USA Today Crossword July 30, 2026 Answers

Across

1AIt twinkles in the night sky4 5AFancy neckwear5 10ARounded hairstyle4 14APart of a book4 15AGave out light5 16AGunky buildup4 17ACompany leader, for short4 18A"Frida" actor Hayek5 19ASignaled4 20AVast4 21ARespected community member5 22ADisencumbers4 23A"Hold on!"6 25AOpenly queer3 26ADrifts through the air5 28AZa'atar and ___ (classic pairing in a dip)8 33ASound heard in a dog park3 34A"Sagwa, the Chinese ___ Cat" (cartoon feline with a colorpoint coat)7 37AMedication-approving org.3 38ACompete3 39AUnjust7 40A"Waterfalls" girl group3 41A"___ the Pearl" (nickname for basketball player Monroe)4 43AHighlighter colors5 44ASingular or plural pronoun4 45ABreak a fast3 47ARecipient of many returns3 48AForest frolicker3 49AComment made with a wink8 52ACentral character in Toni Morrison's "Jazz"6 55AItty-bitty mint6 56AMake like new7 57APart of a canopy7 59ANewsroom figures7 60ASurfaces and Zenbooks3 61AOne-___-million chance3 62ACow's greeting3 63AColorado time zone, for short3 64ATax ID3 65ATexting format3

Down

1DGush4 2DNew York ___ Workers Alliance (drivers' union)4 3DFeatures of May-December relationships14 4DNot that long ago6 5DObnoxious people5 6DFossil-yielding rock5 7DSomething that offers little consolation11 8D"This one's ___!"4 9DEye drop?4 10DAmass over time6 11DUnderwear brand whose logo is often misremembered as featuring a cornucopia14 12DDeeply regretted4 13DLikelihood4 24DThe "A" of PTA (Abbr.)4 25DNot obsessed with anymore4 26DShore sight4 27D"___ Code" (opera podcast)4 29DTilts5 30DEgyptian goddess4 31DDoing nothing4 32DLike some lingerie4 35DTiny charged particle3 36DDidn't dine out5 42DFrothy lavender drink, perhaps5 44DFairy's under-the-pillow find5 46D"In other words . . ."6 48DNightclubs with mirrored balls6 49DLetters before ://4 50D"Unless I'm mistaken . . .," in a text4 51DClickable desktop images5 52DViper's secretion5 53DMakes a mistake4 54DIt may require bubbling in answers4 56DMale sheep4 58DPrefix with "sexual"3