NY Times Crossword Answers July 15, 2022 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 15, 2022

Published on Friday, July 15, 2022 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 15 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. 1976's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" or 2018's "Shallow"

4-letter answer Answer: DUET

Word Help: Synonyms: duo, pair, yoke

Clue #2: 5. Wear out

4-letter answer Answer: FRAY

Word Help: Synonyms: affray, chafe, fret

Clue #3: 9. Fighting sport, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MMA

Clue #4: 12. Relatively new addition to Thanksgiving?

5-letter answer Answer: INLAW

Clue #5: 14. Corporate "carrot"

9-letter answer Answer: PROMOTION

Word Help: Synonyms: forwarding, packaging, promotional_material
Antonyms: demotion

Clue #6: 16. The N.B.A.'s Curry, familiarly

5-letter answer Answer: STEPH

Clue #7: 17. One might be measured in pounds

9-letter answer Answer: RESCUEDOG

Clue #8: 18. Regular partygoer

9-letter answer Answer: SOCIALITE

Word Help: Synonyms: socialite

Clue #9: 20. Crazy party

5-letter answer Answer: RAGER

Clue #10: 21. Clan emblems

6-letter answer Answer: TOTEMS

Word Help: Synonyms: totem

Clue #11: 22. Funny business

6-letter answer Answer: COMEDY

Word Help: Synonyms: comedy, drollery, funniness
Antonyms: tragedy

Clue #12: 23. They're put in quotes

6-letter answer Answer: PRICES

Word Help: Synonyms: monetary_value, Mary_Leontyne_Price, Leontyne_Price

Clue #13: 25. Bit of dancewear

4-letter answer Answer: TUTU

Word Help: Synonyms: Desmond_Tutu, Tutu, ballet_skirt

Clue #14: 26. Be as good as

5-letter answer Answer: RIVAL

Word Help: Synonyms: competition, equal, challenger

Clue #15: 27. Stick in one's mouth

9-letter answer Answer: TOOTHPICK

Word Help: Synonyms: toothpick

Clue #16: 32. What some films don't do well

3-letter answer Answer: AGE

Word Help: Synonyms: get_on, geezerhood, senesce
Antonyms: rejuvenate

Clue #17: 33. Drink with an onomatopoeic name

7-letter answer Answer: SLURPEE

Clue #18: 35. When repeated, a dance move

3-letter answer Answer: NAE

Clue #19: 36. Their customers lie for them

9-letter answer Answer: MASSEUSES

Word Help: Synonyms: masseuse

Clue #20: 38. Give another go

5-letter answer Answer: RETRY

Word Help: Synonyms: retry, rehear

Clue #21: 40. Modern meeting invite

4-letter answer Answer: LINK

Word Help: Synonyms: radio_link, join, liaison
Antonyms: disconnectedness, dissociate

Clue #22: 41. National park with Devils Garden

6-letter answer Answer: ARCHES

Word Help: Synonyms: arch, archway, curve

Clue #23: 42. Thick tortilla that's the national dish of El Salvador

6-letter answer Answer: PUPUSA

Clue #24: 45. Submissive

6-letter answer Answer: DOCILE

Word Help: Synonyms: gentle, docile, teachable
Antonyms: stubborn

Clue #25: 47. Buck of baseball

5-letter answer Answer: ONEIL

Clue #26: 48. Some early January sporting events

9-letter answer Answer: BOWLGAMES

Clue #27: 51. Warped fabric, it's said

9-letter answer Answer: SPACETIME

Clue #28: 53. Friendly start to a group email

5-letter answer Answer: HIALL

Clue #29: 54. Utter disasters

9-letter answer Answer: TIREFIRES

Clue #30: 55. Band

5-letter answer Answer: TRIBE

Word Help: Synonyms: kindred, tribe, kin

Clue #31: 56. Show that opens with an iconic crane shot, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #32: 57. Actress Beverly of 1989's "Lean on Me"

4-letter answer Answer: TODD

Word Help: Synonyms: Lord_Todd, Todd, Sweeney_Todd

Clue #33: 58. Side dish that's uncooked

4-letter answer Answer: SLAW

Word Help: Synonyms: slaw, coleslaw

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. What might elicit an "Oh, snap!"

