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USA Today Crossword July 9, 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 72 clues. Tap “View Answers” on any clue to reveal its solution.

Nora Whitfield Crossword Editor · Verified answers

Across

Do some sums crossword clue1 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

"Sum" homophone crossword clue4 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

___ couture crossword clue8 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Not against crossword clue13 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Flibbertigibbet crossword clue14 Across · 10 lettersView Answers

Stripped-down NPR music event crossword clue16 Across · 15 lettersView Answers

Role play? crossword clue18 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

___ Braden (civil rights activist) crossword clue19 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Really lay on, like a horn crossword clue20 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Butt one can bum crossword clue21 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Ocean color crossword clue22 Across · 8 lettersView Answers

___ fairy crossword clue24 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Luau dish crossword clue26 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Ingredient in beer and bread crossword clue27 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

"Soon" crossword clue31 Across · 6 lettersView Answers

Poetic shoutout crossword clue33 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

What a facepalm might mean crossword clue35 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Crow sounds crossword clue36 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

More unusual crossword clue37 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

"Da ___" (nickname for a world-famous Chicagoan) crossword clue39 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Accessibility law, for short crossword clue40 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Insta post crossword clue41 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Queen Latifah, e.g. crossword clue42 Across · 6 lettersView Answers

Like a friend who always has your back crossword clue44 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

That lady crossword clue47 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Vintage crossword clue49 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Purr-fect spot for sleeping, playing and scratching crossword clue50 Across · 8 lettersView Answers

"Te ___ mucho" crossword clue53 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Cheeky crossword clue54 Across · 5 lettersView Answers

Celebrity couple crossword clue56 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Rodent in a lab crossword clue57 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

YouTubers and TikTokkers, e.g. crossword clue58 Across · 15 lettersView Answers

Green Bay Packers fan crossword clue61 Across · 10 lettersView Answers

___ tai crossword clue62 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Scatter some seeds crossword clue63 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Nile vipers crossword clue64 Across · 4 lettersView Answers

Likely response to "Who wants to go to Disneyland?" crossword clue65 Across · 3 lettersView Answers

Down

Enthusiast crossword clue1 Down · 10 lettersView Answers

"Stay tuned . . . we'll be right back!" crossword clue2 Down · 10 lettersView Answers

Like an arid climate crossword clue3 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Play part crossword clue4 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

"Sick burn!" crossword clue5 Down · 6 lettersView Answers

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" crossword clue6 Down · 15 lettersView Answers

" . . . you get the idea" crossword clue7 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Pullover shirt with buttons at the neckline crossword clue8 Down · 6 lettersView Answers

Like knowledge that might elicit a "How on EARTH did you know that?!" crossword clue9 Down · 6 lettersView Answers

Lyft alternative crossword clue10 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Ripped crossword clue11 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Phone number add-on (Abbr.) crossword clue12 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Father-___ (expectant parent) crossword clue15 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Strategic crossword clue16 Down · 8 lettersView Answers

Japanese soup stock crossword clue17 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Roller coaster, e.g. crossword clue23 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Channel with "Young Sheldon" reruns crossword clue25 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Highway beautification program crossword clue28 Down · 10 lettersView Answers

Game series with warp pipes and mushroom power-ups crossword clue29 Down · 10 lettersView Answers

Questlove's band crossword clue30 Down · 8 lettersView Answers

Apex crossword clue32 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Omit the word "not" in "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (as happened in a King James reprint dubbed the Wicked Bible), say crossword clue34 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

___ golf crossword clue38 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

N95 masks, e.g. crossword clue39 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

Swell smell crossword clue43 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Not quite right? crossword clue45 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Shoestrings crossword clue46 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Lure into a sting operation crossword clue48 Down · 6 lettersView Answers

Actress Daly crossword clue51 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Property documents crossword clue52 Down · 5 lettersView Answers

Fashionable Manhattan neighborhood crossword clue54 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Once more crossword clue55 Down · 4 lettersView Answers

Includes on an email crossword clue58 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

"J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 album) crossword clue59 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

"I SO did not need to know that" crossword clue60 Down · 3 lettersView Answers

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on July 9, 2026, a Thursday, split into Across and Down in clue-number order. Tap View Answers next to any clue to open its solution page, where you'll see the answer, its letter count, and every other date the same clue has appeared.

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