NYT Crossword July 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Cartographers' concerns 4 5A Go by 6 11A Helpful skill for guessers 3 14A Working obediently 4 15A Mickey with an Oscar nomination for "The Wrestler" 6 16A Champiñones ___ plancha (Spanish dish) 3 17A [C/P]ause 11 19A Droop 3 20A Food mentioned in the Lord's Prayer 5 21A What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles" 4 22A Buzz before a release 4 23A Low-quality synthetic images, informally 6 25A Prepare to drive, in golf 5 27A [L/C]ure 12 32A Result of touching poison ivy 4 35A "The Deer Hunter" setting, in brief 3 36A Old, as a joke 5 37A Casual refusal 3 38A "Way to go, kid!" 7 41A Heir to the throne, maybe 3 42A Like a good explanation, say 5 44A Brain ___ 3 45A Prominent features of tarsiers 4 46A [M/H]inds 12 50A Fitness fad popularized by Billy Blanks 5 51A "Animal Farm" or "The Simpsons" 6 55A Soccer great Mia 4 57A Apartment with a high ceiling 4 60A New beginning 5 61A Pub order 3 62A [Z/R]est 11 64A Magic setting, in brief 3 65A List of things to discuss 6 66A Mother of a stable family? 4 67A ___ pal 3 68A Individual 6 69A Hershey toffee bar 4

Down

1D Black ___, nickname for Kobe Bryant 5 2D Company that created Pong 5 3D Fish, roads or weapons that are long and thin 5 4D Sneakiness 7 5D Goof 3 6D Brain or ear part 4 7D Coolness, of a sort 4 8D Magician's cry 6 9D Many a Winter Olympian 6 10D "Holy moley!" 3 11D "No sweat!" 9 12D ___ on the wrist 4 13D Word with home or half 4 18D What cologne may mask 4 22D Injured 4 24D Pub order 4 26D Site for "unique and creative" items 4 28D "Sleep is like a ___: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn 3 29D Big box store that merged with Sears in 2005 5 30D Sunburn remedy 4 31D X's, sometimes 4 32D Ruler division 4 33D Tall story 4 34D Weekly reward for a strict dieter, maybe 9 38D Keister, in Leicester 4 39D Feathered accessory that won't constrict you 3 40D Singer Redding 4 43D First in a race? 4 45D Regards highly 7 47D Do a favor 6 48D Worker overhead 6 49D Cooking fat 4 52D Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" 5 53D Cool again, maybe 5 54D Heavens 5 55D Rest like a bat 4 56D Jessica of "Fantastic Four" 4 58D Marshy areas 4 59D Task on a list 4 62D Greatly surpass, as competitors in a race 3 63D Raced 3