NYT Crossword Answers for July 5, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for July 5, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

Firm up View hint and explanation

STIFFEN

Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea View hint and explanation

ACCRA

13A

Gamer's pursuit View hint and explanation

ESPORT

19A

Aid for a violin player View hint and explanation

CHINREST

20A

Crocs and mocs View hint and explanation

SHOES

21A

Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief View hint and explanation

SAILOR

22A

{Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} View hint and explanation

BABEINTHEWOODS

24A

"Send a quick reminder" View hint and explanation

PINGME

25A

"___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) View hint and explanation

GRIP

26A

Org. for those leaving the workforce View hint and explanation

AARP

27A

Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles View hint and explanation

ENDCAPS

28A

{Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} View hint and explanation

BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH

35A

Colored View hint and explanation

HUED

36A

Org. that accepts returns View hint and explanation

IRS

37A

Grinders View hint and explanation

HEROS

41A

{WC, AC, DC} View hint and explanation

POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE

49A

Jewish mysticism, in one spelling View hint and explanation

KABALA

50A

Love, in Lima View hint and explanation

AMOR

51A

Card game whose name is shouted View hint and explanation

UNO

52A

Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief View hint and explanation

ACL

53A

At any time View hint and explanation

EVER

54A

Small test subjects View hint and explanation

LABRATS

57A

Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? View hint and explanation

NBAREF

60A

"The Second Coming" poet, 1919 View hint and explanation

YEATS

62A

Ragú competitor View hint and explanation

PREGO

63A

The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet View hint and explanation

SONNET

66A

{Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} View hint and explanation

HONORAMONGTHIEVES

70A

Some salon tasks View hint and explanation

RINSES

71A

"Hammerin' Hank" of baseball View hint and explanation

AARON

72A

Allow someone to pass View hint and explanation

YIELD

75A

30-ounce Starbucks size View hint and explanation

TRENTA

78A

Old Testament patriarch View hint and explanation

ABRAHAM

80A

Close by View hint and explanation

NEAR

81A

Early email provider View hint and explanation

AOL

82A

Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock View hint and explanation

III

85A

Neighbor of an Estonian View hint and explanation

LETT

86A

Evening that a couple spends together, say View hint and explanation

USTIME

88A

{Larry, Sue, Emma} View hint and explanation

TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE

94A

Mexican mister View hint and explanation

SENOR

95A

Veer, as a ship View hint and explanation

YAW

96A

Org. concerned with plants View hint and explanation

OSHA

97A

{Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} View hint and explanation

ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES

107A

Powerhouse in English football View hint and explanation

ARSENAL

110A

Home to Waikiki Beach View hint and explanation

OAHU

111A

California's ___ Linda View hint and explanation

LOMA

112A

Rested atop View hint and explanation

LAIDON

113A

{Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} View hint and explanation

DOWNINTHEDUMPS

119A

Pay no mind to View hint and explanation

IGNORE

120A

Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" View hint and explanation

ODEON

121A

Thousands of binary digits View hint and explanation

KILOBITS

122A

Was overflowing View hint and explanation

TEEMED

123A

Van Halen of Van Halen View hint and explanation

EDDIE

124A

Extended voyage View hint and explanation

ODYSSEY

Down Answers

Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) View hint and explanation

Shinbone View hint and explanation

TIBIA

Completely incompetent View hint and explanation

INEPT

Time for Sat. prep? View hint and explanation

FRI

Marshland View hint and explanation

FEN

Suffix for superlatives View hint and explanation

EST

Unspecified member of a series View hint and explanation

NTH

Nile dam View hint and explanation

ASWAN

Triad, e.g. View hint and explanation

CHORD

10D

Assume View hint and explanation

COOPT

11D

Lead-in to River or Rover View hint and explanation

RED

12D

Dummkopf View hint and explanation

ASS

13D

Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game View hint and explanation

ESPNU

14D

Called for quiet View hint and explanation

SAIDSHH

15D

Penny ___ (miser) View hint and explanation

PINCHER

16D

Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name View hint and explanation

