NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 23, 2026
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Clues145
Across71
Down74
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Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
"Awesome!" (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRAD→
4A
Many profs (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPHDS→
8A
What a crush might make you do (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFLIRT→
13A
Predator with dermal denticles (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSHARK→
18A
Silent film actor Jannings (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEMIL→
20A
Reclined (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLAIN→
21A
More intense, as an emotion (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRAWER→
22A
Early stage of a drug trial (6)
Starts with P, ends with IPHASEI→
23A
Peace symbol (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOVE→
24A
Adage promoting thrift (25)
Starts with A, ends with DAPENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED→
27A
Itty-bitty (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTEENSY→
29A
Return filers, for short (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCPAS→
30A
Barely keeps going, with "along" (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLIMPS→
31A
Fish with leaf-shaped larvae (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEELS→
32A
Image on one side of this puzzle's subject (14)
Starts with A, ends with NABRAHAMLINCOLN→
35A
Start of a historic triple boast (5)
Starts with I, ends with EICAME→
37A
Seminole's rival, in college athletics (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGATOR→
38A
Liturgical singer (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCANTOR→
39A
Quick cut (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNIP→
40A
Subtitle alternative (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDUB→
43A
Yogurt drink in Delhi (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILASSI→
45A
Monklike, in a way (7)
Starts with A, ends with CASCETIC→
48A
Angle variable in geometry (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATHETA→
50A
Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025) (6)
Starts with U, ends with TUSMINT→
53A
Periodical, informally (3)
Starts with M, ends with GMAG→
55A
Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees (4)
Starts with G, ends with HGOTH→
56A
Duck known for its insulating feathers (5)
Starts with E, ends with REIDER→
57A
Make smelly (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSTINKUP→
59A
One of 12, astrologically (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
61A
"Balderdash!" (3)
Starts with R, ends with TROT→
62A
"It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short (3)
Starts with W, ends with JWSJ→
63A
"Omigosh!" (3)
Starts with E, ends with KEEK→
64A
Drug enforcer, informally (4)
Starts with N, ends with CNARC→
66A
"When We Were Young" singer, 2015 (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADELE→
68A
Its capital is Roma (6)
Starts with I, ends with AITALIA→
72A
Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry (30)
Starts with O, ends with SONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS→
77A
A failed transaction (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOSALE→
78A
Good, but not great, grade (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBPLUS→
79A
Tennis great Arthur (4)
Starts with A, ends with EASHE→
80A
___ King Cole (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNAT→
81A
Fall asleep, with "off" (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNOD→
82A
Word with constrictor or feather (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABOA→
83A
Goddess of the dawn (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEOS→
85A
Car-pooling convenience (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHOVLANE→
88A
Taco bar adjective (5)
Starts with A, ends with AASADA→
91A
___ Féin (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSINN→
92A
___ room (3)
Starts with R, ends with CREC→
94A
Showing less bias (6)
Starts with F, ends with RFAIRER→
95A
Musical staff symbol (5)
Starts with C, ends with FCCLEF→
96A
Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing (7)
Starts with K, ends with GKNEEING→
99A
"Sounds like a blast!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOHFUN→
101A
Mini-gulp (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSIP→
102A
Some Ivy Leaguers (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELIS→
104A
Meeting that goes above and beyond? (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESEANCE→
106A
Intimate (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGETAT→
110A
Bitter (5)
Starts with A, ends with DACRID→
112A
Image on one side of this puzzle's subject (14)
Starts with T, ends with DTHEUNIONSHIELD→
115A
Badge-pinning site (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSASH→
117A
Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment (5)
Starts with B, ends with IBODHI→
119A
Spanish for "wealthy" (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORICO→
120A
Get in the game? (6)
Starts with A, ends with PANTEUP→
121A
Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across (17)
Starts with P, ends with SPUTINYOURTWOCENTS→
125A
D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEMMA→
126A
Paradise (6)
Starts with U, ends with AUTOPIA→
127A
Pucker producer, perhaps (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLEMON→
128A
Modernists, informally (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNEOS→
129A
Department store department (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMENS→
130A
Vikings, for example (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENORSE→
131A
Long members of the onion family (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEEKS→
132A
Nervous (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEDGY→
Down
1D
