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NYT Crossword — August 12, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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35 clues

1Mentions by username, on social media

11Hits up on Insta, say

14___ vez (again, in Spanish)

16On the sea, it's akin to "Sí"

17Where Docs and Sheets are stored

19Jordan joined it in 1984, for short

21Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence

23Measurements of Wi-Fi performance

27Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say

28Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo

29Identity prefix

32Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host

35Unwanted divisions

38Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across

422024 film that won Best Picture

43Boba tea flavor

44Word with run or resort

45Throw, for instance

46Buddhist leader

49Major consequence of a virus, perhaps

55Extreme craving

56"OK," in Osaka

57"Like ___!" ("Whatever!")

60"Sorry, it's ___ from me"

61Cause of some slow data transfers

64Highly monitored area, for short

66Affinity for something, so to speak

67Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the"

68Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump"

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2Bit of chemistry

3Bad thing to pull while running

4Failed under pressure, in a way

5Hot French beverage

7What a bug may cause

11"Battles" of those busting moves

12"I messed up"

13Lines in mines

18Tolkien fantasy series inits.

22Little flourish on a letter

24Break off gradually

25Barn nestling

26Lawyer's aide, informally

29Org. in the Jack Ryan movies

30Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales"

31Leaves in a huff

33Greek letter representing elasticity in economics

34PC "copy" shortcut

37STEM part: Abbr.

40Big name in pasta sauce

47___ Marian (English folklore heroine)

48It's on the up and up

49Fraud victim's filing

50Perfumery unit

51"And … voilà!"

52Comes to deserve

53Measure up to, as in competition

54Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels

58Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say

59Potato discards

62It ends in septembre

63Singer Lana Del ___

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

42/183

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 12, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAdrianne Baik

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

38AWeb volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across15 ltrs 23AMeasurements of Wi-Fi performance13 ltrs 49AMajor consequence of a virus, perhaps13 ltrs 17AWhere Docs and Sheets are stored11 ltrs 61ACause of some slow data transfers11 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.