USA Today Crossword July 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1AL.A.'s region5 6AUno, dos, ___4 10ABarbie Pop Star Doll accessory3 13AWoodworker's securing tools6 15AGeorgetown athlete4 16A"Well, well, well!"3 17AActor who played Jeevan Chaudhary in "Station Eleven"11 19ANative American Heritage mo.3 20APizzeria fixture4 21A"Field of Dreams" setting4 22ATriangle or trapezoid5 24A"The Star-Spangled Banner" contraction3 25AIrritating part of shirts, for some3 26AMovie theater preview7 28AExams for aspiring JDs5 30AAward that sounds like the initials of "Off-Broadway"4 32A___ straw (landscaping product)4 33ARoadside assistance org.3 35AChallah unit4 37ATurf3 38AFold on an expanding folder14 43ALookie-___ (nosy person)3 44AGarment often "eaten" by the dryer4 45ADown in the dumps3 46ABridge fee4 48AThey create quite a buzz4 50A"Indeed"5 54AClaims7 56AIt's a wonder!3 58ADebt slip3 59ASpiced yogurt dish5 60ANot for here4 62ALinnaeus who developed scientific nomenclature4 63APal3 64A"She loves me, she loves me not" item11 67ASingle3 68AAwesome, in slang4 69APart of a space station6 70APaystub abbreviation3 71ATrees mentioned in the "Iliad"4 72AButton that might be pressed with an unbent paperclip5

Down

1DClass-y place?6 2DOne of the seven species in the Torah6 3DShutterbug's gadget6 4D"Hard agree"4 5DAudiophile's stack3 6DBring to room temperature4 7DTrial period in the first year of some Ph.D. programs8 8DOptic organ3 9DTaco topper5 10DIconic da Vinci painting8 11D"That would be horrible"8 12DPaid for7 14DBranch of Islam4 18D___ stick4 23DTrendy3 25DFormer Russian rulers5 27DHarvests5 29D"___ Te Ching"3 31DChap5 34DPueblo brick5 36DCalgary NHL player5 38DPriest's assistant8 39DAdult who might take kids to their first concert8 40DClashed or crashed8 41DWeather event with freezing rain8 42DRave genre (Abbr.)3 47DPermit3 49DSmudged herb4 51DShort pause6 52DTeam spirit6 53DHairstyle popularized by the Beastie Boys6 55DSocial faux pas5 57DInvertebrate in a compost bin4 61DHas to repay4 62DHand over4 65DShort, for short3 66D___ favor3