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NYT Crossword — July 19, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

69 clues

1Teacher's summons

11Bench press muscle, for short

18___ Basin (D.C. attraction)

20Didn't turn away

22Texas A&M athlete

23Prefix with media

24Person providing a sworn account

25"I really, really appreciate it!"

27Unspoken communication syst.

28After-the-fact discount

30Big movie theater chain

31Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet"

32Paramedic's skill

35Reward for a good puppy

39One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be"

41Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball

44Like sheep, so to speak

46Degree holder, informally

47Displayed audacity

48The Psychedelic ___ (rock band)

49Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay

50Explosive stuff

53Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia"

55Actress Shirley of "The Apartment"

61Beethoven's Third

62David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g.

63Conspiring cliques

65Judge of diamond value?

69Britain's most prestigious military decoration

71Fantasizes about

73Block someone's passage, say

74Scribble on, say

75Egyptian symbol of life

77Allow to enroll

79Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys

80Gets more expensive

82Vague approximation

85Restrictive undergarment

86Word employment

88Pia ___ (brain covering)

90Linings of nautilus shells

92Hired detectives, for short

94Slow ___ (Asian primate)

98Prefix with -bar

101Stayed somewhere temporarily

104Peak of religion?

106"No worries!"

108You're doing it every day

110Bank offering for a property buyer

111Roommate who doesn't pay rent?

1122000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit

113"T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa")

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71 clues

2This clue's number, cubed

3Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut

4Top priority on the agenda

5Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy

7Baton Rouge institution, familiarly

8Five Pillars religion

9Defeat in competition

10Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___

11Accepts a deal from the D.A., say

12Spanish folk hero

13Meets head-on?

15Nabokov novel

16Whitesmith's material

17Doc using an otoscope

20TV's Don Draper and his co-workers

21Took orders, say

26Fortuneteller

31"Star Wars" character Kylo ___

33Tube-shaped pasta

34Do some road maintenance on

38Clear as ___ (not clear)

40Western mountain range, informally

42Christmas display pieces

45Classic Italian appetizer

46Paper source?

53Player's club

58Brandy letters

60Artist Chagall

64Travel a winding route

67They're at the ends of some rainbows

68Test for M.A. seekers

69Explorer da Gama

70Following behind

72Making a comeback

73Ambulance initials

76"Keep it together!"

78Expression of frustration

79Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski"

81Suppressed, as emotions

82It's in the pipeline

83"___ never fly"

84Asking for a human's attention, perhaps

87They're often covered with dirt

91___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics)

93Coastal region of ancient Greece

96Pound the pavement?

98"You don't need to tell me"

101Any of the U.C.s

102Cry of playful discovery

103Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___

105Kitchen intruder

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jul 19, 2026

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

76/365

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 19, 2026

DaySunday

ThemeRaising Capital

ConstructorMichael Lieberman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split69 across · 71 down

Longest entries

41AScore usually resulting from an error, in baseball11 ltrs 82AVague approximation11 ltrs 32DPlastic cap?11 ltrs 42DChristmas display pieces11 ltrs 36DEt cetera10 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 76 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.