Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, July 30, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, July 30, 2026 features 79 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.2 letters. The longest answer is "CHARLIESHEEN".
Total Clues
79
Longest
CHARLIESHEEN
Avg Length
5.2
Shortest
HOP
Featured Clue
"<i>Cluster</i>"
12 Letters
CHARLIESHEEN
ALLComplete Solution List
Change entirely
5RESET
Like former secrets
6SHARED
Make like a frog
3HOP
One who doesn't speak while in a cast
5EXTRA
Balkan state that's been independent since 2008
6KOSOVO
Like the name of former soccer star Mark De Man
3APT
<i>Cluster</i>
12CHARLIESHEEN
Density symbol
3RHO
Go for gold
3TAN
It may be padded or slapped
4KNEE
Do you read me?
5NOVEL
Veteran
6OLDPRO
<i>Agent</i>
9ALPHAMALE
Change logos, maybe
7REBRAND
Bravo!
3OLE
Dour
4GRIM
Unnatural, in a way
4DYED
H.S. course covering integrals
6APCALC
__ trading
3DAY
<i>Steam</i>
10SIERRACLUB
Sow, e.g.
3PIG
Black-and-orange bird
6ORIOLE
Bob who painted "happy little trees"
4ROSS
Jackie who co-starred in "Rush Hour"
4CHAN
Top halves of centaurs
3MEN
They may be lifted ... or downed
7SPIRITS
<i>Gambit</i>
9GOLFRANGE
City with red buses
6LONDON
Big or bad follower
5APPLE
So-called "Land of a Million Elephants"
4LAOS
Fripp & ___ (musical duo)
3ENO
__ culpa
3MEA
Communication aid that helps make sense of the italicized clues
12NATOALPHABET
Subj. for immigrants, maybe
3ESL
Training aids for a lab, say
6TREATS
Plain
5OVERT
Pad
3SOS
What headphones often play in
6STEREO
Shark's mark
5PATSY
Church leader
6RECTOR
Took one's breath away?
7EXHALED
Remain loyal to
7STANDBY
Pronounce "aisle" as it's spelled, e.g.
3ERR
It often leans left or right
9TALKRADIO
___-Ball
4SKEE
Joel follows it
5HOSEA
Flame's remains
3ASH
Lumpsucker eggs
3ROE
Biblical second coming?
3EVE
Prima __
5DONNA
University of Cambridge
7HARVARD
Hamlet noblewoman
7OPHELIA
Developer of a geocentric model of the universe
7PTOLEMY
Words after cash or zero
4INON
Horrors!
3OMG
Org. leader
4PRES
One who knows all the shortcuts, maybe
5LOCAL
Puts down
6PLACES
Where Dante's path to paradise begins
4HELL
Panama's ___ National Park
6DARIEN
That's the whole point!
5PRONG
Seller of knickknacks
9CURIOSHOP
Gospel singer Franklin
4ERMA
Like a zoomer after 1997
4BORN
Minecraft and World of Warcraft
7PCGAMES
"If we're lucky!"
7IHOPESO
Rhyming name for a certain group of friends
7GALPALS
It's not the main part of the action
7SIDEBET
High achievers?
7STONERS
Notable org. with 32 members
3NFL
Sit down heavily
4PLOP
Arrogant
6SNOTTY
Let's _____
5RENTS
Really please
5ELATE
Plus
4ALSO
It might be left hanging
3ART
Most common letter in this clue
3TEE
Boat propeller
3OAR
Director DuVernay
3AVA