USA Today Crossword July 15, 2026 Answers

Across

1AIngredient in red ale4 5ANordic capital with 343 lakes4 9A"New Attitude" singer LaBelle5 14ARealm4 15ANot much4 16AMinnesota Zoo has 485 of them5 17APutting on pajamas, reading a book and doing a face mask, say15 20AShenzhen's continent4 21AThe "L" of LASIK5 22A___ out (barely manage)3 23ASecond to ___4 25A"Hey! C'mere!"4 27ASoccer player Oluwaseyi4 30A". . . and so forth"3 32ALike all-gender teams4 35ASensitive rock genre3 36APockets for shawarma5 38ALightweight model wood5 39AIrving Berlin song featured in "Young Frankenstein"15 42A"Frankenstein" actor Oscar5 43ALike mochi and mooncakes5 44AFreelancer's charge3 45ACruise ship level4 46AOrg. that tracks air quality3 47AClarinet part that vibrates4 48AGets wind of5 52A"Honey" star Jessica4 54A"I cracked the code!"3 56AOven accessories5 58AThey're not pros5 62A"This one's on me"15 65APeople who worshipped the rain god Illapa5 66APharma products4 67AOther than that4 68ATitle documents5 69ASearch for4 70APut away for safekeeping4

Down

1D"Aww, darn it!"3 2DKathleen Battle solo4 3DWhat Ariel exchanged her voice for4 4DSesame paste in hummus6 5DSteel-cut grain3 6DShoes with spiked heels9 7DGelug religious teacher4 8DTributes with stanzas4 9DFigure skating event5 10DPut on a show3 11DLike a photorealistic image10 12DTropical hardwood4 13DCapri or Crete4 18DPrinciple in the "I Ching"3 19DWeight room unit3 24DNo, in German4 26DMark left by a healed cut4 27DLukewarm5 28DCause to chuckle5 29D"In your dreams!"10 31D"Would they let us?"5 33DLauder of cosmetics5 34DBewildered5 36DInsta profile image3 37D"Let the expert handle this"9 38DTrifecta, for one3 40DGive-and-___4 41DRestore to well-being4 47DGroups of mountains6 49DSlightly off5 50D"Get ___ of it!"3 51DLychee discards5 53DFarmyard bleat3 54DCorrosive substance that's used to frost glass4 55DMake sharper4 57DA kite might get stuck in one4 59DLean slightly4 60D"In that event . . ."4 61DCholent or bigos4 63DMelancholy3 64DChastising sound3