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NYT Crossword — August 15, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 66 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

33 clues

15Bring back into the fold, so to speak

16Worth looking back on

17One from "Japan's kitchen"

19Bit of ceramic ware

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23"Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python

25Rose Bowl Stadium athlete

27Patient privacy law, in brief

29World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr.

30Say "Hey," say

34Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially

38Hoedown get-down?

39Long-___ squid

42"Wayne's World" exclamation

43Christina of "Buffalo ’66"

44Ring location

47Nickname for Eleanor

48Eye-catching stage prop

52Underlining, e.g.

54Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oil

56Some back-and-forth

57Big name in fashion

58Go in the wrong way?

Down

33 clues

1Cut out the middleman, for delivery

2Fabulous collection

3"You're the best!"

4No-good ending?

6Leftmost star of the Summer Triangle

7Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover

8Dressing group

9Gamgee player in "Lord of the Rings"

11The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one

12Toothache care option

13Communion, e.g.

14Charybdis' man-eating opposite, in myth

21Upper regions of forests

26French Baroque artist Nicolas

28Challenged on X, say

30Scout's follower?

33Partner of pitch and roll

35"You get the point"

36Kicks back, in a way

37Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories

39Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005

40Certain tenant

41French soccer superstar Kylian

45Some bow ties

46Where roots take hold

50Citation shortener

55Orange or lime

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Stats & info

Saturday, Aug 15, 2026

15×15

Grid size

66

Total entries

24/201

Black / letter cells

6.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 15, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorBlake Slonecker

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 33 down

Longest entries

34AIntermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially15 ltrs 7DClassic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover15 ltrs 31A"Speak up"12 ltrs 38AHoedown get-down?12 ltrs 8DDressing group12 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 24 black squares and averages 6.1 letters per entry.