NYT Crossword Answers for July 7, 2026

NYT Crossword answers for July 7, 2026 are listed below by Across and Down clue.

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Across Answers

___ ghanouj View hint and explanation

BABA

Like a couch potato View hint and explanation

IDLE

"Rise and shine!" View hint and explanation

GETUP

14A

Patron saint of Norway View hint and explanation

OLAV

15A

Combustible rock View hint and explanation

COAL

16A

No longer in dreamland View hint and explanation

AWAKE

17A

Charisma View hint and explanation

MOJO

18A

"Orinoco Flow" singer View hint and explanation

ENYA

19A

Like a credit card at its limit View hint and explanation

MAXED

20A

*Surfer girls, in old lingo View hint and explanation

BEACHBUNNIES

23A

Ease off View hint and explanation

ABATE

24A

D.C. URL ending View hint and explanation

DOTGOV

28A

*Frankfurters View hint and explanation

HOTDOGS

31A

Easy mark for a hustle View hint and explanation

LIVEONE

32A

Subject of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff" View hint and explanation

OREO

33A

Common car freshener scent View hint and explanation

PINE

34A

Score that's better than a bogey View hint and explanation

PAR

35A

"Barbie" actress Issa View hint and explanation

RAE

36A

*Relative of a grizzly that's named for its bright chest patch View hint and explanation

SUNBEAR

39A

Umpire's clenched-fist call View hint and explanation

OUT

40A

Sgt., but not pvt., e.g. View hint and explanation

NCO

41A

Orgs. that may hold raffles View hint and explanation

PTAS

42A

Mechanical memorization View hint and explanation

ROTE

43A

Accessories pointed at the North Pole? View hint and explanation

ELFHATS

45A

*Internet browser borrowing a nickname for the red panda View hint and explanation

FIREFOX

48A

Slander View hint and explanation

DEFAME

49A

What to call people ... or what not to call people View hint and explanation

NAMES

50A

Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues? View hint and explanation

WARMANDFUZZY

55A

Common default computer font View hint and explanation

ARIAL

58A

Mistake-correcting command View hint and explanation

UNDO

59A

Rebel Alliance princess View hint and explanation

LEIA

60A

Portmanteau for a screened-in feline lounge View hint and explanation

CATIO

61A

Fresh powder, e.g. View hint and explanation

SNOW

62A

Sci-fi franchise with light cycles View hint and explanation

TRON

63A

Break things off View hint and explanation

ENDIT

64A

"Amazing Grace," for one View hint and explanation

HYMN

65A

Eurovision contest entry View hint and explanation

SONG

Down Answers

Tell jokes to total silence, say View hint and explanation

BOMB

Soothing succulent View hint and explanation

ALOE

___ California (Mexican border state) View hint and explanation

BAJA

Fruit from a tree that can self-pollinate View hint and explanation

AVOCADO

Cooler in a cooler View hint and explanation

ICEBAG

Hole foods? View hint and explanation

DONUTS

___ Staley, original lead singer of Alice in Chains View hint and explanation

LAYNE

Pizazz View hint and explanation

ELAN

Last words on a pinball machine View hint and explanation

GAMEOVER

10D

Discarded tech View hint and explanation

EWASTE

11D

Levy View hint and explanation

TAX

12D

Luau instrument, informally View hint and explanation

UKE

13D

___ Xing View hint and explanation

PED

21D

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" network View hint and explanation

HBO

22D

"Let It Go" singer Menzel View hint and explanation

IDINA

25D

Vanish into thin air View hint and explanation

GOPOOF

26D

Acting unthinkingly View hint and explanation

ONAUTO

27D

Geometrical corner View hint and explanation

VERTEX

28D

Like a triceratops View hint and explanation

HORNED

29D

Delphi prophet View hint and explanation

ORACLE

30D

Start a long drive, in a way View hint and explanation

TEEOFF

31D

Tell a tall tale View hint and explanation

LIE

33D

"This Old House" network View hint and explanation

PBS

36D

Monty Python musical with a portmanteau title View hint and explanation

SPAMALOT

37D

Absolute, as nonsense View hint and explanation

UTTER

38D

"Illmatic" rapper View hint and explanation

NAS

42D

What doers produce View hint and explanation

RESULTS

44D

Luau locale View hint and explanation

HAWAII

45D

Obsessive pop culture subculture View hint and explanation

FANDOM

46D

"Count me in!" View hint and explanation

IMDOWN

47D

Yellow card wielder View hint and explanation

REF

49D

Job for Mrs. Doubtfire View hint and explanation

NANNY

51D

Sled dog command View hint and explanation

MUSH

52D

Number of years that George Washington lived in the White House View hint and explanation

ZERO

53D

Last U.S. national park alphabetically View hint and explanation

ZION

54D

Bowen formerly of "S.N.L." View hint and explanation

YANG

55D

High card View hint and explanation

ACE

56D

Hightailed it View hint and explanation

RAN

57D

"___ be my pleasure!" View hint and explanation

ITD