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19 July 2026 · 21x21 grid · 69 Across, 71 Down
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Answers for 19 July 2026
Spoiler belowAcross
1
Teacher's summons
SEEME
6
–
LLION
11
Bench press muscle, for short
PEC
14
–
BATE
18
___ Basin (D.C. attraction)
TIDAL
19
Progeny
ISSUE
20
Didn't turn away
ALLOWEDIN
22
Texas A&M athlete
AGGIE
23
Prefix with media
MULTI
24
Person providing a sworn account
DECLARANT
25
"I really, really appreciate it!"
THANKSA
27
Unspoken communication syst.
ASL
28
After-the-fact discount
MAILIN
29
Not fresh
TRITE
30
Big movie theater chain
AMC
31 REDDIT
Website that calls itself "the heart of the internet"
32
Paramedic's skill
CPR
35
Reward for a good puppy
TREAT
37
Harbingers
OMENS
39
One-named singer with the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be"
DESREE
41
Score usually resulting from an error, in baseball
UNEARNEDRUN
44
Like sheep, so to speak
OBEDIENT
46
Degree holder, informally
ALUM
47
Displayed audacity
DARED
48
The Psychedelic ___ (rock band)
FURS
49
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay
EDNA
50
Explosive stuff
TNT
51
–
CROSS
53
Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia"
TUTU
54
–
RRIER
55
Actress Shirley of "The Apartment"
MACLAINE
57
–
OVER
59
"Nice idea!"
SMART
61
Beethoven's Third
EROICA
62
David Foster Wallace's "Tense Present," e.g.
ESSAY
63
Conspiring cliques
CABALS
65
Judge of diamond value?
AARON
66
Grab (onto)
GLOM
67
Word order
PHRASING
69
Britain's most prestigious military decoration
VICTO
71
Fantasizes about
DROO
73
Block someone's passage, say
ERECT
74
Scribble on, say
MAR
75
Egyptian symbol of life
ANKH
76
Exits
GOES
77
Allow to enroll
ADMIT
79
Brand seen on the U.S. World Cup jerseys
NIKE
80
Gets more expensive
STEEPENS
82
Vague approximation
GUESSTIMATE
85
Restrictive undergarment
CORSET
86
Word employment
USAGE
88
Pia ___ (brain covering)
MATER
89
Pained yelps
OWS
90
Linings of nautilus shells
NACRES
92
Hired detectives, for short
PIS
94
Slow ___ (Asian primate)
LORIS
97
–
RTGAGE
98
Prefix with -bar
ISO
99
–
RLWANTS
101
Stayed somewhere temporarily
SOJOURNED
104
Peak of religion?
SINAI
106
"No worries!"
ITSOK
107
Number ones
CHAMPIONS
108
You're doing it every day
AGING
109
"I'll pass"
NOTME
110
Bank offering for a property buyer
HOME
111
Roommate who doesn't pay rent?
PET
112
2000 Christina Aguilera #1 hit
WHATA
113
"T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's ___" (Notorious B.I.G.'s breakfast in "Big Poppa")
GRAPE
Down
1
"Right now!"
STAT
2
This clue's number, cubed
EIGHT
3
Hairstyle similar to a bowl cut
EDGAR
4
Top priority on the agenda
MAINITEM
5
Strauss opera inspired by a Sophocles tragedy
ELEKTRA
6
[See title]
LIMA
7
Baton Rouge institution, familiarly
LSU
8
Five Pillars religion
ISLAM
9
Defeat in competition
OUTSCORE
10
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___
NEIL
11
Accepts a deal from the D.A., say
PLEADSOUT
12
Spanish folk hero
ELCID
13
Meets head-on?
COLLIDES
14
[See title]
BERN
15
Nabokov novel
ADA
16
Whitesmith's material
TIN
17
Doc using an otoscope
ENT
20
TV's Don Draper and his co-workers
ADMEN
21
Took orders, say
WAITED
26
Fortuneteller
SEER
30
Calm
ATEASE
31
"Star Wars" character Kylo ___
REN
32
Plastic cap?
CREDITLIMIT
33
Tube-shaped pasta
PENNE
34
Do some road maintenance on
RETAR
36
Et cetera
ANDONANDON
38
Clear as ___ (not clear)
MUD
40
Western mountain range, informally
SIERRAS
41
Arm bones
ULNAE
42
Christmas display pieces
NUTCRACKERS
43
E.R. V.I.P.s
DRS
45
Classic Italian appetizer
BRUSCHETTA
46
Paper source?
ATM
48
Rage
FURY
51
[See title]
CAIRO
52
Puerto ___
RICO
53
Player's club
TEAM
54
[See title]
RABAT
56
Despises
LOATHES
57
[See title]
OSLO
58
Brandy letters
VSO
60
Artist Chagall
MARC
62
Big heads
EGOS
64
Travel a winding route
SNAKE
67
They're at the ends of some rainbows
PRISMS
68
Test for M.A. seekers
GRE
69
Explorer da Gama
VASCO
70
Following behind
INTOW
72
Making a comeback
RESURGENT
73
Ambulance initials
EMS
76
"Keep it together!"
GETAGRIP
77
Summer mo.
AUG
78
Expression of frustration
DEEPSIGH
79
Sam Elliott's role in "The Big Lebowski"
NARRATOR
81
Suppressed, as emotions
PENTUP
82
It's in the pipeline
GAS
83
"___ never fly"
ITLL
84
Asking for a human's attention, perhaps
MEOWING
87
They're often covered with dirt
SEEDS
91
___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics)
CANOE
93
Coastal region of ancient Greece
IONIA
95
The 'gram
INSTA
96
Pound the pavement?
STOMP
97
[See title]
ROME
98
"You don't need to tell me"
ISAW
99
[See title]
RIGA
100
___-Ball
SKEE
101
Any of the U.C.s
SCH
102
Cry of playful discovery
OHO
103
Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___
JAM
105
Kitchen intruder
ANT
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