NYT Crossword Answers for July 6, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for July 6, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Author: Alex Eaton-Salners Editor: Will Shortz

Across Answers

1A

Long, detailed tales View hint and explanation

SAGAS

6A

Binds together View hint and explanation

TIES

10A

Russia's Peter the Great, e.g. View hint and explanation

TSAR

14A

Hertz competitor View hint and explanation

ALAMO

15A

Muppet with a noted feud with a pet rock View hint and explanation

ELMO

16A

Jane Austen title character View hint and explanation

EMMA

17A

Event that might include juggling, singing and magic tricks View hint and explanation

TALENTSHOW

19A

___ wave (summer phenomenon) View hint and explanation

HEAT

20A

Northern neighbor of Namibia View hint and explanation

ANGOLA

21A

Eat, as cattle might View hint and explanation

GRAZE

22A

Serpent seen on a sarcophagus View hint and explanation

ASP

24A

Looks of total confusion View hint and explanation

BLANKSTARES

27A

Calm, as a lake View hint and explanation

PLACID

29A

Bard of ___, nickname for Shakespeare View hint and explanation

AVON

30A

Intellectual thoroughness View hint and explanation

RIGOR

31A

Olden days View hint and explanation

YORE

33A

Texter's "If you ask me ..." View hint and explanation

IMO

36A

Three-part fire safety technique View hint and explanation

STOPDROPANDROLL

40A

Opposite of NNW View hint and explanation

SSE

41A

Give the boot View hint and explanation

OUST

42A

When farmers typically wake up View hint and explanation

EARLY

43A

Flatbread with a palindromic name View hint and explanation

NAAN

45A

Steve ___, 2003 N.F.L. M.V.P.-winning quarterback View hint and explanation

MCNAIR

46A

2009 comedy about a bachelor party and its aftermath View hint and explanation

THEHANGOVER

51A

Golf ball holder View hint and explanation

TEE

52A

Colorful glows View hint and explanation

AURAS

53A

Grapefruit relative View hint and explanation

POMELO

55A

Some urban pollution View hint and explanation

SMOG

56A

Sections of a choir .... as hinted at by this puzzle's circled letters View hint and explanation

VOICEPARTS

60A

It comes and goes each day View hint and explanation

TIDE

61A

"Frozen" princess View hint and explanation

ANNA

62A

Hall-of-Fame hoopster Thomas View hint and explanation

ISIAH

63A

Where Eve reached for the forbidden fruit View hint and explanation

EDEN

64A

Grammy-winning singer Lisa View hint and explanation

LOEB

65A

Like the crying face emoji View hint and explanation

TEARY

Down Answers

1D

Used a chair View hint and explanation

SAT

2D

In the manner of View hint and explanation

ALA

3D

Archipelago that helped shape Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" View hint and explanation

GALAPAGOS

4D

Prayer ender View hint and explanation

AMEN

5D

Nuthatch or nightingale View hint and explanation

SONGBIRD

6D

Cybertruck maker View hint and explanation

TESLA

7D

___ Omar, first Somali American in Congress View hint and explanation

ILHAN

8D

Angsty subculture View hint and explanation

EMO

9D

Piglet's mother View hint and explanation

SOW

10D

Capital city between Baghdad, Iraq, and Ashgabat, Turkmenistan View hint and explanation

TEHRANIRAN

11D

Negative attack on a political opponent View hint and explanation

SMEAR

12D

Knock the socks off View hint and explanation

AMAZE

13D

Parking garage listing View hint and explanation

RATES

18D

Relayed, as a story View hint and explanation

TOLD

21D

1960s Pontiac muscle car View hint and explanation

GTO

22D

Auto loan figs. View hint and explanation

APRS

23D

Cuts open, as an envelope View hint and explanation

SLITS

25D

24-___ gold View hint and explanation

KARAT

26D

"Frozen" reindeer View hint and explanation

SVEN

28D

European capital that's home to the Little Mermaid statue View hint and explanation

COPENHAGEN

31D

Offspring View hint and explanation

YOUNG

32D

Word after black or special View hint and explanation

OPS

34D

Temporary suspensions View hint and explanation

MORATORIA

35D

Basic skateboarding jump View hint and explanation

OLLIE

37D

Singer Chappell with the double-platinum album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" View hint and explanation

ROAN

38D

Dilapidated View hint and explanation

DECREPIT

39D

Instrument played by a Muse View hint and explanation

LYRE

44D

Some small batteries View hint and explanation

AAS

45D

Modern lead-in to coin or stock View hint and explanation

MEME

46D

One of the five senses View hint and explanation

TASTE

47D

Like sticky summer weather View hint and explanation

HUMID

48D

Wash away View hint and explanation

ERODE

49D

Express one's thoughts View hint and explanation

OPINE

50D

Words of interest to a language learner, informally View hint and explanation

VOCAB

54D

Operate on using a beam View hint and explanation

LASE

56D

Actor Kilmer View hint and explanation

VAL

57D

The Yoko of "Dear Yoko" View hint and explanation

ONO

58D

Paver's goop View hint and explanation

TAR

59D

Like a shrinking violet View hint and explanation

SHY

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