Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, July 28, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "MASSACHUSETTS".
Total Clues
74
Longest
MASSACHUSETTS
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
GIT
Featured Clue
"*Home of the lowest town-level ZIP code in the continental U.S. (01001)"
13 Letters
MASSACHUSETTS
ALLComplete Solution List
Insolence
4SASS
Scott ___, author of "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
5ODELL
Be in need of ibuprofen, say
4ACHE
Word with cap or socks
4KNEE
Diet that eschews processed food
5PALEO
In a minute ...
4SOON
With 58-Across, dad-joke response to the answers for each of this puzzle's starred clues
10ITSNOTHING
Massage gun target
4KNOT
Wyoming mountain range.
6TETONS
"Out with ya now!"
3GIT
Tax pro
3CPA
Primer mes del año
5ENERO
*Essential oil with a musky scent
9PATCHOULI
Myrmecology subject
3ANT
Bonfire remains
3ASH
Concerning hearing
5AURAL
*Home of the lowest town-level ZIP code in the continental U.S. (01001)
13MASSACHUSETTS
Ruminant's mouthful
3CUD
Secondary social media account
3ALT
Until next time ...
13CATCHYOULATER
United
5ASONE
Preposition in "The Star-Spangled Banner"
3OER
Palindromic kitchen brand
3OXO
*Academy Award, e.g.
9STATUETTE
___ Taco (ice cream treat)
5CHOCO
The "S" of macOS: Abbr.
3SYS
Beam
3RAY
Bubble tea "bubbles"
6PEARLS
Some first responders, for short
4EMTS
See 17-Across
10TOSNEEZEAT
Director Johnson of the "Knives Out" movies
4RIAN
Once more
5AGAIN
Spot to huddle under during a rainstorm
4EAVE
Rat on
4TELL
Packs (down), as tobacco in a pipe
5TAMPS
Iditarod conveyance
4SLED
Sporting group at a cold-weather school
7SKITEAM
Insect's feeler
7ANTENNA
Six-line poems
7SESTETS
Honorific for many Spanish teachers
5SENOR
Finishes deliberating
4OPTS
Well, lah-di-___!
3DAH
Name that's an anagram of an untruth
3ELI
Units in horse racing
7LENGTHS
Skill needed to solve a sudoku puzzle
5LOGIC
Query
3ASK
Plays the yes-man
7CONCURS
Muss and fuss
6HOOPLA
Involve
6ENTAIL
1969 bed-in participant
3ONO
___ be the day!
6THATLL
Expression of disgust that sounds like a family member
3PAH
Sun Devils' sch.
3ASU
"Straight ___ Compton" (1989 N.W.A album)
5OUTTA
Triflingly little
5SCANT
Artistic visionary
6AUTEUR
Org. mentioned in many zombie movies
3CDC
Evian, Perrier or Badoit
3EAU
Along a gulf, say
7COASTAL
Sweaty stretching session
7HOTYOGA
Up to this point
3YET
Mined find
3ORE
"Oof, painfully true"
7TOOREAL
Part of a country located entirely within another country
7EXCLAVE
Landed for the night
7ROOSTED
Claim to be true
6ASSERT
Hinder
6STYMIE
Bother, as one's conscience
5EATAT
Letter that can take a cedilla
3CEE
Puts through a harsh initiation
5HAZES
Items sometimes chained to a desk
4PENS
Its alums include Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, in brief
3SNL
Rock singer ___ Fender
3SAM
Alcoholic equivalent of a fun-size candy bar
3NIP