Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, July 18, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, July 18, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "EMOJIKEYBOARD".
Total Clues
70
Longest
EMOJIKEYBOARD
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
ELF
Featured Clue
"Smartphone feature that debuted worldwide in 2011"
13 Letters
EMOJIKEYBOARD
ALLComplete Solution List
Unite (with "up").
4TEAM
Many an extra in the "Lord of the Rings" movies
3ELF
Like fondue, traditionally
5SWISS
Nairobi-based collection of NGOs
5OXFAM
Restriction on how much one can serve
9TERMLIMIT
Conductor's reference
5SCORE
Opportunity to compare notes, perhaps
9STUDYDATE
Very traditional sort
6PURIST
Khloe, Kim or Kourtney, familiarly
3SIS
Jennifer who won a Pulitzer for "A Visit From the Goon Squad"
4EGAN
Concerning
4ASTO
Weight
4HEFT
Orange video game character who appears in "Wreck-It Ralph"
5QBERT
Retailer with mountains in its logo
3REI
Persuade, as on a course of action
4SELL
Shade
3HUE
Smartphone feature that debuted worldwide in 2011
13EMOJIKEYBOARD
Hot ___
6EROTIC
Kind of acid partly responsible for sourdough's tang
6LACTIC
"Sorry, that's way above my pay grade"
13IJUSTWORKHERE
Black
3OPS
Line holders
4RODS
Brilliant example
3GEM
Digs up by the roots
5GRUBS
Cry at the end of a countdown
4TIME
Dead center?
4TOMB
Song whose titular subject has a "dark brown voice"
4LOLA
Mesh
3FIT
One side of many a transaction
6DEALER
Backs up on its own, say
9AUTOSAVES
Titular animated dog of children's TV
5BLUEY
Go down swinging, perhaps
9STRIKEOUT
What might add a bit of flavor to a salsa?
5BONGO
Company bought by Tempur-Pedic in 2012
5SEALY
W.W. II-era occupation for baseball's Moe Berg, following his playing career
3SPY
Rides
4NAGS
Left
7TOSPARE
"Um ... what?!"
8EXCUSEME
With even stronger reasoning, in law
9AFORTIORI
Super, man!
5MARIO
Quite a few characters in 2025's "Elio," for short
3ETS
Unleashes
7LETSFLY
Results of one's labors, so to speak
5FRUIT
Shrewd
3SLY
You might give this to someone you want to avoid
9WIDEBERTH
Outward appearance
5IMAGE
Instrument that's held at about a 45-degree angle from the player's body
5SITAR
Inner tube?
5STENT
Bonjour, ___ amis!
3MES
Figures listed on Zocdoc, for short
3MDS
Gustav Klimt masterpiece
7THEKISS
Choose
5ELECT
Charlatans
6QUACKS
Exercises with a "butterfly" variation, in which the soles of one's feet are pressed together
6SITUPS
Overtook
7HOARDED
Cosmetic additive that comes from the Southwest
9JOJOBAOIL
Flowering period
5BLOOM
Actor who plays the title role on TV's "Andor"
9DIEGOLUNA
Classic Easter treat
8CREMEEGG
Report
7WRITEUP
Items frozen in cryopreservation
7EMBRYOS
Flute, for one
5GLASS
Way
5ROUTE
Prefix with marathon
5ULTRA
Bygone recorders
5TIVOS
Grabber
5TALON
Race of supernatural spirits
3FAE
Fall back
3EBB
You might look up to this
3SKY
Unpleasant digs
3STY