New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 07/16/2026. The July 16 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a SmartPOSH
- 5a SensationSMASH
- 10a Acquisition on the big dayINLAW
- 15a “That’s a good one!”HAHA
- 16a Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspeciesPINTA
- 17a Who knows what preceded the Big BangNOONE
- 18a *Yes ? three arduous onesIRONMANTRIATHLON
- 21a February 14, informallyVDAY
- 22a Scratch that!ITCH
- 23a El ___CID
- 24a Like novicesGREEN
- 26a SpoilDEFILE
- 28a Preceder of how, way or whereANY
- 29a *Yes ? sometimes more than 1,000MILLIPEDE
- 31a PatootiesBUTTS
- 33a Little dipper?TOE
- 34a “Tout à fait!”OUI
- 35a TireFLAG
- 37a *Yes ? exactly one, in common usageDIRECTFLIGHT
- 42a First line on many a formNAME
- 43a Common garnish in a chirashi bowlROE
- 44a Had at present?HAS
- 47a Article of lab wearSMOCK
- 50a *No ? but it does have three feetYARDSTICK
- 53a Elizabethan cursePOX
- 54a Country that las islas Canarias are part ofESPANA
- 57a Important blood lineAORTA
- 58a “___ is the proper task of life”: NietzscheART
- 59a Business whose rewards program gives “Stackholder Perks”IHOP
- 60a RavingAVID
- 61a Question during a brainstorming session … or of the answers to the starred cluesDOESTHISHAVELEGS
- 67a Popular Japanese brewASAHI
- 68a Alcohol, slangilySAUCE
- 69a Literary heroine who says “I would always rather be happy than dignified”EYRE
- 70a Its capital is SanaaYEMEN
- 71a HeavensETHER
- 72a Debugging component?DEET
- Down
- 1d Letter after upsilonPHI
- 2d Trireme toolOAR
- 3d Cleared, as snowSHOVELED
- 4d “Messiah” composerHANDEL
- 5d NeuterSPAY
- 6d What a big hand indicates: Abbr.MIN
- 7d Its colony can be considered one superorganismANT
- 8d StruggleSTRIFE
- 9d World’s most populous Creole-speaking countryHAITI
- 10d Pretty much assuredINTHEBAG
- 11d Japanese dramaNOH
- 12d Feline in a 2000s memeLOLCAT
- 13d Dub … or rubANOINT
- 14d Fast-food restaurant that sells FrostysWENDYS
- 19d ___-pediMANI
- 20d Oft-injured part of the knee, for shortACL
- 24d Clock-setting std.GMT
- 25d ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)RIO
- 26d Certain tie scoreDEUCE
- 27d Mince words?EDIT
- 30d Frost piecePOEM
- 32d Sound of dissatisfactionUGH
- 35d Botanist’s studyFLORA
- 36d Told storiesLIED
- 38d Business endingINC
- 39d Roll in doughRAKEITIN
- 40d Actress/union leader DrescherFRAN
- 41d Symbol of spiritual insight, in HinduismTHIRDEYE
- 45d Class ___ACT
- 46d Music genre with “walking” bass linesSKA
- 47d Steamy occasion?SPADAY
- 48d LugubriousMOROSE
- 49d Pioneers’ prairie pullersOXTEAM
- 50d HaranguesYAPSAT
- 51d StoreSAVE
- 52d Worked sufferinglyTOILED
- 55d “Pipe down!”SHH
- 56d ComposurePOISE
- 60d AttestAVER
- 62d ___-goatSHE
- 63d “Wait … really?”HUH
- 64d One of a kindACE
- 65d Test for future Ph.D.sGRE
- 66d Not needing anything elseSET