USA Today Crossword July 18 2026 Answers (7/18/26)

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USA Today Crossword July 18, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Like mint green
5A	Back muscle, for short
8A	"Women Are Not Roses" author Castillo
11A	It might be furrowed
12A	Ginger ___
13A	"Stay ___, Ponyboy"
15A	When dinosaurs roamed
19A	"___ in a Bottle"
20A	Monopolize
21A	Make a love letter better, maybe
23A	What rhinos wallow in
24A	___ and ___ (start of some envelope addresses)
26A	Fruits with navels
28A	Grads
30A	"Foodtastic" garment
32A	"Sounds about right"
33A	Dalai ___
34A	Savings plan letters
35A	Great Basin people
37A	Primary social media images, for short
41A	"This ___!"
42A	Where some RNs work
43A	Traditional Polynesian dance
46A	Story trajectory
49A	Hot, chocolaty drink
51A	Pay respect to
52A	"Nuh-uh" response
54A	The Toasters genre
56A	Owed
57A	Currency in Malta
58A	Site for a certain facial piercing
60A	Person
62A	Soda campaign whose 2026 iteration featured a polar bear rejecting Coca-Cola
66A	Part of a cruise ship
67A	Sense of self
68A	Versatile blackjack cards
69A	Rolled board game item
70A	"___ is me"
71A	Exam
1D	School lunch staple
2D	Bitter salad green
3D	Worldbuilding overload, in a fantasy novel
4D	Actor McGregor
5D	Tool used in some facials
6D	"Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala
7D	The "T" in STEM (Abbr.)
8D	Survey categories
9D	Neither here ___ there
10D	E.T., for one
14D	Sketchy, to a Brit
16D	The ___ (game with a "rosebud" cheat code)
17D	"___ Unfortunate Souls"
18D	"Mon ___!"
22D	Small recipe amt.
23D	Bad, in Spanish
25D	Wrapped garment
27D	Pro counterpart
29D	Tequila cocktail, casually
31D	Diet that avoids dairy
34D	"Go for it"
36D	Reverberate
38D	"Hurtful!"
39D	Periods in Taylor Swift's career
40D	"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" film festival
44D	Relaxing airport spaces
45D	"___ we good?"
46D	32-Across, on a ship
47D	Sign on again
48D	Was invested
50D	Shabby ___ (interior design style)
51D	Halloween bounty
53D	"I ___ you'd say that"
55D	"Kourtney and ___ Take Miami"
59D	"Glad that's done"
61D	Core of an argument
63D	The "S" in STEM (Abbr.)
64D	A while ___
65D	Superlative suffix

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