NYT Crossword July 7, 2026 Answers

Across

1A ___ ghanouj 4 5A Like a couch potato 4 9A "Rise and shine!" 5 14A Patron saint of Norway 4 15A Combustible rock 4 16A No longer in dreamland 5 17A Charisma 4 18A "Orinoco Flow" singer 4 19A Like a credit card at its limit 5 20A *Surfer girls, in old lingo 12 23A Ease off 5 24A D.C. URL ending 6 28A *Frankfurters 7 31A Easy mark for a hustle 7 32A Subject of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff" 4 33A Common car freshener scent 4 34A Score that's better than a bogey 3 35A "Barbie" actress Issa 3 36A *Relative of a grizzly that's named for its bright chest patch 7 39A Umpire's clenched-fist call 3 40A Sgt., but not pvt., e.g. 3 41A Orgs. that may hold raffles 4 42A Mechanical memorization 4 43A Accessories pointed at the North Pole? 7 45A *Internet browser borrowing a nickname for the red panda 7 48A Slander 6 49A What to call people … or what not to call people 5 50A Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues? 12 55A Common default computer font 5 58A Mistake-correcting command 4 59A Rebel Alliance princess 4 60A Portmanteau for a screened-in feline lounge 5 61A Fresh powder, e.g. 4 62A Sci-fi franchise with light cycles 4 63A Break things off 5 64A "Amazing Grace," for one 4 65A Eurovision contest entry 4

Down

1D Tell jokes to total silence, say 4 2D Soothing succulent 4 3D ___ California (Mexican border state) 4 4D Fruit from a tree that can self-pollinate 7 5D Cooler in a cooler 6 6D Hole foods? 6 7D ___ Staley, original lead singer of Alice in Chains 5 8D Pizazz 4 9D Last words on a pinball machine 8 10D Discarded tech 6 11D Levy 3 12D Luau instrument, informally 3 13D ___ Xing 3 21D "Curb Your Enthusiasm" network 3 22D "Let It Go" singer Menzel 5 25D Vanish into thin air 6 26D Acting unthinkingly 6 27D Geometrical corner 6 28D Like a triceratops 6 29D Delphi prophet 6 30D Start a long drive, in a way 6 31D Tell a tall tale 3 33D "This Old House" network 3 36D Monty Python musical with a portmanteau title 8 37D Absolute, as nonsense 5 38D "Illmatic" rapper 3 42D What doers produce 7 44D Luau locale 6 45D Obsessive pop culture subculture 6 46D "Count me in!" 6 47D Yellow card wielder 3 49D Job for Mrs. Doubtfire 5 51D Sled dog command 4 52D Number of years that George Washington lived in the White House 4 53D Last U.S. national park alphabetically 4 54D Bowen formerly of "S.N.L." 4 55D High card 3 56D Hightailed it 3 57D "___ be my pleasure!" 3