Sunday, August 23, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers

All 145 clues from today’s puzzle are listed below without answers. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation, or open the full grid.

See the full grid & answers22 × 21 · Sunday

Clue list

1"Awesome!"3 ltrs›4Many profs4 ltrs›8What a crush might make you do5 ltrs›13Predator with dermal denticles5 ltrs›18Silent film actor Jannings4 ltrs›20Reclined4 ltrs›21More intense, as an emotion5 ltrs›22Early stage of a drug trial6 ltrs›23Peace symbol4 ltrs›24Adage promoting thrift25 ltrs›27Itty-bitty6 ltrs›29Return filers, for short4 ltrs›30Barely keeps going, with "along"5 ltrs›31Fish with leaf-shaped larvae4 ltrs›32Image on one side of this puzzle's subject14 ltrs›35Start of a historic triple boast5 ltrs›37Seminole's rival, in college athletics5 ltrs›38Liturgical singer6 ltrs›39Quick cut4 ltrs›40Subtitle alternative3 ltrs›43Yogurt drink in Delhi5 ltrs›45Monklike, in a way7 ltrs›48Angle variable in geometry5 ltrs›50Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)6 ltrs›53Periodical, informally3 ltrs›55Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees4 ltrs›56Duck known for its insulating feathers5 ltrs›57Make smelly7 ltrs›59One of 12, astrologically3 ltrs›61"Balderdash!"3 ltrs›62"It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short3 ltrs›63"Omigosh!"3 ltrs›64Drug enforcer, informally4 ltrs›66"When We Were Young" singer, 20155 ltrs›68Its capital is Roma6 ltrs›72Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry30 ltrs›77A failed transaction6 ltrs›78Good, but not great, grade5 ltrs›79Tennis great Arthur4 ltrs›80___ King Cole3 ltrs›81Fall asleep, with "off"3 ltrs›82Word with constrictor or feather3 ltrs›83Goddess of the dawn3 ltrs›85Car-pooling convenience7 ltrs›88Taco bar adjective5 ltrs›91___ Féin4 ltrs›92___ room3 ltrs›94Showing less bias6 ltrs›95Musical staff symbol5 ltrs›96Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing7 ltrs›99"Sounds like a blast!"5 ltrs›101Mini-gulp3 ltrs›102Some Ivy Leaguers4 ltrs›104Meeting that goes above and beyond?6 ltrs›106Intimate5 ltrs›110Bitter5 ltrs›112Image on one side of this puzzle's subject14 ltrs›115Badge-pinning site4 ltrs›117Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment5 ltrs›119Spanish for "wealthy"4 ltrs›120Get in the game?6 ltrs›121Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across17 ltrs›125D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon"4 ltrs›126Paradise6 ltrs›127Pucker producer, perhaps5 ltrs›128Modernists, informally4 ltrs›129Department store department4 ltrs›130Vikings, for example5 ltrs›131Long members of the onion family5 ltrs›132Nervous4 ltrs›133Slam3 ltrs›

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