NYT Crossword July 4, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Bar fight? 9 10A Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name 5 15A Expansive marine exhibits 9 16A Really fancy 5 17A 1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage" 9 18A Fax predecessor 5 19A Grand Tour, e.g. 8 20A Buyer 6 21A Like ideal arrivals 6 23A "___ pics!" 4 24A Conceptual framework 6 28A Follower of X or G 3 29A Peacock's home 3 30A Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed 5 31A "Gotcha," to a beatnik 4 33A Piece of cartoon memorabilia 3 34A Steamed 5 35A Golden goal periods, for short 3 36A "Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen 5 38A Certain Ivy Leaguer 3 39A Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum 4 41A Passes (out) 5 42A Bracketed disclaimer 3 43A Lover of sugar 3 44A Results of swiping 6 45A Lend, informally 4 47A Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people) 6 49A Animals with prehensile proboscises 6 51A "The One" 8 56A First name in cosmetics 5 57A Pioneering P.D.A. 9 58A Ship back? 5 59A Soft drink originally made with egg whites 9 60A Short 5 61A Rock instrument? 9

Down

1D One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones" 4 2D Berry spelled with a cedilla 4 3D Small smack 4 4D Brown, in a way 4 5D Milky Way's nearest major galaxy 9 6D #MeToo movement activist Burke 6 7D Expanse 5 8D Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity 15 9D "Mangia!" 3 10D Not 21-Across 4 11D Elysia 5 12D False idol in the Old Testament 10 13D Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname 10 14D Where students learn about congress 10 20D "___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn) 4 22D Things often refilled, informally 4 24D Cardiac exam on a treadmill 10 25D Gochujang, e.g. 10 26D Blade runner? 10 27D Before, in olden times 3 32D "Lord, have mercy!" 9 35D One attracted to all gender identities, for short 4 37D Tilling aid 3 40D The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them 4 44D President who married one of his kindergarten classmates 6 46D Membership categories 5 48D Loggers' competition 5 50D Former French president ___ Coty 4 52D Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening 4 53D Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish) 4 54D List header 4 55D List ender 4 57D Some notebooks, in brief 3