NYT Crossword Clues for July 8, 2026

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Across Clues

Cartographers' concerns 4 letters / Daily

MAPS Reveal Hide

Go by 6 letters / Daily

ELAPSE Reveal Hide

11A

Helpful skill for guessers 3 letters / Daily

ESP Reveal Hide

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Working obediently 4 letters / Daily

ATIT Reveal Hide

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Mickey with an Oscar nomination for "The Wrestler" 6 letters / Daily

ROURKE Reveal Hide

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Champiñones ___ plancha (Spanish dish) 3 letters / Daily

ALA Reveal Hide

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[C/P]ause 11 letters / Daily

MAKEORBREAK Reveal Hide

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Droop 3 letters / Daily

SAG Reveal Hide

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Food mentioned in the Lord's Prayer 5 letters / Daily

BREAD Reveal Hide

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What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles" 4 letters / Daily

EAST Reveal Hide

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Buzz before a release 4 letters / Daily

HYPE Reveal Hide

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Low-quality synthetic images, informally 6 letters / Daily

AISLOP Reveal Hide

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Prepare to drive, in golf 5 letters / Daily

TEEUP Reveal Hide

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[L/C]ure 12 letters / Daily

TRICKORTREAT Reveal Hide

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Result of touching poison ivy 4 letters / Daily

ITCH Reveal Hide

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"The Deer Hunter" setting, in brief 3 letters / Daily

NAM Reveal Hide

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Old, as a joke 5 letters / Daily

STALE Reveal Hide

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Casual refusal 3 letters / Daily

NAH Reveal Hide

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"Way to go, kid!" 7 letters / Daily

ATTABOY Reveal Hide

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Heir to the throne, maybe 3 letters / Daily

SON Reveal Hide

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Like a good explanation, say 5 letters / Daily

CLEAR Reveal Hide

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Brain ___ 3 letters / Daily

ROT Reveal Hide

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Prominent features of tarsiers 4 letters / Daily

EYES Reveal Hide

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[M/H]inds 12 letters / Daily

HEADSORTAILS Reveal Hide

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Fitness fad popularized by Billy Blanks 5 letters / Daily

TAEBO Reveal Hide

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"Animal Farm" or "The Simpsons" 6 letters / Daily

SATIRE Reveal Hide

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Soccer great Mia 4 letters / Daily

HAMM Reveal Hide

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Apartment with a high ceiling 4 letters / Daily

LOFT Reveal Hide

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New beginning 5 letters / Daily

RESET Reveal Hide

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Pub order 3 letters / Daily

ALE Reveal Hide

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[Z/R]est 11 letters / Daily

LIFEORDEATH Reveal Hide

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Magic setting, in brief 3 letters / Daily

NBA Reveal Hide

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List of things to discuss 6 letters / Daily

AGENDA Reveal Hide

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Mother of a stable family? 4 letters / Daily

MARE Reveal Hide

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___ pal 3 letters / Daily

GAL Reveal Hide

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Individual 6 letters / Daily

PERSON Reveal Hide

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Hershey toffee bar 4 letters / Daily

SKOR Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Black ___, nickname for Kobe Bryant 5 letters / Daily

MAMBA Reveal Hide

Company that created Pong 5 letters / Daily

ATARI Reveal Hide

Fish, roads or weapons that are long and thin 5 letters / Daily

PIKES Reveal Hide

Sneakiness 7 letters / Daily

STEALTH Reveal Hide

Goof 3 letters / Daily

ERR Reveal Hide

Brain or ear part 4 letters / Daily

LOBE Reveal Hide

Coolness, of a sort 4 letters / Daily

AURA Reveal Hide

Magician's cry 6 letters / Daily

PRESTO Reveal Hide

Many a Winter Olympian 6 letters / Daily

SKATER Reveal Hide

10D

"Holy moley!" 3 letters / Daily

EEK Reveal Hide

11D

"No sweat!" 9 letters / Daily

EASYPEASY Reveal Hide

12D

___ on the wrist 4 letters / Daily

SLAP Reveal Hide

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Word with home or half 4 letters / Daily

PAGE Reveal Hide

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What cologne may mask 4 letters / Daily

ODOR Reveal Hide

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Injured 4 letters / Daily

HURT Reveal Hide

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Pub order 4 letters / Daily

PINT Reveal Hide

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Site for "unique and creative" items 4 letters / Daily

ETSY Reveal Hide

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"Sleep is like a ___: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn 3 letters / Daily

CAT Reveal Hide

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Big box store that merged with Sears in 2005 5 letters / Daily

KMART Reveal Hide

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Sunburn remedy 4 letters / Daily

ALOE Reveal Hide

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X's, sometimes 4 letters / Daily

TENS Reveal Hide

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Ruler division 4 letters / Daily

INCH Reveal Hide

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Tall story 4 letters / Daily

TALE Reveal Hide

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Weekly reward for a strict dieter, maybe 9 letters / Daily

CHEATMEAL Reveal Hide

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Keister, in Leicester 4 letters / Daily

ARSE Reveal Hide

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Feathered accessory that won't constrict you 3 letters / Daily

BOA Reveal Hide

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Singer Redding 4 letters / Daily

OTIS Reveal Hide

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First in a race? 4 letters / Daily

ADAM Reveal Hide

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Regards highly 7 letters / Daily

ESTEEMS Reveal Hide

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Do a favor 6 letters / Daily

OBLIGE Reveal Hide

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Worker overhead 6 letters / Daily

ROOFER Reveal Hide

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Cooking fat 4 letters / Daily

LARD Reveal Hide

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Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" 5 letters / Daily

ISAAK Reveal Hide

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Cool again, maybe 5 letters / Daily

RETRO Reveal Hide

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Heavens 5 letters / Daily

ETHER Reveal Hide

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Rest like a bat 4 letters / Daily

HANG Reveal Hide

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Jessica of "Fantastic Four" 4 letters / Daily

ALBA Reveal Hide

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Marshy areas 4 letters / Daily

FENS Reveal Hide

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Task on a list 4 letters / Daily

TODO Reveal Hide

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Greatly surpass, as competitors in a race 3 letters / Daily

LAP Reveal Hide

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Raced 3 letters / Daily

RAN Reveal Hide