OLGA

17D

Fun time View hint and explanation

ROMP

18D

"___ bon!" View hint and explanation

TRES

19D

Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials View hint and explanation

CBGB

23D

Wisconsin's ___ Claire View hint and explanation

EAU

27D

Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" View hint and explanation

EBSEN

29D

Apt name for a conchologist? View hint and explanation

SHEL

30D

Ear-related View hint and explanation

AURAL

31D

Yank's Civil War foe View hint and explanation

REB

32D

What has flatter feet? View hint and explanation

ODE

33D

Achieve success, so to speak View hint and explanation

HIT

34D

Chinese instrument with two strings View hint and explanation

ERHU

38D

Sound of an approaching subway train View hint and explanation

ROAR

39D

Start of a reminiscence View hint and explanation

ONCE

40D

Word with confidence or checkout View hint and explanation

SELF

41D

Do some roadwork on View hint and explanation

PAVE

42D

Folk religion akin to voodoo View hint and explanation

OBEAH

43D

Battered by battle View hint and explanation

WARTORN

44D

Women's areas in old Muslim palaces View hint and explanation

HAREMS

45D

Last stage of an insect's development View hint and explanation

IMAGO

46D

"No way, no how!" View hint and explanation

NOTONABET

47D

Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. View hint and explanation

DRS

48D

Metric unit of weight View hint and explanation

TONNE

49D

Map legend View hint and explanation

KEY

55D

Figs. related to car loans View hint and explanation

APRS

56D

Scottish hill View hint and explanation

BRAE

58D

Big bunch View hint and explanation

BEVY

59D

Eroded View hint and explanation

ATEINTO

61D

Pouty mood View hint and explanation

SNIT

63D

Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere View hint and explanation

STRATO

64D

"Hey! I know the answer!" View hint and explanation

OHOH

65D

Atlantic crosser of 1492 View hint and explanation

NINA

67D

Sign outside a broadcast booth View hint and explanation

ONAIR

68D

Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" View hint and explanation

GARTH

69D

Admit View hint and explanation

SEEIN

73D

Really weak, as an excuse View hint and explanation

LAME

74D

Beats by ___ (audio brand) View hint and explanation

DRE

75D

They might be up in arms, informally View hint and explanation

TATS

76D

T. ___ Price (investment firm) View hint and explanation

ROWE

77D

"I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) View hint and explanation

ELON

78D

He was né Clay View hint and explanation

ALI

79D

___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) View hint and explanation

MUSHU

83D

Tale of rustic life View hint and explanation

IDYLL

84D

"Vidi," in Caesar's boast View hint and explanation

ISAW

87D

Satirist Freberg View hint and explanation

STAN

89D

You won't actually die of it View hint and explanation

BOREDOM

90D

Rocks smelted to make steel View hint and explanation

IRONORE

91D

Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. View hint and explanation

WWI

92D

San Francisco's ___ Valley View hint and explanation

NOE

93D

Madrid's land, in the Olympics View hint and explanation

ESP

98D

Like Olympic pools View hint and explanation

LANED

99D

Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs View hint and explanation

TOWED

100D

Vietnam's capital View hint and explanation

HANOI

101D

Old-fashioned "your" View hint and explanation

THINE

102D

Soldier for Attila View hint and explanation

HUN

103D

Black suit View hint and explanation

CLUBS

104D

Good pal View hint and explanation

HOMIE

105D

Out of gas View hint and explanation

EMPTY

106D

Lip View hint and explanation

SASS

107D

Settled down, in a way View hint and explanation

ALIT

108D

All the ___ View hint and explanation

RAGE

109D

Kind of wave View hint and explanation

SINE

113D

Last name for an unnamed person View hint and explanation

DOE

114D

Curious View hint and explanation

ODD

115D

Ring result, in brief View hint and explanation

TKO

116D

Secreted away View hint and explanation

HID

117D

Ron who played Tarzan View hint and explanation

ELY

118D

Two in Tijuana View hint and explanation

DOS