Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, July 8, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "TRICKORTREAT".
Total Clues
78
Longest
TRICKORTREAT
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ESP
Featured Clue
"[L/C]ure"
12 Letters
TRICKORTREAT
ALLComplete Solution List
Cartographer's concerns.
4MAPS
Go by
6ELAPSE
Helpful skill for guessers?
3ESP
Working obediently
4ATIT
Mickey with an Oscar nomination for "The Wrestler"
6ROURKE
Champiñones ___ plancha (Spanish dish)
3ALA
[C/P]ause
11MAKEORBREAK
Droop
3SAG
Food mentioned in the Lord's Prayer
5BREAD
What "Eat" stands for in the mnemonic "Never Eat Soggy Waffles"
4EAST
Buzz before a release
4HYPE
Low-quality synthetic images, informally
6AISLOP
Prepare to drive, in golf
5TEEUP
[L/C]ure
12TRICKORTREAT
Result of touching poison ivy
4ITCH
"The Deer Hunter" setting, in brief
3NAM
Old, as a joke
5STALE
Casual refusal
3NAH
Way to go, kid!
7ATTABOY
Heir to the throne, maybe
3SON
Like a good explanation, say
5CLEAR
Brain
3ROT
Prominent features of tarsiers
4EYES
[M/H]inds
12HEADSORTAILS
Fitness fad popularized by Billy Blanks
5TAEBO
"Animal Farm" or "The Simpsons"
6SATIRE
Soccer great Mia
4HAMM
Apartment with a high ceiling
4LOFT
New beginning
5RESET
Pub order
3ALE
[Z/R]est
11LIFEORDEATH
Magic setting, in brief
3NBA
List of things to discuss
6AGENDA
Mother of a stable family?
4MARE
Pal
3GAL
Individual
6PERSON
Hershey toffee bar
4SKOR
Black ___, nickname for Kobe Bryant
5MAMBA
Company that created Pong
5ATARI
Fish, roads or weapons that are long and thin
5PIKES
Sneakiness
7STEALTH
Goof
3ERR
Brain or ear part
4LOBE
Coolness of a sort
4AURA
Magician's cry
6PRESTO
Many a Winter Olympian
6SKATER
Holy moley!
3EEK
No sweat
9EASYPEASY
__ on the wrist
4SLAP
Word with home or half
4PAGE
What cologne may mask
4ODOR
Injured
4HURT
Pub order
4PINT
Site for "unique and creative" items
4ETSY
"Sleep is like a ___: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn
3CAT
Big box store that merged with Sears in 2005
5KMART
Sunburn remedy
4ALOE
X's, sometimes
4TENS
Ruler division
4INCH
Tall story?
4TALE
Weekly reward for a strict dieter, maybe
9CHEATMEAL
Keister, in Leicester
4ARSE
Feathered accessory that won't constrict you
3BOA
Singer Redding
4OTIS
First in a race?
4ADAM
Regards highly
7ESTEEMS
Do a favor
6OBLIGE
Worker overhead
6ROOFER
Cooking fat
4LARD
Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"
5ISAAK
Cool again, maybe
5RETRO
Heavens
5ETHER
Rest like a bat
4HANG
Jessica of "Fantastic Four"
4ALBA
Marshy areas
4FENS
Task on a list
4TODO
Greatly surpass, as competitors in a race
3LAP
Raced
3RAN