Saturday, August 22, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers

All 68 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 & answers15 × 15 · Saturday

Clue list

1Dish such as Germany's hasenpfeffer10 ltrs›11Set of 24 for a box jellyfish4 ltrs›15"Hello?" follower10 ltrs›16Straight-up4 ltrs›17Beset by impossible circumstances10 ltrs›18___ noche (tonight, in Spanish)4 ltrs›19"Let's talk about it afterward"10 ltrs›20From scratch4 ltrs›21Haul3 ltrs›22Convinced of6 ltrs›24Benjamin Franklin invention of the 1780s8 ltrs›29Hardly a luxury4 ltrs›30Fellow fellows8 ltrs›31Net alternative5 ltrs›34Mideast shrub with leaves that are chewed as a stimulant3 ltrs›35It includes a series of stations5 ltrs›38"Lemme think …"3 ltrs›39Irreverence, of a sort5 ltrs›42Name shared by the locales of University of South Carolina and the University of Missouri8 ltrs›45What might wind up in your mattress?4 ltrs›47Refrain from foul language, say8 ltrs›48Follow around6 ltrs›50Portal released concurrently with Windows 953 ltrs›51Many a guest writer's piece4 ltrs›52Genetically rare feline that represents autumn in Chinese astronomy10 ltrs›58Tied up with?4 ltrs›59It's commonly made upside down10 ltrs›60___ Lydic of "The Daily Show"4 ltrs›61"This is a travesty!"10 ltrs›62Acknowledged4 ltrs›63"Relax, it'll be fine"10 ltrs›

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About the New York Times Crossword

The New York Times Crossword has run since 1942 and has been edited by Will Shortz since 1993. A new puzzle is published every day of the week, and the grids get harder as the week goes on: Monday is the gentlest, Saturday the toughest, and Sunday is a 21 × 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty.

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