Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, July 4, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, July 4, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.7 letters. The longest answer is "LIFEIMITATESART".
Total Clues
68
Longest
LIFEIMITATESART
Avg Length
5.7
Shortest
MEN
Featured Clue
"Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity"
15 Letters
LIFEIMITATESART
ALLComplete Solution List
Bar fight?
9RAPBATTLE
Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name
5LEGGS
Expansive marine exhibits
9OCEANARIA
Really fancy
5ADORE
1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage"
9BACKDRAFT
Fax predecessor
5TELEX
Grand Tour, e.g.
8BIKERACE
Buyer
6VENDEE
Like ideal arrivals
6ONTIME
Pics
4SEND
Conceptual framework
6SCHEMA
Follower of X or G
3MEN
Peacock's home
3NBC
Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed
5THERE
Gotcha, to a beatnik
4IDIG
Piece of cartoon memorabilia
3CEL
Steamed
5RILED
Golden goal periods, for short
3OTS
"Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen
5OHARA
Certain Ivy Leaguer
3ELI
Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum
4ALMA
Passes (out)
5DOLES
Bracketed disclaimer
3SIC
Lover of sugar
3ANT
Results of swiping
6THEFTS
Lend, informally
4SPOT
Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people)
6PIERRE
Animals with prehensile proboscises
6TAPIRS
The one
8SOULMATE
First name in cosmetics
5ESTEE
Pioneering P.D.A.
9PALMPILOT
Ship back?
5STERN
Soft drink originally made with egg whites
9CREAMSODA
Short
5TERSE
Rock instrument
9STONETOOL
One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones"
4ROBB
Berry spelled with a cedilla
4ACAI
Small smack
4PECK
Brown, in a way
4BAKE
Milky Way's nearest major galaxy
9ANDROMEDA
#MeToo movement activist Burke
6TARANA
Expanse
5TRACT
Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity
15LIFEIMITATESART
Mangia!
3EAT
Not 21-Across
4LATE
Elysia
5EDENS
False idol in the Old Testament
10GOLDENCALF
Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname
10GREENBERET
Where students learn about congress
10SEXEDCLASS
"___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn)
4VENI
Things often refilled, informally
4MEDS
Cardiac exam on a treadmill
10STRESSTEST
Gochujang, e.g.
10CHILIPASTE
Blade runner?
10HELICOPTER
Before, in olden times
3ERE
"Lord, have mercy!"
9GODHELPME
One attracted to all gender identities, for short
4OMNI
Tilling aid
3HOE
The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them
4LAPS
President who married one of his kindergarten classmates
6TRUMAN
Membership categories
5TIERS
Loggers' competition
5ROLEO
Former French president Coty
4RENE
Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening
4MIST
Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)
4ALOO
List header
4TODO
List ender
4ETAL
Some notebooks, in brief
3PCS