NYT Crossword July 5, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Firm up 7 8A Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea 5 13A Gamer's pursuit 6 19A Aid for a violin player 8 20A Crocs and mocs 5 21A Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief 6 22A {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} 14 24A "Send a quick reminder" 6 25A "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) 4 26A Org. for those leaving the workforce 4 27A Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles 7 28A {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} 18 35A Colored 4 36A Org. that accepts returns 3 37A Grinders 5 41A {WC, AC, DC} 20 49A Jewish mysticism, in one spelling 6 50A Love, in Lima 4 51A Card game whose name is shouted 3 52A Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief 3 53A At any time 4 54A Small test subjects 7 57A Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? 6 60A "The Second Coming" poet, 1919 5 62A Ragú competitor 5 63A The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet 6 66A {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} 17 70A Some salon tasks 6 71A "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball 5 72A Allow someone to pass 5 75A 30-ounce Starbucks size 6 78A Old Testament patriarch 7 80A Close by 4 81A Early email provider 3 82A Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock 3 85A Neighbor of an Estonian 4 86A Evening that a couple spends together, say 6 88A {Larry, Sue, Emma} 20 94A Mexican mister 5 95A Veer, as a ship 3 96A Org. concerned with plants 4 97A {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} 18 107A Powerhouse in English football 7 110A Home to Waikiki Beach 4 111A California's ___ Linda 4 112A Rested atop 6 113A {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} 14 119A Pay no mind to 6 120A Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" 5 121A Thousands of binary digits 8 122A Was overflowing 6 123A Van Halen of Van Halen 5 124A Extended voyage 7

Down

1D Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) 5 2D Shinbone 5 3D Completely incompetent 5 4D Time for Sat. prep? 3 5D Marshland 3 6D Suffix for superlatives 3 7D Unspecified member of a series 3 8D Nile dam 5 9D Triad, e.g. 5 10D Assume 5 11D Lead-in to River or Rover 3 12D Dummkopf 3 13D Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game 5 14D Called for quiet 7 15D Penny ___ (miser) 7 16D Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name 4 17D Fun time 4 18D "___ bon!" 4 19D Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials 4 23D Wisconsin's ___ Claire 3 27D Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" 5 29D Apt name for a conchologist? 4 30D Ear-related 5 31D Yank's Civil War foe 3 32D What has flatter feet? 3 33D Achieve success, so to speak 3 34D Chinese instrument with two strings 4 38D Sound of an approaching subway train 4 39D Start of a reminiscence 4 40D Word with confidence or checkout 4 41D Do some roadwork on 4 42D Folk religion akin to voodoo 5 43D Battered by battle 7 44D Women's areas in old Muslim palaces 6 45D Last stage of an insect's development 5 46D "No way, no how!" 9 47D Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. 3 48D Metric unit of weight 5 49D Map legend 3 55D Figs. related to car loans 4 56D Scottish hill 4 58D Big bunch 4 59D Eroded 7 61D Pouty mood 4 63D Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere 6 64D "Hey! I know the answer!" 4 65D Atlantic crosser of 1492 4 67D Sign outside a broadcast booth 5 68D Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" 5 69D Admit 5 73D Really weak, as an excuse 4 74D Beats by ___ (audio brand) 3 75D They might be up in arms, informally 4 76D T. ___ Price (investment firm) 4 77D "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) 4 78D He was né Clay 3 79D ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) 5 83D Tale of rustic life 5 84D "Vidi," in Caesar's boast 4 87D Satirist Freberg 4 89D You won't actually die of it 7 90D Rocks smelted to make steel 7 91D Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. 3 92D San Francisco's ___ Valley 3 93D Madrid's land, in the Olympics 3 98D Like Olympic pools 5 99D Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs 5 100D Vietnam's capital 5 101D Old-fashioned "your" 5 102D Soldier for Attila 3 103D Black suit 5 104D Good pal 5 105D Out of gas 5 106D Lip 4 107D Settled down, in a way 4 108D All the ___ 4 109D Kind of wave 4 113D Last name for an unnamed person 3 114D Curious 3 115D Ring result, in brief 3 116D Secreted away 3 117D Ron who played Tarzan 3 118D Two in Tijuana 3