USA Today Crossword July 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1AGriller's garment5 6AAds featuring Smokey Bear4 10AElectric guitarists' gear4 14ADisney film set in Polynesia5 15ACarve with acid4 16AGenuine4 17ALike a cool autumn day5 18AAviation prefix4 19ANumerous4 20A4-0 World Series win, for example10 23AObject in a Trivial Pursuit set3 24AJuicy gossip4 25AScary FX franchise with Sarah Paulson (Abbr.)3 26AArray on a desktop5 28A"I'll take that as ___"3 29ALetter before sigma3 30A"The loss is all my fault!"7 32ACity home to South Beach5 34AAvailable if needed6 36ASong with the lyric "'tis the season to be jolly"12 40AKnight's defense6 41ACorner piece, at the beginning of a chess game4 42ASteph Curry or Michael Jordan, e.g.7 45ARecord Store Day purchases3 47AKarate uniforms3 49AMuppet in a horizontally striped shirt5 50ACorn unit3 51A"Go away, pest!"4 52A___ out (laze around)3 53APlenty of space11 57AFloored4 59AFormal agreement4 60ASlander, but in print5 61ASandwich seller4 62AYou, ages ago4 63ACommon sans-serif font5 64AEden resident (for a while)4 65ATakes to court4 66ABrainy organization5

Down

1D"Halt and Catch Fire" network3 2DMushroom often sold dried7 3DAny of four in Monopoly8 4DBeginning5 5DWine country valley4 6DKid's simple launcher10 7DGoulash and gumbo5 8D4,840 square yards4 9DCroc or moc, e.g.4 10D___ & Hammer3 11DGrassy field6 12DPressed sandwich6 13DMost sneaky6 21D"I'll pass"3 22DIslam has five7 24D"I told a joke about a ___, but it didn't flow well"3 27DMonique Ross' instrument in SistaStrings5 29DSeismologist's scale7 30DSome cold coffee orders10 31DScrooge's cry3 33DSoccer legend Lionel5 35DOrg. with Blues and Blue Jackets3 37DSeoul-based carmaker3 38DType of house in which seven U.S. presidents were born8 39DPlaces where some go downhill fast?8 42DState home to Las Vegas6 43DMade beer6 44D"The Office" accountant who loves cats6 46DSkilled person3 48DFashion designer McCartney6 50DHost5 51DPointy cathedral feature5 54DDecides4 55DHonolulu's island4 56DClose loudly4 58DPoorly lit3