USA Today Crossword July 5 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on July 5 2026.

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Clues Across (41 total)

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Where "The Late Late Show" aired
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With 58-Down, nickname for a crustacean that resembles an abominable snowman
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"Finally done!"
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___ spot (touchy subject)
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Dutch cheese
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Employee's compensation
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Stay with a host of hosts, say
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Worshipped ones
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Big Japanese dogs
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Frosted ___ (spiked hairstyle)
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Golf peg
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Recycling container
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Podcaster's need
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Squirrel's snack
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Completed the Badwater Ultramarathon, say
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Casual meeting
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Momofuku specialty
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Vinyl record shape
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Musical performance with a libretto
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Currency in Nepal
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"Sleep tight!"
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"Run it back"
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Class that isn't hard to pass
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Lacking heat
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Passport mark
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Drains of energy
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Soapmaking ingredient
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As well
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Supporting
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Cube used in tabletop games
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Six-pack units
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Channel for Mina Kimes
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Four-player trick-taking game
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"Call" or "fold" alternative
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Series of wins
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___ Day ("American Idiot" band)
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Goals
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Word after "fine" or "applied"
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Joan Didion piece in "The White Album"
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Group of three
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Wasp's friendlier cousin
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Clues Down (37 total)

(1)
Treat sometimes dunked in milk
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Boston NHL team
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Breakaway group
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"You betcha!"
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End of Vanderbilt's URL
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Sour
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"Not to worry"
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"The ___ You Can't Resist"
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Owned
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Vanity-driven "journeys"
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Launch, like a new album
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Magazine with an annual music festival
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Scrape protectors
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Spider-___ (Peter Porker's alias)
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Many a dad joke
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What shouldn't be put before the horse
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"America's Got Talent" personality Mandel
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Titular Tyler Perry character
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"The Three Musketeers" author
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Write, formally
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X-___
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"OMG, literally me also"
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Highway entrance
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Coffee drink in a Sabrina Carpenter song
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On the loose
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Places to be out for drinks?
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Distress signal
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Tall piece of headwear
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Stick
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Download illegally
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Searches for
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Wee
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Not at home
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Black, in French
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See 4-Across
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Toadfish habitat
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"You didn't have to share that detail"
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