NYT Crossword Answers for July 22, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for July 22, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

Want hints before revealing everything? Browse clue-by-clue hints for this puzzle.

Across Answers

Object of an extensive search View hint and explanation

GRAIL

Regional life forms View hint and explanation

BIOTA

11A

Lead-in to destination and determination View hint and explanation

PRE

14A

Cry after an accident View hint and explanation

OOPSY

15A

Take over View hint and explanation

USURP

16A

Deli supply View hint and explanation

LOX

17A

With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down View hint and explanation

STEPRIGHTUP

19A

Seller's bottom lines, for short? View hint and explanation

UPC

20A

Mister View hint and explanation

SIR

21A

Victorian or Edwardian View hint and explanation

ERA

22A

"Hmm, I'm thinking ..." View hint and explanation

LETSSEE

24A

Privy to View hint and explanation

INON

26A

Qualified, say View hint and explanation

ABLE

28A

Some STEM degrees View hint and explanation

PHDS

29A

Ace, e.g. View hint and explanation

PILOT

31A

Wild ___ View hint and explanation

OATS

33A

"You are correct about that" View hint and explanation

ITIS

34A

Hawk's hook View hint and explanation

TALON

36A

It doesn't include the Apocrypha View hint and explanation

CANON

38A

Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall View hint and explanation

REXES

39A

It's a celebration View hint and explanation

PARTY

40A

Toxin in castor beans View hint and explanation

RICIN

41A

Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion" View hint and explanation

SINGH

42A

Actor Eric of "Troy" View hint and explanation

BANA

43A

Get in bad with? View hint and explanation

ABET

45A

Raises the temperature of View hint and explanation

HEATS

49A

Many a tech alum: Abbr. View hint and explanation

ENGR

50A

Wood sculptor's tool View hint and explanation

RASP

52A

Pop top? View hint and explanation

BOTTLECAP

53A

Organic chemistry experiment? View hint and explanation

HOTDATE

56A

___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur View hint and explanation

TIA

58A

Exec overseeing A.I. integration View hint and explanation

CIO

59A

Annual video game competition, for short View hint and explanation

EVO

60A

See 17-Across View hint and explanation

TRYYOURLUCK

63A

"___ Misérables" View hint and explanation

LES

64A

Keep busy View hint and explanation

TIEUP

65A

Israeli politician Dayan View hint and explanation

MOSHE

66A

Some people doing residencies: Abbr. View hint and explanation

DRS

67A

They're typical View hint and explanation

NORMS

68A

Handful in a beer garden? View hint and explanation

STEIN

Down Answers

Spread dirt View hint and explanation

GOSSIP

Corkscrew-shaped pasta View hint and explanation

ROTINI

Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz View hint and explanation

APEROL

Means of making some connections, for short View hint and explanation

ISP

Relative of a harp View hint and explanation

LYRE

Pet peeves View hint and explanation

BUGABOOS

Estimation suffix View hint and explanation

ISH

Power source View hint and explanation

OUTLET

"You are correct about that" View hint and explanation

TRUE

10D

Calendar notation: Abbr. View hint and explanation

APPT

11D

Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth View hint and explanation

PLUSHTOY

12D

Voluntold, say View hint and explanation

ROPEDIN

13D

More than necessary View hint and explanation

EXCESS

18D

Something you might put stock in, for short View hint and explanation

IRA

23D

Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl? View hint and explanation

SPINTHEBOTTLE

25D

Memory jogger View hint and explanation

NOTECARD

27D

PC hookup View hint and explanation

LAN

30D

Cab View hint and explanation

TAXI

32D

Digitize, maybe View hint and explanation

SCAN

35D

Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick" View hint and explanation

LENA

37D

"I'm so frustrated!" View hint and explanation

ARGH

38D

Carnival game depicted in this puzzle View hint and explanation

RINGTOSS

39D

Brief bathroom breaks, slangily View hint and explanation

PITSTOPS

40D

Trampled View hint and explanation

RANOVER

41D

Habitat with a wet floor View hint and explanation

SEA

42D

Eyeballed View hint and explanation

BEHELD

44D

Ice cream eponym View hint and explanation

BREYER

46D

Play the blame game with View hint and explanation

ACCUSE

47D

Chinese martial art View hint and explanation

TAICHI

48D

Not sung, say View hint and explanation

SPOKEN

51D

More, musically View hint and explanation

PIU

54D

Abbr. atop a memo View hint and explanation

ATTN

55D

Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks View hint and explanation

TRIO

57D

Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe View hint and explanation

ARMS

61D

"Tasty!" View hint and explanation

YUM

62D

Auction offering View hint and explanation

LOT