Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, July 2, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, July 2, 2026 features 85 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "DELEGATIONS".
Total Clues
85
Longest
DELEGATIONS
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
MIZ
Featured Clue
"Groups at the First Continental Congress in 1774"
11 Letters
DELEGATIONS
ALLComplete Solution List
Flying high
5HAPPY
Romulus and Remus, e.g., for short
4SIBS
Hey
4PSST
Skateboarding trick
5OLLIE
"There is nothing on earth so powerful as an ___ whose time has come" (proverb)
4IDEA
Bird related to the 46-Down
4RHEA
City center, often
5PLAZA
Groups at the First Continental Congress in 1774
11DELEGATIONS
Les ___
3MIZ
Open mic performer, often
4POET
Setting of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
4IOWA
10 Hamiltons
8BENJAMIN
American Revolution heroes
8PATRIOTS
Fig. at a bus depot
3ETA
Defeats convincingly
7ACESOUT
Fancy Dan
3FOP
Daiquiri flavor
6BANANA
Bit of lore
4TALE
Overdo it at the beach, say
3FRY
George Washington's presidential status on February 4, 1789
5ELECT
Chrome alternative
6SAFARI
Simple wooden shoes
6SABOTS
Last full year of John Adams's presidency
5MDCCC
Heart chart, for short
3ECG
Fail to engage
4BORE
Jewish mysticism
6CABALA
Nixon in China tenor
3MAO
Periodic survey started under Secy. of State Thomas Jefferson
8USCENSUS
Trunk part
3RIB
Disunites.
6UNTIES
"Father of the Constitution" and his family
8MADISONS
Like the Revolutionary War battles led by John Paul Jones
5NAVAL
Apple Store offerings
4MACS
Show of friendliness
3HUG
First signer of the Declaration of Independence
11JOHNHANCOCK
"The Divine ___" (showbiz nickname)
5MISSM
Conglomeration
4OLIO
Regarding, on a memo
4INRE
Soul singer Adams
5OLETA
Angler's hope
4BITE
TV programmer's slate, in brief
4SKED
American settlement until 1776 ... or a hint to 13 squares in this puzzle
6COLONY
Word with bar or bunny
3HOP
Unadulterated by plastic, say
8ALLMETAL
Ordinary
9PLAINJANE
You knead dough to make it
5PIZZA
A word of support
3YEA
Location of "Sloop John B" on the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album
7SIDEONE
Just chillaxing
4IDLE
Salad ingredient often paired with goat cheese
4BEET
Long account
4SAGA
A+
6PRIORI
Hot dog on a roll?
7SHOWOFF
One whose qualifications are enumerated in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution
7SENATOR
Some coll. instructors
3TAS
Uneasy giggle
6TITTER
Printing size
4PICA
Two-time Tony winner Neuwirth
4BEBE
*"Yowza!"
3MAN
Comedian Poundstone
5PAULA
Bug exterminator?
3SPY
__ Island
6STATEN
Graceless ones
4OAFS
Gets going
4ACTS
Ticked off
4SORE
Website that added podcast info in 2021
4IMDB
Granada grandma
6ABUELA
Pears used for cooking
5BOSCS
Musical with the song "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?"
8CAROUSEL
Doesn't let go of
8CLINGSTO
Street fleet
4CABS
World's second-tallest bird
3EMU
Trattoria treat in a shell
7CANNOLI
Doubled, say
7GOTAHIT
Things to chew on
4CUDS
Start to live and breathe?
3ASI
Kissed or whacked
7SMACKED
Rowena's love, in fiction
7IVANHOE
1970 Neil Diamond song about an imaginary childhood friend
5SHILO
One living an orderly life?
4MONK
4,840 square yards
4ACRE
ZipRecruiter listing
3JOB
CBS drama starting in 2003
4NCIS
Soft slip-on, for short
3MOC
Lots of
4MANY