NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 24, 2026
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorSteven Jopek
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
5A
Curry ingredient (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCUMIN→
10A
Hay unit (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBALE→
14A
Robert Frost creation (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPOEM→
15A
Grilled, at a taqueria (5)
Starts with A, ends with AASADA→
16A
Mined metals (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
17A
Criminals' sphere (10)
Starts with U, ends with DUNDERWORLD→
19A
Have a hankering for (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWANT→
20A
Floral Van Gogh subject (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
21A
Latin gods (3)
Starts with D, ends with IDEI→
23A
End of the Greek alphabet (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMEGA→
25A
Tsunami (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETIDALWAVE→
28A
Common motive in a murder case (7)
Starts with R, ends with EREVENGE→
30A
Follower of latch or catch (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
31A
Nashville honor, briefly (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACMA→
32A
Oft-torn knee part, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with LACL→
34A
Confederate soldier, informally (3)
Starts with R, ends with BREB→
35A
Any foreseeable difficulty ... with a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across (15)
Starts with H, ends with RHELLORHIGHWATER→
42A
Clerical vestment (3)
Starts with A, ends with BALB→
43A
Writer Edgar Allan ___ (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPOE→
44A
She, in Portuguese (3)
Starts with E, ends with AELA→
45A
Zing ___ (brand of Bloody Mary mix) (4)
Starts with Z, ends with GZANG→
47A
Zoomed past (7)
Starts with R, ends with YRACEDBY→
50A
Stop in the afterlife (9)
Starts with P, ends with YPURGATORY→
54A
Fill in for (5)
Starts with A, ends with SACTAS→
56A
Source of fleece (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
57A
Jazz great Fitzgerald (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
58A
White part of an orange (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPITH→
60A
Natural wonder in Venezuela (10)
Starts with A, ends with SANGELFALLS→
64A
Sound in a cavernous empty room (4)
Starts with E, ends with OECHO→
65A
Arctic creatures with flippers (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEALS→
66A
International retailer with a three-syllable name (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
67A
Dance whose name is also a hairstyle (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSHAG→
68A
Golfer Els (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERNIE→
69A
Letters on an invitation (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRSVP→
Down
1D
Storekeeper on "The Simpsons" (3)
Starts with A, ends with UAPU→
3D
Like the period known as the Middle Ages (8)
Starts with M, ends with LMEDIEVAL→
4D
Leave the cocoon (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEMERGE→
5D
Sparrows : cheeps :: crows : ___ (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCAWS→
6D
Grp. that entertains troops (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUSO→
7D
Tuesday, in Lyon (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMARDI→
8D
Sat at a red light (5)
Starts with I, ends with DIDLED→
9D
Gymnast Comaneci (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANADIA→
10D
Cousin of a curtsy (3)
Starts with B, ends with WBOW→
11D
Yasir of the P.L.O. (6)
Starts with A, ends with TARAFAT→
12D
Chinese computer giant (6)
Starts with L, ends with OLENOVO→
13D
Lauder of cosmetics (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESTEE→
18D
"Knives Out" director Johnson (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRIAN→
23D
Philharmonic grp. (4)
Starts with O, ends with HORCH→
24D
Many a viral post (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMEME→
25D
Word after Georgia, Virginia or low (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTECH→
26D
Big name in movie theaters (4)
Starts with L, ends with WLOEW→
27D
Caitlin Clark's league (4)
Starts with W, ends with AWNBA→
29D
Apparel (4)
Starts with G, ends with BGARB→
33D
Place for gloss (3)
Starts with L, ends with PLIP→
34D
Actress Perlman of "Cheers" (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARHEA→
36D
"Auld ___ Syne" (4)
Starts with L, ends with GLANG→
37D
"Three Sisters" sister (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOLGA→
38D
Like many horror flicks (4)
Starts with G, ends with YGORY→
39D
Presentations with an 18-minute limit (8)
Starts with T, ends with STEDTALKS→
40D
Actor Idris (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
41D
Tampa Bay players (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAYS→
45D
Financial center of Switzerland (6)
Starts with Z, ends with HZURICH→
46D
Franklin who sang "Chain of Fools" (6)
Starts with A, ends with AARETHA→
48D
Baby bovine (4)
Starts with C, ends with FCALF→
49D
Filled pastry (6)
Starts with E, ends with RECLAIR→
50D
Plumbing conduits (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPIPES→
51D
Needle mischievously (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETEASE→
52D
Renter's counterpart (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROWNER→
53D
Daughter of King Lear (5)
Starts with R, ends with NREGAN→
57D
Coder's counterpart to "if" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
59D
Non-sharer (3)
Starts with H, ends with GHOG→
61D
One of football's Mannings (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
62D
"The Magicians" novelist Grossman (3)
Starts with L, ends with VLEV→
63D
Maple syrup base (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSAP→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 24, 2026?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Steven Jopek and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Apex (ACME); Curry ingredient (CUMIN); Hay unit (BALE).
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