USA Today Crossword July 18 2026 Answers

Like mint greenPALE4Across1 Back muscle, for shortLAT3Across5 "Women Are Not Roses" author CastilloANA3Across8 It might be furrowedBROW4Across11 Ginger ___ALE3Across12 "Stay ___, Ponyboy"GOLD4Across13 When dinosaurs roamedJURASSICPERIOD14Across15 "___ in a Bottle"GENIE5Across19 MonopolizeHOG3Across20 Make a love letter better, maybeEDIT4Across21 What rhinos wallow inMUD3Across23 ___ and ___ (start of some envelope addresses)MRS3Across24 Fruits with navelsORANGES7Across26 GradsALUMS5Across28 "Foodtastic" garmentAPRON5Across30 "Sounds about right"YUP3Across32 Dalai ___LAMA4Across33 Savings plan lettersIRA3Across34 Great Basin peopleUTE3Across35 Primary social media images, for shortPROFILEPICS11Across37 "This ___!"GUY3Across41 Where some RNs workERS3Across42 Traditional Polynesian danceHULA4Across43 Story trajectoryARC3Across46 Hot, chocolaty drinkCOCOA5Across49 Pay respect toHONOR5Across51 "Nuh-uh" responseYEAHHUH7Across52 The Toasters genreSKA3Across54 OwedDUE3Across56 Currency in MaltaEURO4Across57 Site for a certain facial piercingLIP3Across58 PersonHUMAN5Across60 Soda campaign whose 2026 iteration featured a polar bear rejecting Coca-ColaPEPSICHALLENGE14Across62 Part of a cruise shipDECK4Across66 Sense of selfEGO3Across67 Versatile blackjack cardsACES4Across68 Rolled board game itemDIE3Across69 "___ is me"WOE3Across70 ExamTEST4Across71

School lunch staplePBJ3Down1 Bitter salad greenARUGULA7Down2 Worldbuilding overload, in a fantasy novelLOREDUMP8Down3 Actor McGregorEWAN4Down4 Tool used in some facialsLASER5Down5 "Leave the World Behind" actor MahershalaALI3Down6 The "T" in STEM (Abbr.)TECH4Down7 Survey categoriesAGEGROUPS9Down8 Neither here ___ thereNOR3Down9 E.T., for oneALIEN5Down10 Sketchy, to a BritDODGY5Down14 The ___ (game with a "rosebud" cheat code)SIMS4Down16 "___ Unfortunate Souls"POOR4Down17 "Mon ___!"DIEU4Down18 Small recipe amt.TSP3Down22 Bad, in SpanishMAL3Down23 Wrapped garmentSARI4Down25 Pro counterpartANTI4Down27 Tequila cocktail, casuallyMARG4Down29 Diet that avoids dairyPALEO5Down31 "Go for it"IFYOULIKE9Down34 ReverberateECHO4Down36 "Hurtful!"OUCH4Down38 Periods in Taylor Swift's careerERAS4Down39 "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" film festivalSUNDANCE8Down40 Relaxing airport spacesLOUNGES7Down44 "___ we good?"ARE3Down45 32-Across, on a shipAYE3Down46 Sign on againREUP4Down47 Was investedCARED5Down48 Shabby ___ (interior design style)CHIC4Down50 Halloween bountyHAUL4Down51 "I ___ you'd say that"HOPED5Down53 "Kourtney and ___ Take Miami"KHLOE5Down55 "Glad that's done"PHEW4Down59 Core of an argumentMEAT4Down61 The "S" in STEM (Abbr.)SCI3Down63 A while ___AGO3Down64 Superlative suffixEST3Down65