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NYT Crossword — August 1, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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32 clues

10Some radio messages, in brief

16So-called "Island of a Thousand Temples"

17Festival at the center of the classic novel "Under the Volcano"

19Marching band?

2021-time Emmy nominee for "All My Children"

21Add color to, perhaps

22Teensy amounts

23Unit on the autobahn, say: Abbr.

24Hwy. overseer, for short

27Wear the same clothes, in slang

30Wirelessly driven toy, for short

33Field whose prospects are looking up?

35Like the 2003 Peace Nobelist Shirin Ebadi

37Some prominent Mexico City murals

38Rabelais character who, as a baby, was fed by 17,913 cows, "for it was impossible to find a nurse sufficient for him in all the country"

41Basilica setting for Bernini's Throne of Saint Peter

43C-section sections

44Menopause treatment option, in brief

46Full of hot gossip

51Incredible, in modern parlance

54Erin's onetime love interest on "The Office"

55Attire for a ceremony at Westminster Abbey

58Fulfilled a business obligation

60Upset tummy, medically speaking

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1Frank Costanza or Morty Seinfeld, e.g.

3Source of some classic rock bands

5Part of a giggle

6Cheese named after a Prussian town near the Baltic coast

7Result of bad service, maybe

9Ancient text whose Sanskrit title means "Principles of Love"

10Opposite of verbosity

11A little of this and that

12Group of like-minded individuals

13Enthusiastic approval abroad

15Amar'e Stoudemire, for his first eight seasons in the N.B.A.

22Durin's burial place in "The Lord of the Rings"

24Red light district?

26Angular opening?

28Divinely appointed successor of Muhammad, in Shia Islam

29The Big Board of Wall St.

30Capital on the mouth of the Daugava River

32Alternatives to some rentals

33Showed up earlier than

36"Your choice"

39Sewerage, for example

43Sassy response to a put-down

45Pearl Jam's debut album, which went 13x platinum

47Dinners in sties

48Los ____ (Mexican tourist destination)

49Manuscript marks

50Unit equal to one weber per square meter

51Fictional maker of Rocket-Powered Roller Skates and Dehydrated Boulders

52Participate in drudgery

54Snack in a sack in a backpack

56Deli selection

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Stats & info

Saturday, Aug 1, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

29/196

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 1, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorZachary David Levy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split32 across · 38 down

Longest entries

17AFestival at the center of the classic novel "Under the Volcano"15 ltrs 55AAttire for a ceremony at Westminster Abbey15 ltrs 14ANotions10 ltrs 20A21-time Emmy nominee for "All My Children"10 ltrs 51AIncredible, in modern parlance10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 29 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.