Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, July 13, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, July 13, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "IRONCURTAIN".
Total Clues
76
Longest
IRONCURTAIN
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
NAB
Featured Clue
"Metaphorical Cold War barrier"
11 Letters
IRONCURTAIN
ALLComplete Solution List
Similar (to)
4AKIN
Taters
5SPUDS
Whole bunch
4SLEW
Titillating
4RACY
Over-the-top enthusiasm
5MANIA
Ice-cream holder
4CONE
Meccano offering for budding builders
10ERECTORSET
Taj Mahal city
4AGRA
Catch red-handed
3NAB
Fairy-tale fiend
4OGRE
Ancient inhabitants of the Andes
5INCAS
Ring-shaped coral reef
5ATOLL
Human's earliest phase, according to Freud
9ORALSTAGE
Like the man on an annual People magazine cover
7SEXIEST
Crimebuster
3COP
Ann Patchett novel "___ Canto"
3BEL
Suffix with lemon or orange
3ADE
Of course
3YES
Relieves (of)
4RIDS
Metaphorical Cold War barrier
11IRONCURTAIN
"Deadly" transgressions
4SINS
Structure for hydroelectric power
3DAM
Hypotheticals
3IFS
PC exit key
3ESC
No-good dog
3CUR
Watches on Hulu, say
7STREAMS
Small aircraft for short flights
9TURBOPROP
Beauty maven Lauder
5ESTEE
Three-note chord
5TRIAD
Christmas Eve service
4MASS
Laudatory verse
3ODE
Not as much
4LESS
Toys ... or the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across?
10PLAYTHINGS
Polish for publishing
4EDIT
Treat for Winnie-the-Pooh
5HONEY
Begone!
4SCAT
Spoonful of medicine, maybe
4DOSE
Water or rust, chemically
5OXIDE
One who saves the day
4HERO
Large venues
6ARENAS
Martial art in which folks get their kicks
6KARATE
Refrigerator, quaintly
6ICEBOX
Home of the Empire State Bldg.
3NYC
Unhealthy haze
4SMOG
Mimic
6PARROT
Indy racer Al or Bobby
5UNSER
Yahtzee cube
3DIE
Was successful in musical chairs
3SAT
Minimal
5SCANT
Woodsy abode
8LOGCABIN
Furious
7ENRAGED
Sneaky types
7WEASELS
Ohio port on Lake Erie
6TOLEDO
Co. with a lot of connections?
3ISP
Tall-tale tellers
5LIARS
Taiwanese computer giant
4ACER
Went ballistic
6LOSTIT
Humorous parody
6SENDUP
Dee-lish!
3YUM
Expands, as dough with yeast
5RISES
Experiencing great difficulty
8INCRISIS
Singer Vikki with three Grammys
4CARR
With a clean slate
6AFRESH
Avoided a trial, say
7SETTLED
Emphatic affirmative.
7ISUREDO
Common fish-and-chips fish
3COD
Fixed, at the vet
6SPAYED
Immediately
6ATONCE
Brooklyn's ___ Evers College
6MEDGAR
Looks after
6SEESTO
Sew loosely
5BASTE
Saudi neighbor
5OMANI
Eyelid affliction
4STYE
Vietnamese soup with rice noodles
3PHO
Salmon on a bagel
3LOX
Suffix with bull or bear
3ISH