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NYT Crossword — July 11, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

5Eschews English, say

15Dragon's spot

16.08 for 49 of the 50 states

17"Not good …"

18Classic Indian film series by Satyajit Ray, with "The"

19Some docking helpers

20"Sweeney Todd" subject

21Heading on a Spanish menu

22However, in a tweet

23Statue in East Asian temples

24Org. with an annual Thanksgiving competition

25Business tycoon Sam

27"Splendid" things in a Khaled Hosseini title

29Offering at a BBQ joint

32Words to a genie

33"Keep Commerce Human" sloganeer

34Angsty feeling associated with exclusion

35Team sometimes called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball

38Something often labeled with the name of a gem or precious metal

39Bush and Obama had theirs

40Eurasian divide

41"Spamalot" title

42Get out of Dodge

43Cheap tissue descriptor

45Some DNA sharers

47Huck Finn's father

48Metaphorical beginning or ending

51Being in Bordeaux

52First name in classic horror

53G-rated verbal double-take

55School on the Thames

58What's kraken?

59Big 12 team from Salt Lake City

Down

35 clues

1Features of many M. Night Shyamalan films

2Home to Pearl Harbor

3Bandleader who mentored Louis Armstrong

4Greek counterpart of 12-Down

5Haphazardly add

6Military hats that may be worn with epaulets

7"Well, it seems nothing more can be done"

8Some congratulations

9Classic analog camera style

10Falls for some bait, maybe

11Aromatic bloom

12Roman counterpart of 4-Down

13Finalize, in a way

14Target of a therapeutic tea bag

23One of 21 popes

24Actress Taylor-Joy

26Title abolished in 1917

28Some ports, for short

29Julia Child catchphrase

30Statement of existential solitude

31Best-selling comedic autobiography of 2011

33Title seen in a tea caddy

34Price of passage

36Arkansas : Nebraska :: Argon : ___

37Some characters in the Tony winning play "Doubt"

42Dining spot with a European vibe

43Subservient sort

44Boxing ring encouragement

46Voltaire's penultimate play

48Tools in a saddle shop

50"___ Nagila" (Jewish folk song)

51Some creatures in the ocean's "midnight zone"

52Courting gentleman

54On-air marketplace, for short

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jul 11, 2026

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

28/197

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 11, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorJim Quinlan

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 35 down

Longest entries

35ATeam sometimes called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball15 ltrs 7D"Well, it seems nothing more can be done"15 ltrs 5AEschews English, say10 ltrs 16A.08 for 49 of the 50 states10 ltrs 18AClassic Indian film series by Satyajit Ray, with "The"10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 28 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.