Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, July 5, 2026 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on July 5?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for July 5, 2026
The full solution for the July 5 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Sunday, July 5.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for July 5, 2026
Every clue from the July 5 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Firm up | STIFFEN |
| 8 | Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea | ACCRA |
| 13 | Gamer's pursuit | ESPORT |
| 19 | Aid for a violin player | CHINREST |
| 20 | Crocs and mocs | SHOES |
| 21 | Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief | SAILOR |
| 22 | {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie} | BABEINTHEWOODS |
| 24 | "Send a quick reminder" | PINGME |
| 25 | "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra) | GRIP |
| 26 | Org. for those leaving the workforce | AARP |
| 27 | Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles | ENDCAPS |
| 28 | {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg} | BEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH |
| 35 | Colored | HUED |
| 36 | Org. that accepts returns | IRS |
| 37 | Grinders | HEROS |
| 41 | {WC, AC, DC} | POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE |
| 49 | Jewish mysticism, in one spelling | KABALA |
| 50 | Love, in Lima | AMOR |
| 51 | Card game whose name is shouted | UNO |
| 52 | Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief | ACL |
| 53 | At any time | EVER |
| 54 | Small test subjects | LABRATS |
| 57 | Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally? | NBAREF |
| 60 | "The Second Coming" poet, 1919 | YEATS |
| 62 | Ragú competitor | PREGO |
| 63 | The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet | SONNET |
| 66 | {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde} | HONORAMONGTHIEVES |
| 70 | Some salon tasks | RINSES |
| 71 | "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball | AARON |
| 72 | Allow someone to pass | YIELD |
| 75 | 30-ounce Starbucks size | TRENTA |
| 78 | Old Testament patriarch | ABRAHAM |
| 80 | Close by | NEAR |
| 81 | Early email provider | AOL |
| 82 | Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock | III |
| 85 | Neighbor of an Estonian | LETT |
| 86 | Evening that a couple spends together, say | USTIME |
| 88 | {Larry, Sue, Emma} | TWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE |
| 94 | Mexican mister | SENOR |
| 95 | Veer, as a ship | YAW |
| 96 | Org. concerned with plants | OSHA |
| 97 | {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C} | ROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES |
| 107 | Powerhouse in English football | ARSENAL |
| 110 | Home to Waikiki Beach | OAHU |
| 111 | California's ___ Linda | LOMA |
| 112 | Rested atop | LAIDON |
| 113 | {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard} | DOWNINTHEDUMPS |
| 119 | Pay no mind to | IGNORE |
| 120 | Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the" | ODEON |
| 121 | Thousands of binary digits | KILOBITS |
| 122 | Was overflowing | TEEMED |
| 123 | Van Halen of Van Halen | EDDIE |
| 124 | Extended voyage | ODYSSEY |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging) | SHARE |
| 2 | Shinbone | TIBIA |
| 3 | Completely incompetent | INEPT |
| 4 | Time for Sat. prep? | FRI |
| 5 | Marshland | FEN |
| 6 | Suffix for superlatives | EST |
| 7 | Unspecified member of a series | NTH |
| 8 | Nile dam | ASWAN |
| 9 | Triad, e.g. | CHORD |
| 10 | Assume | COOPT |
| 11 | Lead-in to River or Rover | RED |
| 12 | Dummkopf | ASS |
| 13 | Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game | ESPNU |
| 14 | Called for quiet | SAIDSHH |
| 15 | Penny ___ (miser) | PINCHER |
| 16 | Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name | OLGA |
| 17 | Fun time | ROMP |
| 18 | "___ bon!" | TRES |
| 19 | Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials | CBGB |
| 23 | Wisconsin's ___ Claire | EAU |
| 27 | Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" | EBSEN |
| 29 | Apt name for a conchologist? | SHEL |
| 30 | Ear-related | AURAL |
| 31 | Yank's Civil War foe | REB |
| 32 | What has flatter feet? | ODE |
| 33 | Achieve success, so to speak | HIT |
| 34 | Chinese instrument with two strings | ERHU |
| 38 | Sound of an approaching subway train | ROAR |
| 39 | Start of a reminiscence | ONCE |
| 40 | Word with confidence or checkout | SELF |
| 41 | Do some roadwork on | PAVE |
| 42 | Folk religion akin to voodoo | OBEAH |
| 43 | Battered by battle | WARTORN |
| 44 | Women's areas in old Muslim palaces | HAREMS |
| 45 | Last stage of an insect's development | IMAGO |
| 46 | "No way, no how!" | NOTONABET |
| 47 | Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr. | DRS |
| 48 | Metric unit of weight | TONNE |
| 49 | Map legend | KEY |
| 55 | Figs. related to car loans | APRS |
| 56 | Scottish hill | BRAE |
| 58 | Big bunch | BEVY |
| 59 | Eroded | ATEINTO |
| 61 | Pouty mood | SNIT |
| 63 | Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere | STRATO |
| 64 | "Hey! I know the answer!" | OHOH |
| 65 | Atlantic crosser of 1492 | NINA |
| 67 | Sign outside a broadcast booth | ONAIR |
| 68 | Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World" | GARTH |
| 69 | Admit | SEEIN |
| 73 | Really weak, as an excuse | LAME |
| 74 | Beats by ___ (audio brand) | DRE |
| 75 | They might be up in arms, informally | TATS |
| 76 | T. ___ Price (investment firm) | ROWE |
| 77 | "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla) | ELON |
| 78 | He was né Clay | ALI |
| 79 | ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant) | MUSHU |
| 83 | Tale of rustic life | IDYLL |
| 84 | "Vidi," in Caesar's boast | ISAW |
| 87 | Satirist Freberg | STAN |
| 89 | You won't actually die of it | BOREDOM |
| 90 | Rocks smelted to make steel | IRONORE |
| 91 | Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr. | WWI |
| 92 | San Francisco's ___ Valley | NOE |
| 93 | Madrid's land, in the Olympics | ESP |
| 98 | Like Olympic pools | LANED |
| 99 | Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs | TOWED |
| 100 | Vietnam's capital | HANOI |
| 101 | Old-fashioned "your" | THINE |
| 102 | Soldier for Attila | HUN |
| 103 | Black suit | CLUBS |
| 104 | Good pal | HOMIE |
| 105 | Out of gas | EMPTY |
| 106 | Lip | SASS |
| 107 | Settled down, in a way | ALIT |
| 108 | All the ___ | RAGE |
| 109 | Kind of wave | SINE |
| 113 | Last name for an unnamed person | DOE |
| 114 | Curious | ODD |
| 115 | Ring result, in brief | TKO |
| 116 | Secreted away | HID |
| 117 | Ron who played Tarzan | ELY |
| 118 | Two in Tijuana | DOS |
Hints for the July 5 puzzle
Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The July 5 puzzle fell on a Sunday, and with the New York Times crossword that matters: the grid gets harder as the week goes on, from an easy Monday to a fiendish Saturday, with a large themed puzzle on Sunday. So a Sunday grid tells you how much misdirection to expect — and if a clue that day seemed to make no sense, the weekday is usually the reason. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.
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