Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, July 7, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "BEACHBUNNIES".
Total Clues
76
Longest
BEACHBUNNIES
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
PAR
Featured Clue
"*Surfer girls, in old lingo"
12 Letters
BEACHBUNNIES
ALLComplete Solution List
___ ghanouj
4BABA
Like a couch potato
4IDLE
Rise and shine
5GETUP
Patron saint of Norway
4OLAV
Combustible rock
4COAL
No longer in dreamland
5AWAKE
Charisma
4MOJO
Orinoco Flow singer
4ENYA
Like a credit card at its limit
5MAXED
*Surfer girls, in old lingo
12BEACHBUNNIES
Ease off
5ABATE
D.C. URL ending
6DOTGOV
Frankfurters
7HOTDOGS
Easy mark for a hustle
7LIVEONE
Subject of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff"
4OREO
Common car freshener scent
4PINE
Score that's better than a bogey
3PAR
Barbie actress Issa
3RAE
*Relative of a grizzly that's named for its bright chest patch
7SUNBEAR
Umpire's clenched-fist call
3OUT
Sgt., but not pvt., e.g.
3NCO
Orgs. that may hold raffles
4PTAS
Mechanical memorization
4ROTE
Accessories pointed at the North Pole?
7ELFHATS
*Internet browser borrowing a nickname for the red panda
7FIREFOX
Slander
6DEFAME
What to call people ... or what not to call people
5NAMES
Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues?
12WARMANDFUZZY
Common default computer font
5ARIAL
Mistake-correcting command
4UNDO
Rebel Alliance princess
4LEIA
Portmanteau for a screened-in feline lounge
5CATIO
Fresh powder, e.g.
4SNOW
Sci-fi franchise with light cycles
4TRON
Break things off
5ENDIT
Amazing Grace, for one
4HYMN
Eurovision contest entry
4SONG
Tell jokes to total silence, say
4BOMB
Soothing succulent
4ALOE
___ California (Mexican border state)
4BAJA
Fruit from a tree that can self-pollinate
7AVOCADO
Cooler in a cooler
6ICEBAG
Hole foods?
6DONUTS
___ Staley, original lead singer of Alice in Chains
5LAYNE
Pizazz
4ELAN
Last words on a pinball machine
8GAMEOVER
Discarded tech
6EWASTE
Levy
3TAX
Luau instrument, informally
3UKE
__ XING
3PED
Curb Your Enthusiasm network
3HBO
Let It Go singer Menzel
5IDINA
Vanish into thin air?
6gopoof
Acting unthinkingly
6ONAUTO
Geometrical corner
6VERTEX
Like a triceratops
6HORNED
Delphi prophet
6ORACLE
Start a long drive, in a way
6TEEOFF
Tell a tall tale
3LIE
This Old House network
3PBS
Monty Python musical with a portmanteau title
8SPAMALOT
Absolute, as nonsense
5UTTER
Illmatic rapper
3NAS
What doers produce
7RESULTS
Luau locale
6HAWAII
Obsessive pop culture subculture
6FANDOM
Count me in
6IMDOWN
Yellow card wielder
3REF
Job for Mrs. Doubtfire
5NANNY
Sled dog command
4MUSH
Number of years that George Washington lived in the White House
4ZERO
Last U.S. national park, alphabetically
4ZION
Bowen formerly of "S.N.L."
4YANG
High card
3ACE
Hightailed it
3RAN
___ be my pleasure
3ITD