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NYT Crossword — July 13, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

15Over-the-top enthusiasm

16Ice cream holder

17Meccano offering for budding builders

19Taj Mahal city

20Catch red-handed

21Fairy tale fiend

22Ancient inhabitants of the Andes

23Ring-shaped coral reef

25Human's earliest phase, according to Freud

28Like the man on an annual People magazine cover

31Ann Patchett novel "___ Canto"

32Suffix with lemon or orange

34Relieves (of)

35Metaphorical Cold War barrier

38"Deadly" transgressions

40Structure for hydroelectric power

41Hypotheticals

44Watches on Hulu, say

48Small aircraft for short flights

51Beauty maven Lauder

52Three-note chord

53Christmas Eve service

55Laudatory verse

57Toys … or the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across?

60Polish for publishing

61Treat for Winnie-the-Pooh

63Spoonful of medicine, maybe

64Water or rust, chemically

65One who saves the day

Down

37 clues

2Martial art in which folks get their kicks

3Refrigerator, quaintly

4Home of the Empire State Bldg.

5Unhealthy haze

7Indy racer Al or Bobby

9Was successful in musical chairs

18Ohio port on Lake Erie

22Co. with a lot of connections?

24Tall tale tellers

26Taiwanese computer giant

27Went ballistic

29Humorous parody

34Expands, as dough with yeast

35Experiencing great difficulty

36Singer Vikki with three Grammys

37With a clean slate

38Avoided a trial, say

39Emphatic affirmative

43Common fish-and-chips fish

44Fixed at the vet

46Brooklyn's ___ Evers College

50Saudi neighbor

54Eyelid affliction

57Vietnamese soup with rice noodles

58Salmon on a bagel

59Suffix with bull or bear

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Stats & info

Monday, Jul 13, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 13, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorLynn Lempel

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 37 down

Longest entries

35AMetaphorical Cold War barrier11 ltrs 17AMeccano offering for budding builders10 ltrs 57AToys … or the ends of 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across?10 ltrs 25AHuman's earliest phase, according to Freud9 ltrs 48ASmall aircraft for short flights9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.