USA Today Crossword July 18, 2026 Answers
Saturday puzzle · 78 clues — every Across and Down answer for the July 18, 2026 USA Today Crossword.
Across
1Like mint greenPALE5Back muscle, for shortLAT8"Women Are Not Roses" author CastilloANA11It might be furrowedBROW12Ginger ___ALE13"Stay ___, Ponyboy"GOLD15When dinosaurs roamedJURASSICPERIOD19"___ in a Bottle"GENIE20MonopolizeHOG21Make a love letter better, maybeEDIT23What rhinos wallow inMUD24___ and ___ (start of some envelope addresses)MRS26Fruits with navelsORANGES28GradsALUMS30"Foodtastic" garmentAPRON32"Sounds about right"YUP33Dalai ___LAMA34Savings plan lettersIRA35Great Basin peopleUTE37Primary social media images, for shortPROFILEPICS41"This ___!"GUY42Where some RNs workERS43Traditional Polynesian danceHULA46Story trajectoryARC49Hot, chocolaty drinkCOCOA51Pay respect toHONOR52"Nuh-uh" responseYEAHHUH54The Toasters genreSKA56OwedDUE57Currency in MaltaEURO58Site for a certain facial piercingLIP60PersonHUMAN62Soda campaign whose 2026 iteration featured a polar bear rejecting Coca-ColaPEPSICHALLENGE66Part of a cruise shipDECK67Sense of selfEGO68Versatile blackjack cardsACES69Rolled board game itemDIE70"___ is me"WOE71ExamTEST Down
1School lunch staplePBJ2Bitter salad greenARUGULA3Worldbuilding overload, in a fantasy novelLOREDUMP4Actor McGregorEWAN5Tool used in some facialsLASER6"Leave the World Behind" actor MahershalaALI7The "T" in STEM (Abbr.)TECH8Survey categoriesAGEGROUPS9Neither here ___ thereNOR10E.T., for oneALIEN14Sketchy, to a BritDODGY16The ___ (game with a "rosebud" cheat code)SIMS17"___ Unfortunate Souls"POOR18"Mon ___!"DIEU22Small recipe amt.TSP23Bad, in SpanishMAL25Wrapped garmentSARI27Pro counterpartANTI29Tequila cocktail, casuallyMARG31Diet that avoids dairyPALEO34"Go for it"IFYOULIKE36ReverberateECHO38"Hurtful!"OUCH39Periods in Taylor Swift's careerERAS40"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" film festivalSUNDANCE44Relaxing airport spacesLOUNGES45"___ we good?"ARE4632-Across, on a shipAYE47Sign on againREUP48Was investedCARED50Shabby ___ (interior design style)CHIC51Halloween bountyHAUL53"I ___ you'd say that"HOPED55"Kourtney and ___ Take Miami"KHLOE59"Glad that's done"PHEW61Core of an argumentMEAT63The "S" in STEM (Abbr.)SCI64A while ___AGO65Superlative suffixEST About this puzzle
This page lists every clue from the USA Today Crossword published on July 18, 2026, a Saturday, in Across and Down order. Tap any clue to open its solution page with the answer, its letter count, and every other date it has appeared. Looking for a different day? Head to the full archive or use the search bar at the top of the page.