New York Times Crossword July 20 2026 Answers
Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword July 20 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 76 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Scarecrow stuffingSTRAW5Across1
Ralph who ran for president four timesNADER5Across6
Some HP productsPCS3Across11
EbbABATE5Across14
Top-tier groupELITE5Across15
Tuna variety often used in sashimiAHI3Across16
On/off deviceLIGHTSWITCH11Across17
Empty space between thingsGAP3Across19
Something at either end of a hammock, oftenTREE4Across20
Brain tests, for shortEEGS4Across21
"10 ___ or less" (sign at checkout)ITEMS5Across22
Golf club for teeing offDRIVER6Across24
Small orchardGROVE5Across26
One with Q or Z is worth 10 pointsSCRABBLETILE12Across27
Audio genre designed to trigger tingling, for shortASMR4Across31
RegretRUE3Across33
PursueSEEK4Across34
Young Yorkie, e.g.PUP3Across35
Better halvesSPOUSES7Across36
Blue state?WOE3Across40
GPS guessesETAS4Across41
April 15 deadline org.IRS3Across43
The last "A" in N.C.A.A.: Abbr.ASSN4Across44
Cause of some rescreenings in an airportPOCKETCHANGE12Across46
Like many English bogsPEATY5Across50
Begin to grow choppersTEETHE6Across51
Measure around the middleGIRTH5Across54
Norse god of thunderTHOR4Across55
Agricultural localeFARM4Across57
Chicken ___ kingALA3Across59
"My sympathies" … or what could be said of 17-, 27- and 46-AcrossIFEELFORYOU11Across60
Rapper Tone ___LOC3Across63
Reef materialCORAL5Across64
Winning Monopoly player's collectionDEEDS5Across65
Had dinner, sayATE3Across66
TransmitsSENDS5Across67
Hockey feintsDEKES5Across68
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Add some seasoning toSALT4Down1
Car in "Thelma & Louise," informallyTBIRD5Down2
Wild partyRAGER5Down3
Faith no more?ATHEISM7Down4
More than dampWET3Down5
Big name in baseball capsNEWERA6Down6
Sacha Baron Cohen personaALIG4Down7
Counterpart of dahs, in Morse codeDITS4Down8
And more like that: Abbr.ETC3Down9
Put back on the payrollREHIRE6Down10
What search engine optimization hopes to increasePAGEVIEWS9Down11
Creature that blends into its surroundingsCHAMELEON9Down12
Drinks daintilySIPS4Down13
PrognosticatorSEER4Down18
Young ’unsTOTS4Down23
Bygone staples of home theaters, informallyVCRS4Down25
Utter delightGLEE4Down26
Item for a painter or hairstylistBRUSH5Down28
Vehicle to and from schoolBUS3Down29
Barely get, with "out"EKE3Down30
Someone who's not thinking may be on thisAUTOPILOT9Down31
U.S./Soviet competition of the 1950s-’60sSPACERACE9Down32
Get-up-and-goPEP3Down35
"It's a shame, really!"PITY4Down37
Monster of TolkiendomORC3Down38
Very wiseSAGE4Down39
32-card card gameSKAT4Down42
LiberateSETFREE7Down45
Important consideration for A.I. programmersETHICS6Down47
Bikini and othersATOLLS6Down48
Spongy ball materialNERF4Down49
"Frida" star SalmaHAYEK5Down52
Slowly chip away atERODE5Down53
Fancy partyGALA4Down54
Gull relativeTERN4Down55
Lettuce unitHEAD4Down56
"No ___, no fuss!"MUSS4Down58
OpponentFOE3Down61
UnfamiliarODD3Down62
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, July 20, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.