NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 1, 2026
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Clues70
Across32
Down38
ConstructorZachary David Levy
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Dis/cuss? (9)
Starts with T, ends with KTRASHTALK→
10A
Some radio messages, in brief (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPBS→
14A
Notions (10)
Starts with V, ends with SVAGUEIDEAS→
16A
So-called "Island of a Thousand Temples" (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBALI→
17A
Festival at the center of the classic novel "Under the Volcano" (15)
Starts with D, ends with SDIADELOSMUERTOS→
19A
Marching band? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANTS→
20A
21-time Emmy nominee for "All My Children" (10)
Starts with S, ends with ISUSANLUCCI→
21A
Add color to, perhaps (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDYE→
22A
Teensy amounts (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMITES→
23A
Unit on the autobahn, say: Abbr. (3)
Starts with K, ends with HKPH→
24A
Hwy. overseer, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDOT→
25A
Wackadoodle (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNUT→
27A
Wear the same clothes, in slang (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTWIN→
30A
Wirelessly driven toy, for short (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRCCAR→
33A
Field whose prospects are looking up? (9)
Starts with A, ends with YASTRONOMY→
35A
Like the 2003 Peace Nobelist Shirin Ebadi (7)
Starts with I, ends with NIRANIAN→
37A
Some prominent Mexico City murals (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRIVERAS→
38A
40A
"Shoot" (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASKME→
41A
Basilica setting for Bernini's Throne of Saint Peter (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAPSE→
42A
Even so (3)
Starts with Y, ends with TYET→
43A
C-section sections (3)
Starts with O, ends with SORS→
44A
Menopause treatment option, in brief (3)
Starts with H, ends with THRT→
46A
Full of hot gossip (5)
Starts with D, ends with YDISHY→
48A
Base unit (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCOT→
51A
Incredible, in modern parlance (10)
Starts with A, ends with SAMAZEBALLS→
54A
Erin's onetime love interest on "The Office" (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGABE→
55A
Attire for a ceremony at Westminster Abbey (15)
Starts with C, ends with SCORONATIONROBES→
57A
Bearing (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMIEN→
58A
Fulfilled a business obligation (10)
Starts with M, ends with LMETPAYROLL→
59A
"What ___?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
60A
Upset tummy, medically speaking (9)
Starts with D, ends with ADYSPEPSIA→
Down
1D
Frank Costanza or Morty Seinfeld, e.g. (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTVDAD→
2D
Precipitous? (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRAINY→
3D
Source of some classic rock bands (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGATE→
4D
Brewski (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUDS→
5D
Part of a giggle (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHEE→
6D
Cheese named after a Prussian town near the Baltic coast (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTILSIT→
7D
Result of bad service, maybe (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADOUT→
8D
Dials down (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLESSENS→
9D
Ancient text whose Sanskrit title means "Principles of Love" (9)
Starts with K, ends with AKAMASUTRA→
10D
Opposite of verbosity (10)
Starts with A, ends with SABRUPTNESS→
11D
A little of this and that (9)
Starts with P, ends with KPATCHWORK→
12D
Group of like-minded individuals (4)
Starts with B, ends with CBLOC→
13D
Enthusiastic approval abroad (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISISI→
15D
Amar'e Stoudemire, for his first eight seasons in the N.B.A. (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSUN→
18D
Bugling game (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
22D
Durin's burial place in "The Lord of the Rings" (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMORIA→
24D
Red light district? (10)
Starts with D, ends with EDANGERZONE→
26D
Angular opening? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
28D
Divinely appointed successor of Muhammad, in Shia Islam (4)
Starts with I, ends with MIMAM→
29D
The Big Board of Wall St. (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENYSE→
30D
Capital on the mouth of the Daugava River (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARIGA→
31D
Losing roll (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCRAP→
32D
Alternatives to some rentals (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCARSHARES→
33D
Showed up earlier than (9)
Starts with A, ends with DANTEDATED→
34D
Egg maker (5)
Starts with O, ends with YOVARY→
36D
"Your choice" (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
39D
Sewerage, for example (7)
Starts with U, ends with YUTILITY→
43D
Sassy response to a put-down (6)
Starts with O, ends with POHSNAP→
45D
Pearl Jam's debut album, which went 13x platinum (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
47D
Dinners in sties (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOPS→
48D
Los ____ (Mexican tourist destination) (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCABOS→
49D
Manuscript marks (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOBELI→
50D
Unit equal to one weber per square meter (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATESLA→
51D
Fictional maker of Rocket-Powered Roller Skates and Dehydrated Boulders (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACME→
52D
Participate in drudgery (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMOIL→
53D
"Kapow!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with MBAM→
54D
Snack in a sack in a backpack (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGORP→
56D
Deli selection (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERYE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 1, 2026?+
70 clues: 32 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Zachary David Levy and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Dis/cuss? (TRASHTALK); Some radio messages, in brief (APBS); Notions (VAGUEIDEAS).
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