{WC, AC, DC} Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “{WC, AC, DC}” from the New York Times crossword of July 5, 2026? It has 20 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 5, 2026
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POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE is the answer to “{WC, AC, DC}”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 20-letter answer that starts with P.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ORHDEREWBITTOPEENHHN.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with P and ends with E.
More clues from the New York Times (July 5, 2026)
Across
- 1. Firm up7 letters, starts with SSTIFFEN
- 8. Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea5 letters, starts with AACCRA
- 13. Gamer's pursuit6 letters, starts with EESPORT
- 19. Aid for a violin player8 letters, starts with CCHINREST
- 20. Crocs and mocs5 letters, starts with SSHOES
- 21. Kind of costume that includes a round hat and kerchief6 letters, starts with SSAILOR
- 22. {Elijah, Ruth, Natalie}14 letters, starts with BBABEINTHEWOODS
- 24. "Send a quick reminder"6 letters, starts with PPINGME
- 25. "___ it and rip it!" (aggressive golfer's mantra)4 letters, starts with GGRIP
- 26. Org. for those leaving the workforce4 letters, starts with AAARP
- 27. Product displays seen at entrances to store aisles7 letters, starts with EENDCAPS
- 28. {Kerouac, Dubya, Ginsberg}18 letters, starts with BBEATSAROUNDTHEBUSH
- 35. Colored4 letters, starts with HHUED
- 36. Org. that accepts returns3 letters, starts with IIRS
- 37. Grinders5 letters, starts with HHEROS
- 41. {WC, AC, DC}20 letters, starts with PPOWERBEHINDTHETHRONE
- 49. Jewish mysticism, in one spelling6 letters, starts with KKABALA
- 50. Love, in Lima4 letters, starts with AAMOR
- 51. Card game whose name is shouted3 letters, starts with UUNO
- 52. Knee part often torn by athletes, in brief3 letters, starts with AACL
- 53. At any time4 letters, starts with EEVER
- 54. Small test subjects7 letters, starts with LLABRATS
- 57. Enforcer of traveling restrictions, informally?6 letters, starts with NNBAREF
- 60. "The Second Coming" poet, 19195 letters, starts with YYEATS
- 62. Ragú competitor5 letters, starts with PPREGO
- 63. The Shakespearean version of this has three quatrains followed by a couplet6 letters, starts with SSONNET
- 66. {Bonnie, Oscar, Clyde}17 letters, starts with HHONORAMONGTHIEVES
- 70. Some salon tasks6 letters, starts with RRINSES
- 71. "Hammerin' Hank" of baseball5 letters, starts with AAARON
- 72. Allow someone to pass5 letters, starts with YYIELD
- 75. 30-ounce Starbucks size6 letters, starts with TTRENTA
- 78. Old Testament patriarch7 letters, starts with AABRAHAM
- 80. Close by4 letters, starts with NNEAR
- 81. Early email provider3 letters, starts with AAOL
- 82. Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock3 letters, starts with IIII
- 85. Neighbor of an Estonian4 letters, starts with LLETT
- 86. Evening that a couple spends together, say6 letters, starts with UUSTIME
- 88. {Larry, Sue, Emma}20 letters, starts with TTWOBIRDSWITHONESTONE
- 94. Mexican mister5 letters, starts with SSENOR
- 95. Veer, as a ship3 letters, starts with YYAW
- 96. Org. concerned with plants4 letters, starts with OOSHA
- 97. {Cinnabon, Kool-Aid, Hi-C}18 letters, starts with RROLLWITHTHEPUNCHES
- 107. Powerhouse in English football7 letters, starts with AARSENAL
- 110. Home to Waikiki Beach4 letters, starts with OOAHU
- 111. California's ___ Linda4 letters, starts with LLOMA
- 112. Rested atop6 letters, starts with LLAIDON
- 113. {Landfill, goose feathers, junkyard}14 letters, starts with DDOWNINTHEDUMPS
- 119. Pay no mind to6 letters, starts with IIGNORE
- 120. Longtime Tribeca restaurant where some say the Cosmopolitan was invented, with "the"5 letters, starts with OODEON
- 121. Thousands of binary digits8 letters, starts with KKILOBITS
- 122. Was overflowing6 letters, starts with TTEEMED
- 123. Van Halen of Van Halen5 letters, starts with EEDDIE
- 124. Extended voyage7 letters, starts with OODYSSEY
Down
- 1. Angel's ___ (distiller's term for the whiskey that evaporates during aging)5 letters, starts with SSHARE
- 2. Shinbone5 letters, starts with TTIBIA
- 3. Completely incompetent5 letters, starts with IINEPT
- 4. Time for Sat. prep?3 letters, starts with FFRI
- 5. Marshland3 letters, starts with FFEN
- 6. Suffix for superlatives3 letters, starts with EEST
- 7. Unspecified member of a series3 letters, starts with NNTH
- 8. Nile dam5 letters, starts with AASWAN
- 9. Triad, e.g.5 letters, starts with CCHORD
- 10. Assume5 letters, starts with CCOOPT
