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NYT Crossword — July 27, 2026

Monday’s 14 × 15 puzzle, 71 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 71 revealed

1S

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4G

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Across

33 clues

5National sport of Japan

9Posh N.Y.C. neighborhood

15Mideast ruler

16"Either way is fine with me"

18Prefix with hit or bit

19Citrusy Japanese sauce

20Manipulate into doubting one's memory or experience

22Friendly emoticon

24Relieve, as pain

28Long-running forensics series

29Only state with a nonrectangular flag

30Title for a married woman

33Fairy tale opening word

36Country in Oceania named for a biblical king

40"Star Wars" character ___ Ren

41___ Wednesday

42Interlocking toy brand

43Four-wheeler, for short

45Kicked out of office

47Pet for Franklin Roosevelt or George W. Bush, informally

52As a precaution

53Competitor at an esports tournament

59Smartphone setting that removes all color from the screen ... or a feature of this puzzle?

61Currency in Chihuahua

62Job for an actor

63Run in neutral

64Ruminate (over)

65"A Bug's Life" bugs

66Out of battery

Down

38 clues

1Scissors sound

2Heading on a list of tasks

4Age group that includes 2000s kids

5[Yes, I know that's a typo]

6Eel, at a Japanese restaurant

7Fable's takeaway

8"Just a moment!"

9Penultimate tournament round

10Last Greek letter

11Pitch that's hard to hit?

12Give a formal speech

21Sprayable disinfectant brand

23Officewide message

24Signal at sea

26Covered in grease

27"You missed your chance"

31Single-stranded molecule

32Palindromic sib

34Tech review site

35Living on the ___

37Big name in applesauce

38"Go away, fly!"

39Grass bought in rolls

44"The little blue pill"

46Branded fluffy slippers

47Things taken on a walk?

48Violate the Tenth Commandment

49Like many bodybuilders, according to B.M.I. alone

50Zac of "High School Musical"

51Handed out, as playing cards

54Low scorer on a pH test

56Name that can be parsed as "the the" in Spanish

57Portland college attended by Steve Jobs

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Stats & info

Monday, Jul 27, 2026

14×15

Grid size

71

Total entries

36/174

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 27, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAidan Deshong

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 38 down

Longest entries

36ACountry in Oceania named for a biblical king14 ltrs 22AFriendly emoticon10 ltrs 47APet for Franklin Roosevelt or George W. Bush, informally10 ltrs 9DPenultimate tournament round10 ltrs 27D"You missed your chance"10 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 4.9 letters per entry.