Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, July 17, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, July 17, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "SCALLIONPANCAKE".
Total Clues
70
Longest
SCALLIONPANCAKE
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
REM
Featured Clue
"Savory Chinese dish prepared on a griddle"
15 Letters
SCALLIONPANCAKE
ALLComplete Solution List
Savory Chinese dish prepared on a griddle
15SCALLIONPANCAKE
Ended something bad for good
15MADEACLEANBREAK
Had a little of this and that, say
15ORDEREDALACARTE
Dream setting, for short
3REM
Does as a group?
4DEER
Air
4MOOD
Water bearer
4EWER
It's a trap!
5SETUP
Put into play
4USED
Apply for an in-office job?
3RUN
Chase, in a way
3WOO
Pacifists' initiative
15ANTIWARMOVEMENT
Historical figure known to have acquired and dissected human corpses
15LEONARDODAVINCI
Common accompaniment to ribs
15MOISTTOWELETTES
It lacks a permanent host, for short
3SNL
Comedian Margaret
3CHO
Landform commonly seen in a crescent shape on Mars
4DUNE
Phonies
5SHAMS
Candy bar similar to Heath
4SKOR
Start of a tragedy
4ACTI
They typically come in sets of four
4PAWS
One who's been fleeced?
3EWE
French seafood topping named after another country
15SAUCEAMERICAINE
"What on earth <i>will</i> you show some respect for?"
15ISNOTHINGSACRED
Be alert
15STANDATTHEREADY
Sweet sandwich
5SMORE
Rod whom the annual A.L. batting title is named after
5CAREW
Google smartphone feature that edits the photographer into the group shot
5ADDME
Pulitzer-winning author whose only two novels were published 55 years apart
3LEE
Pie crust ingredient
4LARD
Slush Puppie alternative
4ICEE
Dated many years ago?
4OLDE
Approaches
5NEARS
Mate
3PAL
What the names of all but one continent end with
3ANA
Airer of the original "Star Trek" series
3NBC
Marathoner's woe
5CRAMP
Prefix with -nautics
4AERO
Kaelin of the O.J. trial
4KATO
Pulled out
4EKED
Spoils
5RUINS
Unearthed
6ERODED
Island nation north of Fiji
6TUVALU
Rough, in a way
6UNEVEN
Fabric fragment
6SWATCH
Kitt who played Catwoman
6EARTHA
Marvel antagonist who wears a metal mask
6DRDOOM
Headed out
4WENT
Never to be repeated
4ONCE
First name of the singer dubbed the "King of Soul"
4OTIS
Poor gift-giving?
4ALMS
Like some lights
4NEON
Grind away
4TOIL
Cut down on greens?
3MOW
Small amounts
5MITES
Incite to attack, as a dog
5SICON
Exhausted
5SPENT
Knightley of "Bend It Like Beckham"
5KEIRA
Completely defeated
5OWNED
Like marshes
5REEDY
Thrift store tag
4ASIS
Something big when all the world's a stage?
4CAST
It might be on a roll
4TUNA
Exasperated cry
4ARGH
Learned
4WISE
Disney antagonist who rules the Pride Lands
4SCAR
Station information, for short
3ETD
"I've had a breakthrough!"
3AHA
Sch. that releases admission decisions on Pi Day
3MIT
Wizard
3ACE