in cosmetics 5 letters / Daily

ESTEE Reveal Hide

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Pioneering P.D.A. 9 letters / Daily

PALMPILOT Reveal Hide

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Ship back? 5 letters / Daily

STERN Reveal Hide

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Soft drink originally made with egg whites 9 letters / Daily

CREAMSODA Reveal Hide

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Short 5 letters / Daily

TERSE Reveal Hide

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Rock instrument? 9 letters / Daily

STONETOOL Reveal Hide

Down Clues

One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones" 4 letters / Daily

ROBB Reveal Hide

Berry spelled with a cedilla 4 letters / Daily

ACAI Reveal Hide

Small smack 4 letters / Daily

PECK Reveal Hide

Brown, in a way 4 letters / Daily

BAKE Reveal Hide

Milky Way's nearest major galaxy 9 letters / Daily

ANDROMEDA Reveal Hide

#MeToo movement activist Burke 6 letters / Daily

TARANA Reveal Hide

Expanse 5 letters / Daily

TRACT Reveal Hide

Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity 15 letters / Daily

LIFEIMITATESART Reveal Hide

"Mangia!" 3 letters / Daily

EAT Reveal Hide

10D

Not 21-Across 4 letters / Daily

LATE Reveal Hide

11D

Elysia 5 letters / Daily

EDENS Reveal Hide

12D

False idol in the Old Testament 10 letters / Daily

GOLDENCALF Reveal Hide

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Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname 10 letters / Daily

GREENBERET Reveal Hide

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Where students learn about congress 10 letters / Daily

SEXEDCLASS Reveal Hide

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"___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn) 4 letters / Daily

VENI Reveal Hide

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Things often refilled, informally 4 letters / Daily

MEDS Reveal Hide

24D

Cardiac exam on a treadmill 10 letters / Daily

STRESSTEST Reveal Hide

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Gochujang, e.g. 10 letters / Daily

CHILIPASTE Reveal Hide

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Blade runner? 10 letters / Daily

HELICOPTER Reveal Hide

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Before, in olden times 3 letters / Daily

ERE Reveal Hide

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"Lord, have mercy!" 9 letters / Daily

GODHELPME Reveal Hide

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One attracted to all gender identities, for short 4 letters / Daily

OMNI Reveal Hide

37D

Tilling aid 3 letters / Daily

HOE Reveal Hide

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The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them 4 letters / Daily

LAPS Reveal Hide

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President who married one of his kindergarten classmates 6 letters / Daily

TRUMAN Reveal Hide

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Membership categories 5 letters / Daily

TIERS Reveal Hide

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Loggers' competition 5 letters / Daily

ROLEO Reveal Hide

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Former French president ___ Coty 4 letters / Daily

RENE Reveal Hide

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Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening 4 letters / Daily

MIST Reveal Hide

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Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish) 4 letters / Daily

ALOO Reveal Hide

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List header 4 letters / Daily

TODO Reveal Hide

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List ender 4 letters / Daily

ETAL Reveal Hide

57D

Some notebooks, in brief 3 letters / Daily

PCS Reveal Hide