Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, July 24, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, July 24, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "BINGEWATCHING".
Total Clues
70
Longest
BINGEWATCHING
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
KIR
Featured Clue
"Not show-stopping?"
13 Letters
BINGEWATCHING
ALLComplete Solution List
Bit of radiological work
4SCAN
Component that may emerge from Earth's asthenosphere
5MAGMA
What drones might be mistaken for
4UFOS
Dudes
4MACS
Dirt pie ingredients
5OREOS
As it's happening
4LIVE
Criminals in the oil industry?
10ARTFORGERS
Your guide to a better future website
4CNET
It makes one red in the face
9CLOWNNOSE
Animals considered divine messengers in Shinto culture
4DEER
Aperitif with black currant liqueur
3KIR
Not full-bodied
4LITE
Like a politically diverse U.S. state
6PURPLE
When doubled, like a perfect outcome
3WIN
Start of a protest
3BUT
"Mark Twain" biographer Chernow
3RON
Not show-stopping?
13BINGEWATCHING
Segue into a thesis statement
13HERESTHETHING
"Don't sweat the small stuff!"
13LIFESTOOSHORT
Spanish diminutive suffix
3ITO
Fire
3CAN
One of 17 in Monopoly: Abbr.
3AVE
Drinks are on me
6BARCAR
Terminal datum
4GATE
Like a strong bond
3AAA
Mine line
4SEAM
Group with defining traits?
9WORDNERDS
Foul mood
4SNIT
Tropical fruit with white flesh and a deep-red rind
10MANGOSTEEN
All the ___
4RAGE
That much is obvious
5IKNOW
A tall one may be inflated
4TALE
2019 Grammy-winning album for Tyler, the Creator
4IGOR
Rimes with rhymes
5LEANN
Beta tester, e.g.
4USER
Insulting talk, informally
5SMACK
U.S. soccer legend ___ Lloyd
5CARLI
Fox or Foxx
5ACTOR
Warning next to a suspicious link, perhaps
4NSFW
Venus, or sometimes Mercury
11MORNINGSTAR
Lingo
5ARGOT
Silly sorts
5GEESE
Cry from a toddler during snack time
4MORE
Jack or jenny
3ASS
Bad gut feeling?
5ULCER
Text that's often unread
9FINEPRINT
Stretttccched out
8OVERLONG
Place
3SET
Modern deception
10ONLINESCAM
Cookware sometimes used over campfires
10DUTCHOVENS
Drop it
11PUTTHATDOWN
Language of Barbados: Abbr.
3ENG
Tool for a sting
4WIRE
Hons
4BAES
Words said while preparing to leave
9BEFOREIGO
School described as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen"
4ETON
Follower of "Doctor" or "That's"
3WHO
Bring on
4HIRE
Run into trouble
8HITASNAG
Gay ___ (1970s movement)
3LIB
Serve a function
5CATER
Fixin' to
5GONNA
Element whose name comes from the Greek for "inactive"
5ARGON
Tracts
5AREAS
Singer whose album titles represent ages
5ADELE
Recipient of Emmys in different categories for the same role
5ASNER
Respond to the alarm
4WAKE
"Is the whole world against me?"
4ETTU
Guru's honorific
3SRI
Cool quantity?
3MIL