4-letter answer Answer: DISS

Word Help: Synonyms: affront, Dis, Orcus

Clue #2: 2. Hymnal preposition

4-letter answer Answer: UNTO

Clue #3: 3. Campus choices

9-letter answer Answer: ELECTIVES

Word Help: Synonyms: elective_course, elective

Clue #4: 4. With 44-Down, the "bubble" in bubble tea

7-letter answer Answer: TAPIOCA

Word Help: Synonyms: tapioca

Clue #5: 5. Neck lines

5-letter answer Answer: FRETS

Word Help: Synonyms: erode, Greek_key, gag

Clue #6: 6. Wine choice

4-letter answer Answer: ROSE

Word Help: Synonyms: heighten, stand_up, mount
Antonyms: go_to_bed, sit_down

Clue #7: 7. Co. that patented the combination cup holder and armrest

3-letter answer Answer: AMC

Clue #8: 8. "No, the opposite"

14-letter answer Answer: YOUROTHERRIGHT

Clue #9: 9. Tiny pest

5-letter answer Answer: MIDGE

Word Help: Synonyms: midge

Clue #10: 10. Responded to a cattle call

5-letter answer Answer: MOOED

Word Help: Synonyms: low, moo

Clue #11: 11. Cross

5-letter answer Answer: ANGRY

Word Help: Synonyms: raging, wild, tempestuous
Antonyms: unangry

Clue #12: 13. "So ... did we get everything?"

14-letter answer Answer: WHATELSEISLEFT

Clue #13: 14. Niminy-piminy

4-letter answer Answer: PRIM

Word Help: Synonyms: puritanical, tight-laced, twee

Clue #14: 15. Join forces

6-letter answer Answer: TEAMUP

Clue #15: 19. "___ Amants" (Louis Malle film)

3-letter answer Answer: LES

Word Help: Synonyms: lupus_erythematosus, LE

Clue #16: 22. Aww-inspiring

4-letter answer Answer: CUTE

Word Help: Synonyms: cute, precious, cunning

Clue #17: 23. English four-wheeler

4-letter answer Answer: PRAM

Word Help: Synonyms: perambulator, baby_buggy, pram

Clue #18: 24. European capital known for its Art Nouveau architecture

4-letter answer Answer: RIGA

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Latvia, Riga

Clue #19: 25. Absolutely no more than that

4-letter answer Answer: TOPS

Word Help: Synonyms: super, topnotch, pinch
Antonyms: bottom

Clue #20: 27. Sizable incisor

4-letter answer Answer: TUSK

Word Help: Synonyms: horn, ivory, detusk

Clue #21: 28. It may come from the hills

3-letter answer Answer: ORE

Word Help: Synonyms: ore

Clue #22: 29. Signed and sealed, but not delivered

9-letter answer Answer: INTHEMAIL

Clue #23: 30. Mind

4-letter answer Answer: CARE

Word Help: Synonyms: charge, tutelage, concern

Clue #24: 31. Janitors' janglers

4-letter answer Answer: KEYS

Word Help: Synonyms: samara, paint, cay
Antonyms: atonality

Clue #25: 34. Sibling of Sol, in Roman myth

4-letter answer Answer: LUNA

Word Help: Synonyms: Luna

Clue #26: 37. Streaming channel?

6-letter answer Answer: SLUICE

Word Help: Synonyms: sluice_down, penstock, sluice

Clue #27: 39. Desserts once known as petites duchesses

7-letter answer Answer: ECLAIRS

Word Help: Synonyms: eclair

Clue #28: 41. Something seen in a knee M.R.I.

3-letter answer Answer: ACL

Clue #29: 42. Fencing needs

5-letter answer Answer: POSTS

Word Help: Synonyms: Emily_Price_Post, C._W._Post, mail

Clue #30: 43. Remove from the top of one's profile, as a tweet

5-letter answer Answer: UNPIN

Word Help: Synonyms: unpin
Antonyms: pin

Clue #31: 44. See 4-Down

5-letter answer Answer: PEARL

Word Help: Synonyms: bone, ivory, bead

Clue #32: 45. Like many mosques

5-letter answer Answer: DOMED

Word Help: Synonyms: vaulted, domed

Clue #33: 46. Is short

4-letter answer Answer: OWES

Word Help: Synonyms: owe

Clue #34: 48. Early morning caller

4-letter answer Answer: BIRD

Word Help: Synonyms: fowl, birdwatch, wench

Clue #35: 49. Island east of Corsica

4-letter answer Answer: ELBA

Clue #36: 50. Host

4-letter answer Answer: SLEW

Word Help: Synonyms: mess, mickle, stack

Clue #37: 52. Bruno, to Mirabel, in Disney's "Encanto"

3-letter answer Answer: TIO

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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