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NYT Crossword
Sunday, July 12, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, July 12, 2026 features 138 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "GROUNDLESSACCUSATION".

Total Clues

138

Longest

GROUNDLESSACCUSATION

Avg Length

5.3

Shortest

ABS

Featured Clue

"<i>"I know you're the one who used up the last of my artisanal coffee!"</i>"

20 Letters

GROUNDLESSACCUSATION

ALLComplete Solution List

One-named singer from County Donegal

Spot treatment provider?

You might need to lose a few to get them

Problem with a story

Shallot relatives

Icon beside a username

Push-up, for example

Asia's rejuvenated North ___ Sea

<i>"I vant to suck your blood!"</i>

White Claws, e.g.

Twisted balloon shapes, typically

Doesn't wait to find out, say

Video game setting for noobs

Sculptor's degree, for short

Little annoyance

<i>"I know you're the one who used up the last of my artisanal coffee!"</i>

20GROUNDLESSACCUSATION

Apt letters missing from PRO_EC_T_

Prepared to pray

"In ___," Colin Farrell dark comedy set in Belgium

Digs in the snow?

Gridiron unit that includes the nose tackle, informally

Certain bony protrusions

<i>"If you don't find the rings this instant, I'm calling off the wedding!"</i>

18THINLYVEILEDTHREAT

Author Colfer of the "Artemis Fowl" series

Palindromic family member

<i>"I love your paintings so much, I'd like to finance your next exhibition!"</i>

18PATRONIZINGCOMMENT

What fighter pilots fight, for short

Device for sending group messages?

Surf in a daring way

You can say that again!

Japanese city known for its beef

Pack-bearing beast

<i>"Wow! With form like that, you're headed to Wimbledon!"</i>

20BACKHANDEDCOMPLIMENT

Don't fall for that

Like many wines and cheeses

Gallery collection

Where one might drink a mai tai or piña colada

<i>"I'm so glad you shaved! I hated when you looked like a sexy lumberjack!"</i>

Kind of contraceptive

Josh of "No Country for Old Men"

Love seats, e.g.

Certain body-weight exercises

The Big Crunch, theoretically, for our universe

Daisy relatives

Himalayan menace

With hands on hips

Common occurrences for scratch golfers

Mesoamerican staple cooked in a cornhusk

Things marked during attendance

They might be green or red

Dress for a job you probably don't want?

Apt name for a tuxedo cat

Embellish as with unnecessary words

Supermodel Banks

Crushed, in a way

Land, as a fish

Palindromic family member

Shakespeare character who declares "I am not what I am"

Baker's necessity.

[That was a good one]

The thing in "The Thing," for one

Open ___ midnight

No es ___ (Spanish put-down)

Cellular messenger

David who directed the final four Harry Potter films

2020 Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie

Uses more than one's fair share of

Tofu alternative

Obsessive supporters, in modern lingo

Some summer purchases, informally

Texter's qualifier

Dude, in Jamaica

Root beer order

Disaster relief org.

Noted example of oligopoly, in brief

"Have a safe trip"

Far from basic?

Baking recipe instruction

Biden and Bush, once, in brief

Professional responsibilities, colloquially

Spotted wildcat

Put your nose where it doesn't belong, say

Flowing tresses

One looking after pupils, for short

Device outmoded by the smartphone

"Holesome" figures

Carving material for beginners

___ Arena, concert venue in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Waves a hand in front of, maybe

Director Johnson of "Knives Out"

Word repeated into a mic

Symbol on an Oregon license plate

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