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NYT Crossword — July 10, 2026

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1Acronymic weapon

6Suffix with caffe-

14Hot shot producer

17What late-night partying might lead to

18Source of the Coneheads, in brief

21Main ingredients in unagi don

23Former fillies

24Camp neckwear

25One way to check your impulses, in brief?

35Spot for a mini-fridge

36Creator of the Detroit Industry Murals

39Smug know-it-all type

43Virginia Woolf's "___ Dalloway"

44Semi segments

47Merely whispered

50Lego founder ___ Kirk Christiansen

51Relative of a bandeau

54"It hasn't happened to me, but … wow!"

57What a streaker running across a baseball field could be

59Saint-Maur-___-Fossés (part of Paris)

Down

36 clues

1Past or present

4Things that come with waffles?

5Short Instagram video

6Weather map features

8Wu Zetian of the Zhou dynasty, for one

9Ginormous quantity

10Pescatarian steak option

11Pathway to a conclusion

12Relatives of sloths

13Typewriter settings

15Catfishing, for one

16Subjects of certain reviews at Untappd.com

22Branzino, by another name

24Lodge builders

28Philosophy of many founding fathers

29Not be square with

30Dollar offering

31Org. concerned with reactor safety

38On

39Speculative musings

42"___ Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" (viral video from 2005)

45Proceed with a game plan

49Coat material

51Stylish, as at an awards show?

56H.S.-level exam

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Stats & info

Friday, Jul 10, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

27/198

Black / letter cells

5.7

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 10, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorWilla Angel Chen Miller

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 36 down

Longest entries

14AHot shot producer15 ltrs 17AWhat late-night partying might lead to15 ltrs 54A"It hasn't happened to me, but … wow!"15 ltrs 57AWhat a streaker running across a baseball field could be15 ltrs 3DBlabbed15 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 27 black squares and averages 5.7 letters per entry.