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NYT Crossword — July 15, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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37 clues

1Bold way to go when bluffing

10Mocked, in a way

14One of approximately three million in Finland (for a population of less than six million)

16Place for a hero

17Giving up one's amateur status

19Valhalla V.I.P.

20Ben Jonson wrote one to himself

21Name repeated in a hit 1963 rock song

22Emulate Cicero

23Frantic rushes

25Apple variety named for the state it was developed in

28Daffy Duck characteristic

29Thing to rule, proverbially

33Largest human cells

36Rapper born Tracy Lauren Marrow

37Good source of vitamin C

38Thunderstruck

39Ballpark fig.

40Liam Neeson action trilogy

41Many a rosé wine

42Budget airline of Ireland, informally

44Word with college or message

45Something it's good to pass with

50Places for hot dates?

51Moves pawn to e4, e.g.

55One flying in to the coast, maybe

56Competitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across … or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters

58Mortarboard wearer

59Steve with nine N.B.A. titles as a player and coach

60Island country that's an anagram of TAHITI minus T

61Major export of Ghana

62Brit's exclamation

63Thompson who plays Valkyrie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Down

41 clues

4Days or Knights follower

5Finger painting?

6Many-eyed giant of Greek myth

7Hot ___ (fast-fashion company)

8Like triplets vis-à-vis twins

10Cute to the max

11Standard bicycle propulsion

12Upper echelon

13Patronizes a four-star restaurant, say

18Central point

23Atomizer output

25The "E" in HOMES

26Some comfy kicks

27Spoken-word event

30Mork's planet on an old sitcom

31Narrator on "Euphoria"

32Storage container

37Vampire double feature?

38"What a pity!"

40Catches some rays

43Rates of return

44Whom Austin Powers parodies

45Like San Francisco, frequently

46Early 2000s first lady

47Hangs in there

48Work with a libretto

52Sacred bird of ancient Egypt

53Contents of some carriers

54Highlight of a 48-Down

56Word with run or lift

57Burj Khalifa's home, in brief

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 15, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJonathan Raksin and Jeff Chen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

23AFrantic rushes12 ltrs 45ASomething it's good to pass with12 ltrs 17AGiving up one's amateur status10 ltrs 56ACompetitor suggested by 17-, 23- and 45-Across … or by the name of the inventor jumbled in the circled letters10 ltrs 11DStandard bicycle propulsion10 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.