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New York Times Crossword July 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 81 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 81 clues from the New York Times Crossword for July 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Smart41 AcrossReveal answer → Sensation55 AcrossReveal answer → Acquisition on the big day510 AcrossReveal answer → "That's a good one!"415 AcrossReveal answer → Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies516 AcrossReveal answer → Who knows what preceded the Big Bang517 AcrossReveal answer → *Yes — three arduous ones1618 AcrossReveal answer → February 14, informally421 AcrossReveal answer → Scratch that!422 AcrossReveal answer → El ___323 AcrossReveal answer → Like novices524 AcrossReveal answer → Spoil626 AcrossReveal answer → Preceder of how, way or where328 AcrossReveal answer → *Yes — sometimes more than 1,000929 AcrossReveal answer → Patooties531 AcrossReveal answer → Little dipper?333 AcrossReveal answer → "Tout à fait!"334 AcrossReveal answer → Tire435 AcrossReveal answer → *Yes — exactly one, in common usage1237 AcrossReveal answer → First line on many a form442 AcrossReveal answer → Common garnish in a chirashi bowl343 AcrossReveal answer → Had at present?344 AcrossReveal answer → Article of lab wear547 AcrossReveal answer → *No — but it does have three feet950 AcrossReveal answer → Elizabethan curse353 AcrossReveal answer → Country that las islas Canarias are part of654 AcrossReveal answer → Important blood line557 AcrossReveal answer → "___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche358 AcrossReveal answer → Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks"459 AcrossReveal answer → Raving460 AcrossReveal answer → Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues1661 AcrossReveal answer → Popular Japanese brew567 AcrossReveal answer → Alcohol, slangily568 AcrossReveal answer → Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"469 AcrossReveal answer → Its capital is Sanaa570 AcrossReveal answer → Heavens571 AcrossReveal answer → Debugging component?472 AcrossReveal answer →

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Letter after upsilon31 DownReveal answer → Trireme tool32 DownReveal answer → Cleared, as snow83 DownReveal answer → "Messiah" composer64 DownReveal answer → Neuter45 DownReveal answer → What a big hand indicates: Abbr.36 DownReveal answer → Its colony can be considered one superorganism37 DownReveal answer → Struggle68 DownReveal answer → World's most populous Creole-speaking country59 DownReveal answer → Pretty much assured810 DownReveal answer → Japanese drama311 DownReveal answer → Feline in a 2000s meme612 DownReveal answer → Dub ... or rub613 DownReveal answer → Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys614 DownReveal answer → ___-pedi419 DownReveal answer → Oft-injured part of the knee, for short320 DownReveal answer → Clock-setting std.324 DownReveal answer → ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)325 DownReveal answer → Certain tie score526 DownReveal answer → Mince words?427 DownReveal answer → Frost piece430 DownReveal answer → Sound of dissatisfaction332 DownReveal answer → Botanist's study535 DownReveal answer → Told stories436 DownReveal answer → Business ending338 DownReveal answer → Roll in dough839 DownReveal answer → Actress/union leader Drescher440 DownReveal answer → Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism841 DownReveal answer → Class ___345 DownReveal answer → Music genre with "walking" bass lines346 DownReveal answer → Steamy occasion?647 DownReveal answer → Lugubrious648 DownReveal answer → Pioneers' prairie pullers649 DownReveal answer → Harangues650 DownReveal answer → Store451 DownReveal answer → Worked sufferingly652 DownReveal answer → "Pipe down!"355 DownReveal answer → Composure556 DownReveal answer → Attest460 DownReveal answer → ___-goat362 DownReveal answer → "Wait ... really?"363 DownReveal answer → One of a kind364 DownReveal answer → Test for future Ph.D.s365 DownReveal answer → Not needing anything else366 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.