Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, July 11, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, July 11, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "SAVANNAHBANANAS".
Total Clues
72
Longest
SAVANNAHBANANAS
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
THO
Featured Clue
"Team sometimes called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball"
15 Letters
SAVANNAHBANANAS
ALLComplete Solution List
___ Bowl
4POKE
Eschews English, say
10SKIPSCLASS
Dragon's spot
4LAIR
.08 for 49 of the 50 states
10LEGALLIMIT
Not good
4OHNO
Classic Indian film series by Satyajit Ray, with "The"
10APUTRILOGY
Some docking helpers
4TUGS
"Sweeney Todd" subject
4PIES
Heading on a Spanish menu
5CARNE
However, in a tweet
3THO
Statue in East Asian temples
4JOSS
Org. with an annual Thanksgiving competition
3AKC
Business tycoon Sam
6WALTON
"Splendid" things in a Khaled Hosseini title
4SUNS
Offering at a BBQ joint
3BIB
Words to a genie
5IWISH
"Keep Commerce Human" sloganeer
4ETSY
Angsty feeling associated with exclusion
4FOMO
Team sometimes called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball
15SAVANNAHBANANAS
Something often labeled with the name of a gem or precious metal
4TIER
Bush and Obama had theirs
4ERAS
Eurasian divide
5URALS
"Spamalot" title
3SIR
Get out of Dodge
4BOLT
Cheap tissue descriptor
6ONEPLY
Joint
3GIN
Some DNA sharers
4SIBS
Huck Finn's father
3PAP
Metaphorical beginning or ending
5ASHES
Being, in Bordeaux
4ETRE
First name in classic horror
4BELA
G-rated verbal double-take
10WHATTHEHEY
School on the Thames
4ETON
Nookie nook?
10LOVERSLANE
Isn't wrong?
4AINT
What's kraken?
10SEAMONSTER
Big 12 team from Salt Lake City
4UTES
Features of many M. Night Shyamalan films
10PLOTTWISTS
Home to Pearl Harbor
10OAHUHAWAII
Bandleader who mentored Louis Armstrong
10KINGOLIVER
Greek counterpart of 12-Down
4EROS
Haphazardly add
6SLAPON
Military hats that may be worn with epaulets
5KEPIS
"Well, it seems nothing more can be done"
15IGUESSTHATSTHAT
Some congratulations
4PATS
Classic analog camera style
3SLR
Falls for some bait, maybe
6CLICKS
Aromatic bloom
5LILAC
Roman counterpart of 4-Down
4AMOR
Finalize, in a way
4SIGN
Target of a therapeutic tea bag
4STYE
One of 21 popes
4JOHN
Actress Taylor-Joy
4ANYA
Title abolished in 1917
4TSAR
Some ports, for short
4USBS
Julia Child catchphrase
10BONAPPETIT
Statement of existential solitude
10IMALLALONE
Best-selling comedic autobiography of 2011
10BOSSYPANTS
Title seen in a tea caddy
4EARL
Price of passage
4FARE
Arkansas : Nebraska :: Argon : ___
4NEON
Some characters in the Tony winning play "Doubt"
4NUNS
Dining spot with a European vibe
6BISTRO
Subservient sort
6OBEYER
Boxing ring encouragement
5GETEM
Voltaire's penultimate play
5IRENE
Tools in a saddle shop
4AWLS
Clog, e.g.
4SHOE
___ Nagila (Jewish folk song)
4HAVA
Some creatures in the ocean's "midnight zone"
4EELS
Courting gentleman
4BEAU
On-air marketplace, for short
3HSN