USA Today Crossword July 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1A"Cool!"3 4ACarne ___ (taco meat)5 9A"Rough" document5 14APart of the psyche3 15AIntroductory course?5 16ACut off5 17AActor who played Tony Soprano15 20A"Wya?" responses4 21ASought permission5 22AMarathon or sprint4 23ASide for fish in England5 25AMoney-back offers7 27AM&M color replaced by blue3 28ASmall haircuts5 32A"Not true!"4 33ATurtlelike resident of Mushroom Kingdom5 34ABLINK or ARMY member3 35AActress who has been praised for embracing a makeup-free look14 41ATied6 42AAksumite Empire river4 43A___ talk3 45AL.A. football player3 46AWhat a bloodhound picks up5 48AHoppy drink4 49ABanger3 52AMetallic resource in the game Kutna Hora3 53AApt name for a beach lover5 54APerformer who made the fruit hat famous13 58A"Triangle" and "integral," for example8 59ASan Diego MLB team6 62AOne might have erasable ink3 63AMosque leader4 64ATakes time to dress nicely6 65APalindromic animal3 66AMinimalist's "more"4 67ATwo-person playground apparatus6

Down

1DVote down6 2D"And Then There Were None" author Christie6 3DRealm6 4DDonkey3 5DWord after "Forsyte" or "Dark Phoenix"4 6D"It's very sad"4 7DLike many caves4 8DVenomous vipers6 9DBroadband option3 10DChoruses8 11DOperate a plane6 12DAugust Wilson play set in the Civil Rights era6 13DAttempts5 18DOne of Jean Grey's powers (Abbr.)3 19DPoem of praise3 24DTook without asking5 26DSiren sound5 29DPotholes' places5 30DHoppy beer3 31DDistinctive gestures, expressions, etc.10 33DHe only has a great day if Barbie looks at him3 34DFuzzy fabric4 35D"As ___ my last email . . ."3 36D"Hacks" character Daniels3 37DCell layer8 38DEatery that might have a pie case5 39DWelcoming gesture8 40D"Man I ___" (Olivia Dean song)4 44DUse a crowbar3 47DFeatures of many run-on sentences6 48D"She a ___, she know she a ten" (Ice Spice lyric)6 50D"!! No way!!?"3 51DDanger5 53DDrum in a rimshot5 54DBatman accessory4 55DAll over again4 56DDan or Shannon, for example4 57DMerlin Bird ID and Duolingo, for two4 60DEmissions-regulating org.3 61DOpposite of NNE3