Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, July 20, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, July 20, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "SCRABBLETILE".
Total Clues
76
Longest
SCRABBLETILE
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
PCS
Featured Clue
"One with Q or Z is worth 10 points"
12 Letters
SCRABBLETILE
ALLComplete Solution List
Scarecrow stuffing
5STRAW
Ralph who ran for president four times
5NADER
Some HP products
3PCS
Ebb
5ABATE
Top-tier group
5ELITE
Tuna variety often used in sashimi
3AHI
On/off device
11LIGHTSWITCH
Empty space between things
3GAP
Something at either end of a hammock, often
4TREE
Brain tests, for short
4EEGS
"10 ___ or less" (sign at checkout)
5ITEMS
Golf club for teeing off
6DRIVER
Small orchard
5GROVE
One with Q or Z is worth 10 points
12SCRABBLETILE
Audio genre designed to trigger tingling, for short
4ASMR
Regret
3RUE
Pursue
4SEEK
Young Yorkie, e.g.
3PUP
Better halves
7SPOUSES
Blue state?
3WOE
GPS guesses
4ETAS
April 15 deadline org.
3IRS
The last "A" in N.C.A.A.: Abbr.
4ASSN
Cause of some rescreenings in an airport
12POCKETCHANGE
Like many English bogs
5PEATY
Begin to grow choppers
6TEETHE
Measure around the middle
5GIRTH
Norse god of thunder
4THOR
Agricultural locale
4FARM
Chicken ___ king
3ALA
"My sympathies" ... or what could be said of 17-, 27- and 46-Across
11IFEELFORYOU
Rapper Tone-__
3LOC
Reef material
5CORAL
Winning Monopoly player's collection
5DEEDS
Had dinner, say
3ATE
Transmits
5SENDS
Hockey feints
5DEKES
Add some seasoning to
4SALT
Car in "Thelma & Louise," informally
5TBIRD
Wild party
5RAGER
Faith no more?
7ATHEISM
More than damp
3WET
Big name in baseball caps
6NEWERA
Sacha Baron Cohen persona
4ALIG
Counterpart of dahs, in Morse code
4DITS
And more like that: Abbr.
3ETC
Put back on the payroll
6REHIRE
What search engine optimization hopes to increase
9PAGEVIEWS
Creature that blends into its surroundings
9CHAMELEON
Drinks daintily
4SIPS
Prognosticator
4SEER
Young 'uns
4TOTS
Bygone staples of home theaters, informally
4VCRS
Utter delight
4GLEE
Item for a painter or hairstylist
5BRUSH
Vehicle to and from school
3BUS
Barely get, with "out"
3EKE
Someone who's not thinking may be on this
9AUTOPILOT
U.S./Soviet competition of the 1950s-'60s
9SPACERACE
Get-up-and-go
3PEP
"It's a shame, really!"
4PITY
Monster of Tolkiendom
3ORC
Very wise
4SAGE
32-card card game
4SKAT
Liberate
7SETFREE
Important consideration for A.I. programmers
6ETHICS
Bikini and others
6ATOLLS
Spongy ball material
4NERF
Frida star Salma
5HAYEK
Slowly chip away at
5ERODE
Fancy party
4GALA
Gull relative
4TERN
Lettuce unit
4HEAD
No ___, no fuss!
4MUSS
Opponent
3FOE
Unfamiliar
3ODD