NYT Crossword July 22, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Object of an extensive search 5 6A Regional life forms 5 11A Lead-in to destination and determination 3 14A Cry after an accident 5 15A Take over 5 16A Deli supply 3 17A With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down 11 19A Seller's bottom lines, for short? 3 20A Mister 3 21A Victorian or Edwardian 3 22A "Hmm, I'm thinking …" 7 24A Privy to 4 26A Qualified, say 4 28A Some STEM degrees 4 29A Ace, e.g. 5 31A Wild ___ 4 33A "You are correct about that" 4 34A Hawk's hook 5 36A It doesn't include the Apocrypha 5 38A Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall 5 39A It's a celebration 5 40A Toxin in castor beans 5 41A Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion" 5 42A Actor Eric of "Troy" 4 43A Get in bad with? 4 45A Raises the temperature of 5 49A Many a tech alum: Abbr. 4 50A Wood sculptor's tool 4 52A Pop top? 9 53A Organic chemistry experiment? 7 56A ___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur 3 58A Exec overseeing A.I. integration 3 59A Annual video game competition, for short 3 60A See 17-Across 11 63A "___ Misérables" 3 64A Keep busy 5 65A Israeli politician Dayan 5 66A Some people doing residencies: Abbr. 3 67A They're typical 5 68A Handful in a beer garden? 5

Down

1D Spread dirt 6 2D Corkscrew-shaped pasta 6 3D Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz 6 4D Means of making some connections, for short 3 5D Relative of a harp 4 6D Pet peeves 8 7D Estimation suffix 3 8D Power source 6 9D "You are correct about that" 4 10D Calendar notation: Abbr. 4 11D Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth 8 12D Voluntold, say 7 13D More than necessary 6 18D Something you might put stock in, for short 3 23D Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl? 13 25D Memory jogger 8 27D PC hookup 3 30D Cab 4 32D Digitize, maybe 4 35D Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick" 4 37D "I'm so frustrated!" 4 38D Carnival game depicted in this puzzle 8 39D Brief bathroom breaks, slangily 8 40D Trampled 7 41D Habitat with a wet floor 3 42D Eyeballed 6 44D Ice cream eponym 6 46D Play the blame game with 6 47D Chinese martial art 6 48D Not sung, say 6 51D More, musically 3 54D Abbr. atop a memo 4 55D Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks 4 57D Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe 4 61D "Tasty!" 3 62D Auction offering 3