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NYT Crossword — 2026-07-16
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1A
Smart
4 letters
5A
Sensation
5 letters
10A
Acquisition on the big day
5 letters
15A
"That's a good one!"
4 letters
16A
Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspecies
5 letters
17A
Who knows what preceded the Big Bang
5 letters
18A
*Yes — three arduous ones
16 letters
21A
February 14, informally
4 letters
22A
Scratch that!
4 letters
23A
El ___
3 letters
24A
Like novices
5 letters
26A
Spoil
6 letters
28A
Preceder of how, way or where
3 letters
29A
*Yes — sometimes more than 1,000
9 letters
31A
Patooties
5 letters
33A
Little dipper?
3 letters
34A
"Tout à fait!"
3 letters
35A
Tire
4 letters
37A
*Yes — exactly one, in common usage
12 letters
42A
First line on many a form
4 letters
43A
Common garnish in a chirashi bowl
3 letters
44A
Had at present?
3 letters
47A
Article of lab wear
5 letters
50A
*No — but it does have three feet
9 letters
53A
Elizabethan curse
3 letters
54A
Country that las islas Canarias are part of
6 letters
57A
Important blood line
5 letters
58A
"___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche
3 letters
59A
Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks"
4 letters
60A
Raving
4 letters
61A
Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues
16 letters
67A
Popular Japanese brew
5 letters
68A
Alcohol, slangily
5 letters
69A
Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"
4 letters
70A
Its capital is Sanaa
5 letters
71A
Heavens
5 letters
72A
Debugging component?
4 letters
