USA Today Crossword July 9 2026 Answers

Do some sumsADD3Across1 "Sum" homophoneSOME4Across4 ___ coutureHAUTE5Across8 Not againstFOR3Across13 FlibbertigibbetCHATTERBOX10Across14 Stripped-down NPR music eventTINYDESKCONCERT15Across16 Role play?ACT3Across18 ___ Braden (civil rights activist)ANNE4Across19 Really lay on, like a hornBLARE5Across20 Butt one can bumCIG3Across21 Ocean colorSEAGREEN8Across22 ___ fairyTOOTH5Across24 Luau dishPOI3Across26 Ingredient in beer and breadYEAST5Across27 "Soon"INABIT6Across31 Poetic shoutoutODE3Across33 What a facepalm might meanDUH3Across35 Crow soundsCAWS4Across36 More unusualODDER5Across37 "Da ___" (nickname for a world-famous Chicagoan)POPE4Across39 Accessibility law, for shortADA3Across40 Insta postPIC3Across41 Queen Latifah, e.g.RAPPER6Across42 Like a friend who always has your backLOYAL5Across44 That ladySHE3Across47 VintageRETRO5Across49 Purr-fect spot for sleeping, playing and scratchingCATCONDO8Across50 "Te ___ mucho"AMO3Across53 CheekySAUCY5Across54 Celebrity coupleITEM4Across56 Rodent in a labRAT3Across57 YouTubers and TikTokkers, e.g.CONTENTCREATORS15Across58 Green Bay Packers fanCHEESEHEAD10Across61 ___ taiMAI3Across62 Scatter some seedsSOW3Across63 Nile vipersASPS4Across64 Likely response to "Who wants to go to Disneyland?"IDO3Across65

EnthusiastAFICIONADO10Down1 "Stay tuned . . . we'll be right back!"DONTGOAWAY10Down2 Like an arid climateDRY3Down3 Play partSCENE5Down4 "Sick burn!"OHSNAP6Down5 "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"MAKEGOODCHOICES15Down6 " . . . you get the idea"ETC3Down7 Pullover shirt with buttons at the necklineHENLEY6Down8 Like knowledge that might elicit a "How on EARTH did you know that?!"ARCANE6Down9 Lyft alternativeUBER4Down10 RippedTORE4Down11 Phone number add-on (Abbr.)EXT3Down12 Father-___ (expectant parent)TOBE4Down15 StrategicTACTICAL8Down16 Japanese soup stockDASHI5Down17 Roller coaster, e.g.RIDE4Down23 Channel with "Young Sheldon" rerunsTBS3Down25 Highway beautification programADOPTAROAD10Down28 Game series with warp pipes and mushroom power-upsSUPERMARIO10Down29 Questlove's bandTHEROOTS8Down30 ApexTOP3Down32 Omit the word "not" in "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (as happened in a King James reprint dubbed the Wicked Bible), sayERR3Down34 ___ golfDISC4Down38 N95 masks, e.g.PPE3Down39 Swell smellAROMA5Down43 Not quite right?ACUTE5Down45 ShoestringsLACES5Down46 Lure into a sting operationENTRAP6Down48 Actress DalyTYNE4Down51 Property documentsDEEDS5Down52 Fashionable Manhattan neighborhoodSOHO4Down54 Once moreANEW4Down55 Includes on an emailCCS3Down58 "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 album)THA3Down59 "I SO did not need to know that"TMI3Down60