- 11. Lead-in to River or Rover3 letters, starts with RRED
- 12. Dummkopf3 letters, starts with AASS
- 13. Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game5 letters, starts with EESPNU
- 14. Called for quiet7 letters, starts with SSAIDSHH
- 15. Penny ___ (miser)7 letters, starts with PPINCHER
- 16. Lingerie brand with a Slavic-sounding name4 letters, starts with OOLGA
- 17. Fun time4 letters, starts with RROMP
- 18. "___ bon!"4 letters, starts with TTRES
- 19. Bygone N.Y.C. music venue with rhyming initials4 letters, starts with CCBGB
- 23. Wisconsin's ___ Claire3 letters, starts with EEAU
- 27. Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies"5 letters, starts with EEBSEN
- 29. Apt name for a conchologist?4 letters, starts with SSHEL
- 30. Ear-related5 letters, starts with AAURAL
- 31. Yank's Civil War foe3 letters, starts with RREB
- 32. What has flatter feet?3 letters, starts with OODE
- 33. Achieve success, so to speak3 letters, starts with HHIT
- 34. Chinese instrument with two strings4 letters, starts with EERHU
- 38. Sound of an approaching subway train4 letters, starts with RROAR
- 39. Start of a reminiscence4 letters, starts with OONCE
- 40. Word with confidence or checkout4 letters, starts with SSELF
- 41. Do some roadwork on4 letters, starts with PPAVE
- 42. Folk religion akin to voodoo5 letters, starts with OOBEAH
- 43. Battered by battle7 letters, starts with WWARTORN
- 44. Women's areas in old Muslim palaces6 letters, starts with HHAREMS
- 45. Last stage of an insect's development5 letters, starts with IIMAGO
- 46. "No way, no how!"9 letters, starts with NNOTONABET
- 47. Neurosurgeons, e.g.: Abbr.3 letters, starts with DDRS
- 48. Metric unit of weight5 letters, starts with TTONNE
- 49. Map legend3 letters, starts with KKEY
- 55. Figs. related to car loans4 letters, starts with AAPRS
- 56. Scottish hill4 letters, starts with BBRAE
- 58. Big bunch4 letters, starts with BBEVY
- 59. Eroded7 letters, starts with AATEINTO
- 61. Pouty mood4 letters, starts with SSNIT
- 63. Lead-in to sphere, in the atmosphere6 letters, starts with SSTRATO
- 64. "Hey! I know the answer!"4 letters, starts with OOHOH
- 65. Atlantic crosser of 14924 letters, starts with NNINA
- 67. Sign outside a broadcast booth5 letters, starts with OONAIR
- 68. Wayne's buddy in "Wayne's World"5 letters, starts with GGARTH
- 69. Admit5 letters, starts with SSEEIN
- 73. Really weak, as an excuse4 letters, starts with LLAME
- 74. Beats by ___ (audio brand)3 letters, starts with DDRE
- 75. They might be up in arms, informally4 letters, starts with TTATS
- 76. T. ___ Price (investment firm)4 letters, starts with RROWE
- 77. "I bought this before ___ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla)4 letters, starts with EELON
- 78. He was né Clay3 letters, starts with AALI
- 79. ___ pork (dish in a Chinese restaurant)5 letters, starts with MMUSHU
- 83. Tale of rustic life5 letters, starts with IIDYLL
- 84. "Vidi," in Caesar's boast4 letters, starts with IISAW
- 87. Satirist Freberg4 letters, starts with SSTAN
- 89. You won't actually die of it7 letters, starts with BBOREDOM
- 90. Rocks smelted to make steel7 letters, starts with IIRONORE
- 91. Conflict sparked by an archduke's assassination: Abbr.3 letters, starts with WWWI
- 92. San Francisco's ___ Valley3 letters, starts with NNOE
- 93. Madrid's land, in the Olympics3 letters, starts with EESP
- 98. Like Olympic pools5 letters, starts with LLANED
- 99. Like some cars parked next to "No Parking" signs5 letters, starts with TTOWED
- 100. Vietnam's capital5 letters, starts with HHANOI
- 101. Old-fashioned "your"5 letters, starts with TTHINE
- 102. Soldier for Attila3 letters, starts with HHUN
- 103. Black suit5 letters, starts with CCLUBS
- 104. Good pal5 letters, starts with HHOMIE
- 105. Out of gas5 letters, starts with EEMPTY
- 106. Lip4 letters, starts with SSASS
- 107. Settled down, in a way4 letters, starts with AALIT
- 108. All the ___4 letters, starts with RRAGE
- 109. Kind of wave4 letters, starts with SSINE
- 113. Last name for an unnamed person3 letters, starts with DDOE
- 114. Curious3 letters, starts with OODD
- 115. Ring result, in brief3 letters, starts with TTKO
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- 118. Two in Tijuana3 letters, starts with DDOS
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Questions
What is the answer to “{WC, AC, DC}”?
POWERBEHINDTHETHRONE, 20 letters.
When was “{WC, AC, DC}” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of July 5, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
20 letters, starting with P.