NYT Crossword Clues for July 9, 2026

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Across Clues

In vogue 4 letters / Daily

CHIC Reveal Hide

Seal hunter 4 letters / Daily

ORCA Reveal Hide

Some rudiments to be learned 4 letters / Daily

ABCS Reveal Hide

13A

Flex time? 4 letters / Daily

YOGA Reveal Hide

14A

Stern 4 letters / Daily

REAR Reveal Hide

15A

Container for peaches 5 letters / Daily

CRATE Reveal Hide

17A

*Honeybunch 5 letters / Daily

SUGAR Reveal Hide

19A

Group of spellers? 5 letters / Daily

COVEN Reveal Hide

20A

Title in "Beowulf" 5 letters / Daily

THANE Reveal Hide

21A

Back-to-basics regimen 9 letters / Daily

PALEODIET Reveal Hide

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Grp. of peacekeepers 4 letters / Daily

NATO Reveal Hide

25A

*Afternoon socials 4 letters / Daily

TEAS Reveal Hide

26A

Caddies, in golf slang 7 letters / Daily

LOOPERS Reveal Hide

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Part of a blind 4 letters / Daily

SLAT Reveal Hide

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Partner of ends 4 letters / Daily

ODDS Reveal Hide

31A

Some messages from a road trip, in brief 4 letters / Daily

ETAS Reveal Hide

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Scare off 5 letters / Daily

DETER Reveal Hide

37A

Many a golden parachute recipient, in brief 3 letters / Daily

CEO Reveal Hide

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Renounced ... or a phonetic hint to reading the answers to the starred clues 7 letters / Daily

FORGONE Reveal Hide

40A

Sanskrit name meaning "extraordinary" 3 letters / Daily

APU Reveal Hide

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Capital close to the confluence of the Red and Black rivers 5 letters / Daily

HANOI Reveal Hide

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Gaels of the N.C.A.A. 4 letters / Daily

IONA Reveal Hide

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Battling 4 letters / Daily

ATIT Reveal Hide

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Piece of cake 4 letters / Daily

SNAP Reveal Hide

47A

Food processor 7 letters / Daily

STOMACH Reveal Hide

49A

*Worms or flies, often 4 letters / Daily

BAIT Reveal Hide

53A

Do some laps 4 letters / Daily

SWIM Reveal Hide

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Right now 9 letters / Daily

ASWESPEAK Reveal Hide

56A

___ Hamilton, author of the classic "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" 5 letters / Daily

EDITH Reveal Hide

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Sass 5 letters / Daily

MOUTH Reveal Hide

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*___ Beach, Calif. 5 letters / Daily

PISMO Reveal Hide

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Hit 1977 musical that included Franklin D. Roosevelt as a character 5 letters / Daily

ANNIE Reveal Hide

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Juniors, e.g. 4 letters / Daily

SONS Reveal Hide

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Trails 4 letters / Daily

LAGS Reveal Hide

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"Yikes!" 4 letters / Daily

EGAD Reveal Hide

66A

Rowers' workout machines, informally 4 letters / Daily

ERGS Reveal Hide

67A

Straddling 4 letters / Daily

ATOP Reveal Hide

Down Clues

Anatomical pouch 4 letters / Daily

CYST Reveal Hide

"Star Wars" planet where Luke Skywalker rides a tauntaun 4 letters / Daily

HOTH Reveal Hide

Dinosaur named for a lizard tooth 9 letters / Daily

IGUANODON Reveal Hide

Quick timeouts? 7 letters / Daily

CATNAPS Reveal Hide

AAA or B.B.B. 3 letters / Daily

ORG Reveal Hide

Bring in 4 letters / Daily

REAP Reveal Hide

200 milligrams 5 letters / Daily

CARAT Reveal Hide

Sketchy activities? 10 letters / Daily

ARTLESSONS Reveal Hide

Kudo 8 letters / Daily

ACCOLADE Reveal Hide

10D

Guys' night out 7 letters / Daily

BRODATE Reveal Hide

11D

Trivial objection 5 letters / Daily

CAVIL Reveal Hide

12D

Symbol of strength and solidity 5 letters / Daily

STEEL Reveal Hide

16D

Tonsillectomy docs 4 letters / Daily

ENTS Reveal Hide

18D

French crown? 4 letters / Daily

TETE Reveal Hide

22D

Wing 3 letters / Daily

ELL Reveal Hide

24D

Hydrox lookalike 4 letters / Daily

OREO Reveal Hide

26D

Lomond, for one 4 letters / Daily

LOCH Reveal Hide

27D

Old theaters 4 letters / Daily

ODEA Reveal Hide

28D

Show that ends in disarray? 10 letters / Daily

STRIPTEASE Reveal Hide

32D

Long time follower? 3 letters / Daily

AGO Reveal Hide

34D

Dojo furnishing 9 letters / Daily

TATAMIMAT Reveal Hide

35D

It's a long story 4 letters / Daily

EPIC Reveal Hide

36D

One of the six sluggers on baseball's Murderer's Row 4 letters / Daily

RUTH Reveal Hide

38D

Spent 8 letters / Daily

FINISHED Reveal Hide

39D

"Curly W" team 4 letters / Daily

NATS Reveal Hide

42D

Caucasus region 7 letters / Daily

OSSETIA Reveal Hide

44D

Padmé ___ (mother of Luke and Leia Skywalker) 7 letters / Daily

AMIDALA Reveal Hide

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Horned viper 3 letters / Daily

ASP Reveal Hide

48D

Is underwater 4 letters / Daily

OWES Reveal Hide

49D

S.E.C. football powerhouse, informally 4 letters / Daily

BAMA Reveal Hide

50D

United 5 letters / Daily

ASONE Reveal Hide

51D

Tried to hit a baseball 5 letters / Daily

SWUNG Reveal Hide

52D

Taste 5 letters / Daily

SAPOR Reveal Hide

55D

Double-decker checker 4 letters / Daily

KING Reveal Hide

57D

Benin neighbor 4 letters / Daily

TOGO Reveal Hide

58D

Door fastener 4 letters / Daily

HASP Reveal Hide

61D

Jerk 3 letters / Daily

ASS Reveal Hide