Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, July 3, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, July 3, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "PRESIDENTIALRUN".
Total Clues
72
Longest
PRESIDENTIALRUN
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
UTA
Featured Clue
"Race to the top"
15 Letters
PRESIDENTIALRUN
ALLComplete Solution List
Bank of China Tower architect
5IMPEI
Accepts accolades onstage, say
9TAKESABOW
Loses some hair, e.g.
5MOLTS
Facial feature also known as a "nasolabial fold"
9SMILELINE
Race to the top
15PRESIDENTIALRUN
N.H.L.'s Mammoth, on sports tickers
3UTA
Bag that may contain swag
4TOTE
In the thick of
6AMIDST
Bring on board
4LADE
N.A.A.C.P. member?: Abbr.
4ASSN
Disingenuous reply to "Are you asleep?"
3YES
Omg rly??
5SRSLY
They may change midflight, in brief
4ETAS
Lays out some green for
4SODS
Makes a return that hits the net?
6EFILES
Blabs
4YAPS
Opposite side
3FOE
Saints' setting, with "the"
7BIGEASY
Congestion easer
7NETIPOT
Coffee spot
3URN
Huff
4SNIT
Fake news!
6CANARD
Best Actress Oscar winner between Chastain and Stone
4YEOH
Gush
4SPEW
Pang
5THROE
Part of a volcano
3RIM
Environmental portmanteau
4SMOG
Greets, in a way
4DAPS
Prominent feature of Jafar and the Genie in "Aladdin"
6GOATEE
Villanelle, e.g.
4POEM
Advocatus ___
3DEI
Tell me about it!
15IKNOWTHEFEELING
Lifestyle for those who go both ways
9BICULTURE
Senator Jacky of Nevada
5ROSEN
Root crop product
9BEETSUGAR
Classic pitchers
5EWERS
Item that's not on the list, say
10IMPULSEBUY
Shelling
10MORTARFIRE
Claims not to have known
15PLEADSIGNORANCE
Many sci-fi villains, informally
3ETS
Really!
4ISIT
Creature that transmits sleeping sickness
6TSETSE
Get-out-of-jail-free card, so to speak
7AMNESTY
Nurse's tote
3KIT
Essayist who wrote "Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door"
4ELIA
Not looking reputable
5SEAMY
Supporters of L.G.B.T.Q.+ people
6ALLIES
Tropical specimens that can be either flora or fauna
15BIRDSOFPARADISE
Burden
4ONUS
Elapsed
4WENT
Like a nonstarter, for short
3DOA
Woods seen on Broadway
4ELLE
Curry accompaniment
4NAAN
Pros in Washington
4YEAS
What some articles are written on
4SPEC
Device in many a garage
10DOOROPENER
Play pieces?
10SETDESIGNS
Former Medicare IDs
4SSNS
Mode, for one
4STAT
Choking cause, with "the"
4YIPS
Very clear, as a telecast
4INHD
Oil alternative
7TEMPERA
Strongly criticize, with "at"
6HITOUT
Bass player?
6WOOFER
Whimpers like a baby
5MEWLS
Who knew?
3GEE
Brothers ___ (pop stars of the 1960s-80s)
4GIBB
Many a classic Steinbeck character
4OKIE
Dramatic "Not you, too?"
4ETTU
Nothing but
4MERE
Hold close
3HUG
Bass or base
3LOW