NYT Crossword July 27, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Male deer 4 5A National sport of Japan 4 9A Posh N.Y.C. neighborhood 4 13A Post-it ___ 4 14A Privy to 4 15A Mideast ruler 4 16A "Either way is fine with me" 9 18A Prefix with hit or bit 4 19A Citrusy Japanese sauce 5 20A Manipulate into doubting one's memory or experience 8 22A Friendly emoticon 10 24A Relieve, as pain 6 28A Long-running forensics series 3 29A Only state with a nonrectangular flag 4 30A Title for a married woman 3 33A Fairy tale opening word 4 36A Country in Oceania named for a biblical king 14 40A "Star Wars" character ___ Ren 4 41A ___ Wednesday 3 42A Interlocking toy brand 4 43A Four-wheeler, for short 3 45A Kicked out of office 6 47A Pet for Franklin Roosevelt or George W. Bush, informally 10 52A As a precaution 8 53A Competitor at an esports tournament 5 58A All tied up 4 59A Smartphone setting that removes all color from the screen ... or a feature of this puzzle? 9 61A Currency in Chihuahua 4 62A Job for an actor 4 63A Run in neutral 4 64A Ruminate (over) 4 65A "A Bug's Life" bugs 4 66A Out of battery 4

Down

1D Scissors sound 4 2D Heading on a list of tasks 4 3D Lots and lots 4 4D Age group that includes 2000s kids 4 5D [Yes, I know that's a typo] 3 6D Eel, at a Japanese restaurant 5 7D Fable's takeaway 5 8D "Just a moment!" 6 9D Penultimate tournament round 10 10D Last Greek letter 5 11D Pitch that's hard to hit? 5 12D Give a formal speech 5 17D Heinie 4 21D Sprayable disinfectant brand 5 23D Officewide message 4 24D Signal at sea 3 25D "Um, sure" 4 26D Covered in grease 4 27D "You missed your chance" 10 31D Single-stranded molecule 3 32D Palindromic sib 3 34D Tech review site 4 35D Living on the ___ 4 37D Big name in applesauce 5 38D "Go away, fly!" 4 39D Grass bought in rolls 3 44D "The little blue pill" 6 46D Branded fluffy slippers 4 47D Things taken on a walk? 5 48D Violate the Tenth Commandment 5 49D Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone 5 50D Zac of "High School Musical" 5 51D Handed out, as playing cards 5 54D Low scorer on a pH test 4 55D Constructed 4 56D Name that can be parsed as "the the" in Spanish 4 57D Portland college attended by Steve Jobs 4 60D "Certainly!" 3