Discount merchandise indicator (6)
Starts with R, ends with GREDTAG→
2D
Organism that moves using pseudopodia (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAMOEBA→
3D
Change the course of (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDIVERT→
4D
___ del Carmen (Mexican resort) (5)
Starts with P, ends with APLAYA→
5D
Two farthings, informally (7)
Starts with H, ends with YHAPENNY→
6D
Deny responsibility for (8)
Starts with D, ends with MDISCLAIM→
7D
Like certain easy-to-install hardware components (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSNAPIN→
8D
Much of Diego Rivera's work (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFRESCOS→
9D
Young Scot (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLAD→
10D
"You can count on me" (5)
Starts with I, ends with LIWILL→
11D
It can become amber (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRESIN→
12D
Streetcar (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTRAM→
13D
Doo-wop's ___ Na Na (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASHA→
14D
Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire (5)
Starts with H, ends with MHAREM→
15D
If necessary (8)
Starts with A, ends with DASNEEDED→
16D
Scottish dance (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
17D
Offspring (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKIDS→
19D
"Enemies, a Love Story" actress (8)
Starts with L, ends with NLENAOLIN→
22D
"GoodFellas" Oscar winner (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPESCI→
25D
Perspective (7)
Starts with V, ends with EVANTAGE→
26D
Demonstrate frugality, in a way (10)
Starts with P, ends with HPENNYPINCH→
28D
Got tinier (6)
Starts with S, ends with KSHRANK→
33D
Hosts, in brief (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMCS→
34D
Tolkien monster (3)
Starts with O, ends with CORC→
36D
Exams for ambitious H.S. students (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAPTESTS→
39D
Date night bookings (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSITTERS→
41D
Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUTE→
42D
Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon (3)
Starts with B, ends with RBAR→
44D
Having impeded growth (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSTUNTED→
46D
Bird with an S-shaped neck (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEGRET→
47D
Place for pliers (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETOOLCASE→
49D
Muslim head scarf (5)
Starts with H, ends with BHIJAB→
50D
Target with, as a pickup line (5)
Starts with U, ends with NUSEON→
51D
Scribe in a courtroom, in brief (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSTENO→
52D
Prepares for an interview, say (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMIKES→
54D
Notorious Chicago bootlegger (8)
Starts with A, ends with EALCAPONE→
58D
What a dog uses to shake (3)
Starts with P, ends with WPAW→
60D
Island location of Iolani Palace (4)
Starts with O, ends with UOAHU→
62D
Say something fresh (7)
Starts with W, ends with FWISEOFF→
65D
Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (7)
Starts with R, ends with SROBBINS→
67D
Information in a prescription (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOSE→
69D
Out of this world? (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLUNAR→
71D
Fall bloomer (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTER→
73D
"Hoarders" network (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAANDE→
74D
Shoe originally known as a "Weejun" (11)
Starts with P, ends with RPENNYLOAFER→
75D
Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPENNYLANE→
76D
"Wow!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with HOHH→
84D
Like many farm stand purchases (7)
Starts with O, ends with CORGANIC→
86D
"Dodgeball" star Vince (6)
Starts with V, ends with NVAUGHN→
87D
Specific charge on an invoice (8)
Starts with L, ends with MLINEITEM→
88D
Cooling units, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with SACS→
89D
Poli-___ (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISCI→
90D
Pork-based taco option (8)
Starts with A, ends with RALPASTOR→
91D
Snowmobile brand (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSKIDOO→
93D
Made cozy (8)
Starts with C, ends with DCOCOONED→
97D
Suffix in British English (3)
Starts with I, ends with EISE→
98D
Makeup of a nervous system, largely (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNEURONS→
100D
Layer of a farm (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHEN→
103D
Locale for camel racing (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALIBYA→
105D
Christians' ___ Creed (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENICENE→
107D
Overflowed (with) (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTEEMED→
108D
Reunion attendees (6)
Starts with A, ends with IALUMNI→
109D
Cause for a QB's celebration (6)
Starts with T, ends with STDPASS→
111D
Fries in England (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCHIPS→
112D
Deuce topper (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHREE→
113D
"I'll take another card" (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHITME→
114D
Cheeky (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSASSY→
115D
Like cotton candy (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSPUN→
116D
Lead-in to pilot or pay (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAUTO→
118D
Grayish, say (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDULL→
122D
Emphatic refusal in Germany (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENIE→
123D
Stir-fry staple (3)
Starts with W, ends with KWOK→
124D
Dress (up) (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTOG→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 23, 2026?+
145 clues: 71 Across and 74 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jill Singer and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Awesome!" (RAD); Many profs (PHDS); What a crush might make you do (FLIRT).
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