Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, July 15, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "MADSCRAMBLES".
Total Clues
78
Longest
MADSCRAMBLES
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ODE
Featured Clue
"Frantic rushes"
12 Letters
MADSCRAMBLES
ALLComplete Solution List
Bold way to go when bluffing
5ALLIN
Blade brand
4ATRA
Mocked, in a way
4APED
One of approximately three million in Finland (for a population of less than six million)
5SAUNA
Artery
4ROAD
Place for a hero
4DELI
Giving up one's amateur status
10TURNINGPRO
Valhalla V.I.P.
4ODIN
Ben Jonson wrote one to himself
3ODE
Name repeated in a hit 1963 rock song
5LOUIE
Emulate Cicero
5ORATE
Frantic rushes
12MADSCRAMBLES
Apple variety named for the state it was developed in
6EMPIRE
Daffy Duck characteristic
4LISP
Thing to rule, proverbially
5ROOST
Moon's path
5ORBIT
Largest human cells
3OVA
Rapper born Tracy Lauren Marrow
4ICET
Good source of vitamin C
5FRUIT
Thunderstruck
4AWED
Ballpark fig.
3EST
Liam Neeson action trilogy
5TAKEN
Many a rosé wine
5BLEND
Budget airline of Ireland, informally
4RYAN
Word with college or message
6BOARDS
Something it's good to pass with
12FLYINGCOLORS
Places for hot dates?
5OASES
Moves pawn to e4, e.g.
5OPENS
"Hazy" drink
3IPA
One flying in to the coast, maybe
4GULL
Competitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across ... or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters
10SPEEDCUBER
Mortarboard wearer
4GRAD
Steve with nine N.B.A. titles as a player and coach
4KERR
Island country that's an anagram of TAHITI minus T
5HAITI
Major export of Ghana
4YAMS
Brit's exclamation
4ISAY
Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
5TESSA
Regarding
4ASTO
Hail
4LAUD
Draw
4LURE
Days or Knights follower
3INN
Finger painting?
7NAILART
Many-eyed giant of Greek myth
5ARGUS
Hot ___ (fast-fashion company)
5TOPIC
Like triplets vis-à-vis twins
5RARER
Botheration
3ADO
Cute to the max
6ADORBS
Standard bicycle propulsion
10PEDALPOWER
Upper echelon
5ELITE
Patronizes a four-star restaurant, say
5DINES
Central point
4NODE
Pass over
4OMIT
Atomizer output
4MIST
Came to rest
4ALIT
The "E" in HOMES
4ERIE
Some comfy kicks
4MOCS
Spoken-word event
10POETRYSLAM
Mork's planet on an old sitcom
3ORK
Narrator on "Euphoria"
3RUE
Storage container
3BIN
Peddle
4VEND
Tacks on
4ADDS
Vampire double feature?
4FANG
What a pity
4ALAS
Catches some rays
4TANS
Sour soup
7BORSCHT
Rates of return
6YIELDS
Whom Austin Powers parodies
4BOND
Like San Francisco, frequently
5FOGGY
Early 2000s first lady
5LAURA
Hangs in there
5COPES
Work with a libretto
5OPERA
Distrustful
5LEERY
Sacred bird of ancient Egypt
4IBIS
Contents of some carriers
4PETS
Highlight of a 48-Down
4ARIA
Word with run or lift
3SKI
Burj Khalifa's home, in brief
3UAE