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New York Times Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword July 31 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Withholding something?TAX3Across1 It'll pass!FAD3Across4 Silent typeMIME4Across7 Sex work?KAMASUTRA9Across11 Screen nameIMAX4Across14 Tennis feat involving four consecutive major tournament wins in two calendar yearsSERENASLAM10Across15 GrimeDIRT4Across16 Honey, for examplePETNAME7Across17 Energy source for distance runnersGEL3Across18 World Economic Forum, e.g., for shortNGO3Across20 TrippingONLSD5Across21 Style secured with a scrunchiePONYTAIL8Across22 Tobiko or masagoROE3Across24 Twists of fate, sayUPSANDDOWNS11Across25 Pharyngitis docsENTS4Across28 Exuding joyALLSMILES9Across30 Went hell for leatherTORE4Across31 Cry when shaking handsDEAL4Across33 "This is too much"ICANTEVEN9Across34 Blind componentSLAT4Across37 WiseacreSMARTYPANTS11Across41 What a closed fist with an extended index finger represents, in A.S.L.ONE3Across43 Where to be above all the drama?OPERABOX8Across44 Pierre : French :: ___ : RussianPYOTR5Across45 Maryland governor MooreWES3Across47 Perspective, for shortPOV3Across48 Casual Friday optionSNEAKER7Across49 Result of a shopping spreeHAUL4Across51 Highly flexible discipline?AERIALYOGA10Across53 Brazilian state whose name is a unit of measurementACRE4Across55 Relative of a tumblerTRAVELMUG9Across56 Cuisine with tom kha kaiTHAI4Across57 Business with lockersSPA3Across58 All goodSET3Across59

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Palm-sized pastryTARTLET7Down1 Assenting chorusAMENS5Down2 Shangri-LaXANADU6Down3 Make oneFUSE4Down4 Seat of Fulton County: Abbr.ATL3Down5 British counterpart to "Shark Tank"DRAGONSDEN10Down6 Just OK, in modern lingoMID3Down7 "Mind. Blown."IMINAWE7Down8 Part of Fermat's copy of "Arithmetica" where he wrote his Last TheoremMARGINS7Down9 GlorifiesEXTOLS6Down10 IntoKEENON6Down11 Tech mogul AltmanSAM3Down12 Change for a billAMENDMENT9Down13 Reproductive part of a fernSPORE5Down15 Youngest Bennet sister in "Pride and Prejudice"LYDIA5Down19 Patrick, to SpongeBobPAL3Down22 RingsTOLLS5Down23 Venue for events that guests are always on board to attend?PARTYBOAT9Down26 Some all-nightersSLEEPOVERS10Down27 "Yellow Submarine" lead vocalistSTARR5Down29 Ready to goONTAP5Down32 Censure, in a wayIMPEACH7Down34 Formal pause in a line of poetryCAESURA7Down35 Certain shot, colloquiallyVAX3Down36 "Heads up!"LOOKOUT7Down38 Insect product in the salad yum khai mod daengANTEGG6Down39 ___ incognitaTERRA5Down40 "And …?"SOWHAT6Down41 Brief periodsSPELLS6Down42 Self-congratulationYAYME5Down46 Hindu deity depicted with four armsSIVA4Down49 Denial in AberdeenNAE3Down50 Chain that can symbolize friendshipLEI3Down52 Genre for LogicRAP3Down54

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, July 31, 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.