USA Today Crossword July 18, 2026 Answers

Across

1ALike mint green4 5ABack muscle, for short3 8A"Women Are Not Roses" author Castillo3 11AIt might be furrowed4 12AGinger ___3 13A"Stay ___, Ponyboy"4 15AWhen dinosaurs roamed14 19A"___ in a Bottle"5 20AMonopolize3 21AMake a love letter better, maybe4 23AWhat rhinos wallow in3 24A___ and ___ (start of some envelope addresses)3 26AFruits with navels7 28AGrads5 30A"Foodtastic" garment5 32A"Sounds about right"3 33ADalai ___4 34ASavings plan letters3 35AGreat Basin people3 37APrimary social media images, for short11 41A"This ___!"3 42AWhere some RNs work3 43ATraditional Polynesian dance4 46AStory trajectory3 49AHot, chocolaty drink5 51APay respect to5 52A"Nuh-uh" response7 54AThe Toasters genre3 56AOwed3 57ACurrency in Malta4 58ASite for a certain facial piercing3 60APerson5 62ASoda campaign whose 2026 iteration featured a polar bear rejecting Coca-Cola14 66APart of a cruise ship4 67ASense of self3 68AVersatile blackjack cards4 69ARolled board game item3 70A"___ is me"3 71AExam4

Down

1DSchool lunch staple3 2DBitter salad green7 3DWorldbuilding overload, in a fantasy novel8 4DActor McGregor4 5DTool used in some facials5 6D"Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala3 7DThe "T" in STEM (Abbr.)4 8DSurvey categories9 9DNeither here ___ there3 10DE.T., for one5 14DSketchy, to a Brit5 16DThe ___ (game with a "rosebud" cheat code)4 17D"___ Unfortunate Souls"4 18D"Mon ___!"4 22DSmall recipe amt.3 23DBad, in Spanish3 25DWrapped garment4 27DPro counterpart4 29DTequila cocktail, casually4 31DDiet that avoids dairy5 34D"Go for it"9 36DReverberate4 38D"Hurtful!"4 39DPeriods in Taylor Swift's career4 40D"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" film festival8 44DRelaxing airport spaces7 45D"___ we good?"3 46D32-Across, on a ship3 47DSign on again4 48DWas invested5 50DShabby ___ (interior design style)4 51DHalloween bounty4 53D"I ___ you'd say that"5 55D"Kourtney and ___ Take Miami"5 59D"Glad that's done"4 61DCore of an argument4 63DThe "S" in STEM (Abbr.)3 64DA while ___3 65DSuperlative suffix3