Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, July 9, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, July 9, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "ARTLESSONS".
Total Clues
74
Longest
ARTLESSONS
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
CEO
Featured Clue
"Sketchy activities?"
10 Letters
ARTLESSONS
ALLComplete Solution List
In vogue
4CHIC
Seal hunter
4ORCA
Some rudiments to be learned
4ABCS
Flex time?
4YOGA
Stern
4REAR
Container for peaches
5CRATE
Honeybunch
5SUGAR
Group of spellers?
5COVEN
Title in "Beowulf"
5THANE
Back-to-basics regimen
9PALEODIET
Grp. of peacekeepers
4NATO
Afternoon socials
4TEAS
Caddies, in golf slang
7LOOPERS
Part of a blind
4SLAT
Partner of ends
4ODDS
Some messages from a road trip, in brief
4ETAS
Scare off
5DETER
Many a golden parachute recipient, in brief
3CEO
Renounced ... or a phonetic hint to reading the answers to the starred clues
7FORGONE
Sanskrit name meaning "extraordinary"
3APU
Capital close to the confluence of the Red and Black rivers
5HANOI
Gaels of the N.C.A.A.
4IONA
Battling
4ATIT
Piece of cake
4SNAP
Food processor
7STOMACH
*Worms or flies, often
4BAIT
Do some laps
4SWIM
Right now
9ASWESPEAK
___ Hamilton, author of the classic "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes"
5EDITH
Sass
5MOUTH
__ Beach, Calif.
5PISMO
Hit 1977 musical that included Franklin D. Roosevelt as a character
5ANNIE
Juniors, e.g.
4SONS
Trails
4LAGS
Yikes!
4EGAD
Rowers' workout machines, informally
4ERGS
Straddling
4ATOP
Anatomical pouch
4CYST
"Star Wars" planet where Luke Skywalker rides a tauntaun
4HOTH
Dinosaur named for a lizard tooth
9IGUANODON
Quick timeouts?
7CATNAPS
AAA or B.B.B.
3ORG
Bring in
4REAP
200 milligrams
5CARAT
Sketchy activities?
10ARTLESSONS
Kudo
8ACCOLADE
Guys' night out?
7BRODATE
Trivial objection
5CAVIL
Symbol of strength and solidity
5STEEL
Tonsillectomy docs
4ENTS
French crown?
4TETE
Wing
3ELL
Hydrox lookalike
4OREO
Lomond, for one
4LOCH
Old theaters
4ODEA
Show that ends in disarray?
10STRIPTEASE
Long time follower?
3AGO
Dojo furnishing
9TATAMIMAT
It's a long story
4EPIC
One of the six sluggers on baseball's Murderer's Row
4RUTH
Spent
8FINISHED
"Curly W" team
4NATS
Caucasus region.
7OSSETIA
Padmé ___ (mother of Luke and Leia Skywalker)
7AMIDALA
Horned viper
3ASP
Is underwater
4OWES
S.E.C. football powerhouse, informally
4BAMA
United
5ASONE
Tried to hit a baseball
5SWUNG
Taste
5SAPOR
Double-decker checker
4KING
Benin neighbor
4TOGO
Door fastener
4HASP
Jerk
3ASS