USA Today Crossword July 18 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on July 18 2026.
- 78
- Total Clues
- 39
- Total Across
- 39
- Total Down
Clues Across (39 total)
(1)
Like mint green
The answer is: pale
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Back muscle, for short
The answer is: lat
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(8)
"Women Are Not Roses" author Castillo
The answer is: ana
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It might be furrowed
The answer is: brow
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Ginger ___
The answer is: ale
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"Stay ___, Ponyboy"
The answer is: gold
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When dinosaurs roamed
The answer is: jurassicperiod
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"___ in a Bottle"
The answer is: genie
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Monopolize
The answer is: hog
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Make a love letter better, maybe
The answer is: edit
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What rhinos wallow in
The answer is: mud
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___ and ___ (start of some envelope addresses)
The answer is: mrs
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Fruits with navels
The answer is: oranges
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(28)
Grads
The answer is: alums
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(30)
"Foodtastic" garment
The answer is: apron
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"Sounds about right"
The answer is: yup
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(33)
Dalai ___
The answer is: lama
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(34)
Savings plan letters
The answer is: ira
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Great Basin people
The answer is: ute
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(37)
Primary social media images, for short
The answer is: profilepics
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(41)
"This ___!"
The answer is: guy
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(42)
Where some RNs work
The answer is: ers
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(43)
Traditional Polynesian dance
The answer is: hula
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(46)
Story trajectory
The answer is: arc
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(49)
Hot, chocolaty drink
The answer is: cocoa
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(51)
Pay respect to
The answer is: honor
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"Nuh-uh" response
The answer is: yeahhuh
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(54)
The Toasters genre
The answer is: ska
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(56)
Owed
The answer is: due
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(57)
Currency in Malta
The answer is: euro
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(58)
Site for a certain facial piercing
The answer is: lip
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(60)
Person
The answer is: human
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(62)
Soda campaign whose 2026 iteration featured a polar bear rejecting Coca-Cola
The answer is: pepsichallenge
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(66)
Part of a cruise ship
The answer is: deck
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(67)
Sense of self
The answer is: ego
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Versatile blackjack cards
The answer is: aces
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(69)
Rolled board game item
The answer is: die
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(70)
"___ is me"
The answer is: woe
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(71)
Exam
The answer is: test
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Clues Down (39 total)
(1)
School lunch staple
The answer is: pbj
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(2)
Bitter salad green
The answer is: arugula
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Worldbuilding overload, in a fantasy novel
The answer is: loredump
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Actor McGregor
The answer is: ewan
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Tool used in some facials
The answer is: laser
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"Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala
The answer is: ali
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The "T" in STEM (Abbr.)
The answer is: tech
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(8)
Survey categories
The answer is: agegroups
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Neither here ___ there
The answer is: nor
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E.T., for one
The answer is: alien
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Sketchy, to a Brit
The answer is: dodgy
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The ___ (game with a "rosebud" cheat code)
The answer is: sims
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"___ Unfortunate Souls"
The answer is: poor
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(18)
"Mon ___!"
The answer is: dieu
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(22)
Small recipe amt.
The answer is: tsp
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(23)
Bad, in Spanish
The answer is: mal
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(25)
Wrapped garment
The answer is: sari
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Pro counterpart
The answer is: anti
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(29)
Tequila cocktail, casually
The answer is: marg
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Diet that avoids dairy
The answer is: paleo
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"Go for it"
The answer is: ifyoulike
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(36)
Reverberate
The answer is: echo
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(38)
"Hurtful!"
The answer is: ouch
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(39)
Periods in Taylor Swift's career
The answer is: eras
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(40)
"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" film festival
The answer is: sundance
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(44)
Relaxing airport spaces
The answer is: lounges
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(45)
"___ we good?"
The answer is: are
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32-Across, on a ship
The answer is: aye
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(47)
Sign on again
The answer is: reup
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(48)
Was invested
The answer is: cared
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Shabby ___ (interior design style)
The answer is: chic
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(51)
Halloween bounty
The answer is: haul
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"I ___ you'd say that"
The answer is: hoped
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(55)
"Kourtney and ___ Take Miami"
The answer is: khloe
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(59)
"Glad that's done"
The answer is: phew
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(61)
Core of an argument
The answer is: meat
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(63)
The "S" in STEM (Abbr.)
The answer is: sci
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(64)
A while ___
The answer is: ago
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Superlative suffix
The answer is: est
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