NYT Crossword July 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Teacher's summons 5 6A – 5 11A Bench press muscle, for short 3 14A – 4 18A ___ Basin (D.C. attraction) 5 19A Progeny 5 20A Didn't turn away 9 22A Texas A&M athlete 5 23A Prefix with media 5 24A Person providing a sworn account 9 25A "I really, really appreciate it!" 7 27A Unspoken communication syst. 3 28A After-the-fact discount 6 29A Not fresh 5 30A Big movie theater chain 3 31A Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet" 6 32A Paramedic's skill 3 35A Reward for a good puppy 5 37A Harbingers 5 39A One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be" 6 41A Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball 11 44A Like sheep, so to speak 8 46A Degree holder, informally 4 47A Displayed audacity 5 48A The Psychedelic ___ (rock band) 4 49A Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay 4 50A Explosive stuff 3 51A – 5 53A Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia" 4 54A – 5 55A Actress Shirley of "The Apartment" 8 57A – 4 59A "Nice idea!" 5 61A Beethoven's Third 6 62A David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g. 5 63A Conspiring cliques 6 65A Judge of diamond value? 5 66A Grab (onto) 4 67A Word order 8 69A Britain's most prestigious military decoration 5 71A Fantasizes about 4 73A Block someone's passage, say 5 74A Scribble on, say 3 75A Egyptian symbol of life 4 76A Exits 4 77A Allow to enroll 5 79A Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys 4 80A Gets more expensive 8 82A Vague approximation 11 85A Restrictive undergarment 6 86A Word employment 5 88A Pia ___ (brain covering) 5 89A Pained yelps 3 90A Linings of nautilus shells 6 92A Hired detectives, for short 3 94A Slow ___ (Asian primate) 5 97A – 6 98A Prefix with -bar 3 99A – 7 101A Stayed somewhere temporarily 9 104A Peak of religion? 5 106A "No worries!" 5 107A Number ones 9 108A You're doing it every day 5 109A "I'll pass" 5 110A Bank offering for a property buyer 4 111A Roommate who doesn't pay rent? 3 112A 2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit 5 113A "T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa") 5

Down

1D "Right now!" 4 2D This clue's number, cubed 5 3D Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut 5 4D Top priority on the agenda 8 5D Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy 7 6D [See title] 4 7D Baton Rouge institution, familiarly 3 8D Five Pillars religion 5 9D Defeat in competition 8 10D Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___ 4 11D Accepts a deal from the D.A., say 9 12D Spanish folk hero 5 13D Meets head-on? 8 14D [See title] 4 15D Nabokov novel 3 16D Whitesmith's material 3 17D Doc using an otoscope 3 20D TV's Don Draper and his co-workers 5 21D Took orders, say 6 26D Fortuneteller 4 30D Calm 6 31D "Star Wars" character Kylo ___ 3 32D Plastic cap? 11 33D Tube-shaped pasta 5 34D Do some road maintenance on 5 36D Et cetera 10 38D Clear as ___ (not clear) 3 40D Western mountain range, informally 7 41D Arm bones 5 42D Christmas display pieces 11 43D E.R. V.I.P.s 3 45D Classic Italian appetizer 10 46D Paper source? 3 48D Rage 4 51D [See title] 5 52D Puerto ___ 4 53D Player's club 4 54D [See title] 5 56D Despises 7 57D [See title] 4 58D Brandy letters 3 60D Artist Chagall 4 62D Big heads 4 64D Travel a winding route 5 67D They're at the ends of some rainbows 6 68D Test for M.A. seekers 3 69D Explorer da Gama 5 70D Following behind 5 72D Making a comeback 9 73D Ambulance initials 3 76D "Keep it together!" 8 77D Summer mo. 3 78D Expression of frustration 8 79D Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski" 8 81D Suppressed, as emotions 6 82D It's in the pipeline 3 83D "___ never fly" 4 84D Asking for a human's attention, perhaps 7 87D They're often covered with dirt 5 91D ___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics) 5 93D Coastal region of ancient Greece 5 95D The 'gram 5 96D Pound the pavement? 5 97D [See title] 4 98D "You don't need to tell me" 4 99D [See title] 4 100D ___-Ball 4 101D Any of the U.C.s 3 102D Cry of playful discovery 3 103D Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___ 3 105D Kitchen intruder 3