NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 11, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorWade Bednar
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Popular tablets (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIPADS→
6A
Big name in food wholesale (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSYSCO→
11A
"Exit full screen" key (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
14A
Still in bed (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOTUP→
15A
Just peachy (5)
Starts with A, ends with YAOKAY→
16A
By way of (3)
Starts with V, ends with AVIA→
17A
19A
Sam-___ (Seuss character) (3)
Starts with I, ends with MIAM→
20A
No rookie (6)
Starts with O, ends with OOLDPRO→
21A
Missions, in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
22A
Red denizen of Sesame Street (4)
Starts with E, ends with OELMO→
23A
Problem for a plumber (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLEAK→
25A
Lollygag (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
27A
Against (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
30A
German film composer who wrote "Cornfield Chase" and "Time" (10)
Starts with H, ends with RHANSZIMMER→
35A
Things to be mowed (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLAWNS→
37A
Passage ceremonies (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRITES→
38A
Word with cutie or sweetie (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
39A
Mario's video game brother (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILUIGI→
40A
Goat's bleat (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMAA→
43A
Hosp. areas with gurneys (3)
Starts with O, ends with SORS→
44A
In a cheery manner (5)
Starts with G, ends with YGAILY→
46A
Tender spots (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSORES→
47A
Hip-hop group that wrote "C.R.E.A.M." and "Protect Ya Neck" (10)
Starts with W, ends with NWUTANGCLAN→
50A
Trifling (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMERE→
51A
"... or ___!" (threat) (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
52A
Opinion, informally (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAKE→
54A
Alternative to truth (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDARE→
56A
"Abso-freakin-lutely!" (3)
Starts with D, ends with IDOI→
59A
Big export of Myanmar (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRUBIES→
63A
Ingredient in a Dark 'n' Stormy (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRUM→
64A
66A
Portfolio portion, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
67A
Peripheral (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROUTER→
68A
Religion of the Maldives (5)
Starts with I, ends with MISLAM→
69A
"There, there" accompanier (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPAT→
70A
Stash away (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTORE→
71A
Prey for polar bears (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEALS→
Down
2D
Opinion survey (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPOLL→
3D
Ever so slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DATAD→
4D
Bit of Chinese food (8)
Starts with D, ends with GDUMPLING→
5D
Steeple topper (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPIRE→
7D
"This is probably dumb but I'm doing it anyway" hashtag (4)
Starts with Y, ends with OYOLO→
8D
Go past (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSKIP→
9D
Flip over, as a boat (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECAPSIZE→
10D
Yiddish laments (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOYS→
11D
The Soviet Union, to Reagan (10)
Starts with E, ends with EEVILEMPIRE→
12D
Thailand, before 1939 (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSIAM→
13D
Military wear, for short (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCAMO→
18D
Head of a noted animal rescue project (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOAH→
22D
Stately tree (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
24D
Like a comeuppance, perhaps (6)
Starts with K, ends with CKARMIC→
26D
LPs and 45s (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDISCS→
27D
"I'll ___ it" (5)
Starts with A, ends with WALLOW→
28D
Island that's the world's third-smallest country, after Vatican City and Monaco (5)
Starts with N, ends with UNAURU→
29D
People hold complicated positions on it (10)
Starts with T, ends with TTWISTERMAT→
31D
Singer Horan of One Direction (5)
Starts with N, ends with LNIALL→
32D
Patronize, as a hotel (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAYAT→
33D
Duck down (5)
Starts with E, ends with REIDER→
34D
Angel ___, holder of the W.N.B.A. single-season record for offensive rebounds (5)
Starts with R, ends with EREESE→
36D
Stop and Yield (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSIGNS→
42D
Headquarters (8)
Starts with H, ends with EHOMEBASE→
45D
Got too old (7)
Starts with A, ends with TAGEDOUT→
48D
Pub drink (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
49D
___ a soul (4)
Starts with N, ends with YNARY→
53D
Mila of "That ’70s Show" (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKUNIS→
54D
What icicles do (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
55D
Field you can feel, maybe (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
57D
"You're ___ something!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
58D
Longtime Disney boss Bob (4)
Starts with I, ends with RIGER→
60D
Cuba, por ejemplo (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISLA→
61D
And other authors: Abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
62D
Jazz singer Sylvia (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSYMS→
64D
Castaway's call (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
65D
"Dr." from Compton (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDRE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 11, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Wade Bednar and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Popular tablets (IPADS); Big name in food wholesale (SYSCO); "Exit full screen" key (ESC).
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