NYT Crossword Answers for July 16, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for July 16, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Smart View hint and explanation

POSH

Sensation View hint and explanation

SMASH

10A

Acquisition on the big day View hint and explanation

INLAW

15A

"That's a good one!" View hint and explanation

HAHA

16A

Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies View hint and explanation

PINTA

17A

Who knows what preceded the Big Bang View hint and explanation

NOONE

18A

*Yes — three arduous ones View hint and explanation

IRONMANTRIATHLON

21A

February 14, informally View hint and explanation

VDAY

22A

Scratch that! View hint and explanation

ITCH

23A

El ___ View hint and explanation

CID

24A

Like novices View hint and explanation

GREEN

26A

Spoil View hint and explanation

DEFILE

28A

Preceder of how, way or where View hint and explanation

ANY

29A

*Yes — sometimes more than 1,000 View hint and explanation

MILLIPEDE

31A

Patooties View hint and explanation

BUTTS

33A

Little dipper? View hint and explanation

TOE

34A

"Tout à fait!" View hint and explanation

OUI

35A

Tire View hint and explanation

FLAG

37A

*Yes — exactly one, in common usage View hint and explanation

DIRECTFLIGHT

42A

First line on many a form View hint and explanation

NAME

43A

Common garnish in a chirashi bowl View hint and explanation

ROE

44A

Had at present? View hint and explanation

HAS

47A

Article of lab wear View hint and explanation

SMOCK

50A

*No — but it does have three feet View hint and explanation

YARDSTICK

53A

Elizabethan curse View hint and explanation

POX

54A

Country that las islas Canarias are part of View hint and explanation

ESPANA

57A

Important blood line View hint and explanation

AORTA

58A

"___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche View hint and explanation

ART

59A

Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks" View hint and explanation

IHOP

60A

Raving View hint and explanation

AVID

61A

Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues View hint and explanation

DOESTHISHAVELEGS

67A

Popular Japanese brew View hint and explanation

ASAHI

68A

Alcohol, slangily View hint and explanation

SAUCE

69A

Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified" View hint and explanation

EYRE

70A

Its capital is Sanaa View hint and explanation

YEMEN

71A

Heavens View hint and explanation

ETHER

72A

Debugging component? View hint and explanation

DEET

Down Answers

Letter after upsilon View hint and explanation

PHI

Trireme tool View hint and explanation

OAR

Cleared, as snow View hint and explanation

SHOVELED

"Messiah" composer View hint and explanation

HANDEL

Neuter View hint and explanation

SPAY

What a big hand indicates: Abbr. View hint and explanation

MIN

Its colony can be considered one superorganism View hint and explanation

ANT

Struggle View hint and explanation

STRIFE

World's most populous Creole-speaking country View hint and explanation

HAITI

10D

Pretty much assured View hint and explanation

INTHEBAG

11D

Japanese drama View hint and explanation

NOH

12D

Feline in a 2000s meme View hint and explanation

LOLCAT

13D

Dub ... or rub View hint and explanation

ANOINT

14D

Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys View hint and explanation

WENDYS

19D

___-pedi View hint and explanation

MANI

20D

Oft-injured part of the knee, for short View hint and explanation

ACL

24D

Clock-setting std. View hint and explanation

GMT

25D

___ Bravo (México/Tejas border) View hint and explanation

RIO

26D

Certain tie score View hint and explanation

DEUCE

27D

Mince words? View hint and explanation

EDIT

30D

Frost piece View hint and explanation

POEM

32D

Sound of dissatisfaction View hint and explanation

UGH

35D

Botanist's study View hint and explanation

FLORA

36D

Told stories View hint and explanation

LIED

38D

Business ending View hint and explanation

INC

39D

Roll in dough View hint and explanation

RAKEITIN

40D

Actress/union leader Drescher View hint and explanation

FRAN

41D

Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism View hint and explanation

THIRDEYE

45D

Class ___ View hint and explanation

ACT

46D

Music genre with "walking" bass lines View hint and explanation

SKA

47D

Steamy occasion? View hint and explanation

SPADAY

48D

Lugubrious View hint and explanation

MOROSE

49D

Pioneers' prairie pullers View hint and explanation

OXTEAM

50D

Harangues View hint and explanation

YAPSAT

51D

Store View hint and explanation

SAVE

52D

Worked sufferingly View hint and explanation

TOILED

55D

"Pipe down!" View hint and explanation

SHH

56D

Composure View hint and explanation

POISE

60D

Attest View hint and explanation

AVER

62D

___-goat View hint and explanation

SHE

63D

"Wait ... really?" View hint and explanation

HUH

64D

One of a kind View hint and explanation

ACE

65D

Test for future Ph.D.s View hint and explanation

GRE

66D

Not needing anything else View hint and explanation

SET