Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, July 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, July 27, 2026 features 71 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "SOLOMONISLANDS".
Total Clues
71
Longest
SOLOMONISLANDS
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
CSI
Featured Clue
"Country in Oceania named for a biblical king"
14 Letters
SOLOMONISLANDS
ALLComplete Solution List
Male deer
4STAG
National sport of Japan
4SUMO
Posh N.Y.C. neighborhood
4SOHO
Post-it __
4NOTE
Privy to
4INON
Mideast ruler
4EMIR
Either way is fine with me!
9IDONTCARE
Prefix with "hit" or "bit"
4MEGA
Citrusy Japanese sauce
5PONZU
Manipulate into doubting one's memory or experience
8GASLIGHT
*Friendly emoticon
10SMILEYFACE
Relieve, as pain
6SOOTHE
Long-running forensics series
3CSI
Only state with a nonrectangular flag
4OHIO
Title for a married woman
3MRS
Fairy tale opening word
4ONCE
Country in Oceania named for a biblical king
14SOLOMONISLANDS
Star Wars character ___ Ren
4KYLO
__ Wednesday
3ASH
Interlocking toy brand
4LEGO
Four-wheeler, for short
3ATV
Kicked out of office
6OUSTED
Pet for Franklin Roosevelt or George W. Bush, informally
10SCOTTIEDOG
As a precaution
8TOBESAFE
Competitor at an esports tournament
5GAMER
All tied up
4EVEN
Smartphone setting that removes all color from the screen ... or a feature of this puzzle?
9GRAYSCALE
Currency in Chihuahua
4PESO
Job for an actor
4ROLE
Run in neutral
4IDLE
Ruminate (over)
4STEW
A Bug's Life bugs
4ANTS
Out of battery
4DEAD
Scissors sound
4SNIP
Heading on a list of tasks
4TODO
Lots and lots
4ATON
Age group that includes 2000s kids
4GENZ
[Yes, I know that's a typo]
3SIC
Eel, at a Japanese restaurant
5UNAGI
Fable's takeaway
5MORAL
Just a moment
6ONESEC
Penultimate tournament round
10SEMIFINALS
Last Greek letter
5OMEGA
Pitch that's hard to hit?
5HIGHC
Give a formal speech
5ORATE
Heinie
4TUSH
Sprayable disinfectant brand
5LYSOL
Officewide message
4MEMO
Signal at sea
3SOS
Um, sure
4OHOK
Covered in grease
4OILY
You missed your chance
10TOOLATENOW
Single-stranded molecule
3RNA
Palindromic sib
3SIS
Tech review site
4CNET
Living on the ___
4EDGE
Big name in applesauce
5MOTTS
Go away, fly!
4SHOO
Grass bought in rolls
3SOD
The "little blue pill"
6VIAGRA
Branded fluffy slippers
4UGGS
Things taken on a walk?
5STEPS
Violate the tenth Commandment
5COVET
Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone
5OBESE
Zac of "High School Musical"
5EFRON
Handed out, as playing cards
5DEALT
Low scorer on a pH test
4ACID
Constructed
4MADE
Name that can be parsed as "the the" in Spanish
4ELLA
Portland college attended by Steve Jobs
4REED
Certainly!
3YES