NYT Crossword July 15, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Bold way to go when bluffing 5 6A Blade brand 4 10A Mocked, in a way 4 14A One of approximately three million in Finland (for a population of less than six million) 5 15A Artery 4 16A Place for a hero 4 17A Giving up one's amateur status 10 19A Valhalla V.I.P. 4 20A Ben Jonson wrote one to himself 3 21A Name repeated in a hit 1963 rock song 5 22A Emulate Cicero 5 23A Frantic rushes 12 25A Apple variety named for the state it was developed in 6 28A Daffy Duck characteristic 4 29A Thing to rule, proverbially 5 30A Moon's path 5 33A Largest human cells 3 36A Rapper born Tracy Lauren Marrow 4 37A Good source of vitamin C 5 38A Thunderstruck 4 39A Ballpark fig. 3 40A Liam Neeson action trilogy 5 41A Many a rosé wine 5 42A Budget airline of Ireland, informally 4 44A Word with college or message 6 45A Something it's good to pass with 12 50A Places for hot dates? 5 51A Moves pawn to e4, e.g. 5 52A "Hazy" drink 3 55A One flying in to the coast, maybe 4 56A Competitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across … or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters 10 58A Mortarboard wearer 4 59A Steve with nine N.B.A. titles as a player and coach 4 60A Island country that's an anagram of TAHITI minus T 5 61A Major export of Ghana 4 62A Brit's exclamation 4 63A Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe 5

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1D Regarding 4 2D Hail 4 3D Draw 4 4D Days or Knights follower 3 5D Finger painting? 7 6D Many-eyed giant of Greek myth 5 7D Hot ___ (fast-fashion company) 5 8D Like triplets vis-à-vis twins 5 9D Botheration 3 10D Cute to the max 6 11D Standard bicycle propulsion 10 12D Upper echelon 5 13D Patronizes a four-star restaurant, say 5 18D Central point 4 22D Pass over 4 23D Atomizer output 4 24D Came to rest 4 25D The "E" in HOMES 4 26D Some comfy kicks 4 27D Spoken-word event 10 30D Mork's planet on an old sitcom 3 31D Narrator on "Euphoria" 3 32D Storage container 3 34D Peddle 4 35D Tacks on 4 37D Vampire double feature? 4 38D "What a pity!" 4 40D Catches some rays 4 41D Sour soup 7 43D Rates of return 6 44D Whom Austin Powers parodies 4 45D Like San Francisco, frequently 5 46D Early 2000s first lady 5 47D Hangs in there 5 48D Work with a libretto 5 49D Distrustful 5 52D Sacred bird of ancient Egypt 4 53D Contents of some carriers 4 54D Highlight of a 48-Down 4 56D Word with run or lift 3 57D Burj Khalifa's home, in brief 3