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NYT Crossword — August 19, 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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Across

37 clues

5Exams for high school jrs.

10Private sleeping accommodations?

14"Didn't you get the ___?"

15Wipe from one's memory, so to speak

16Section in a textbook

17"___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit)

18Deceptive move in fencing

20Natural pillow filling

23Graffiti, to some

24Three unnamed things, in shorthand

25Quinceañeras, e.g.

30Services for senior citizens

34Hybrid tennis attire

36Word with pan, pump or paint

38Unofficial vote

41President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college

44"___ got it!"

45Cats and dogs, for example

48Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies

53Mount ___ Health System

54Immature high score initials on an arcade game

56Something to trust

57Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across

62They offer support

64Speak at a political convention, perhaps

672008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot

68Semiaquatic relative of a weasel

69Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6

71Cave wall hangings?

Down

39 clues

1Female friends from Fuenlabrada

2Some vacation destinations

3"My mood is pretty low"

4Top three sights in Fiji?

5Like eyes during an allergy attack

6"Bless you!" elicitor

8Something that's pitched

9"Family Guy" creator MacFarlane

10Set of courses offered

11Miserable rating

12"___ death do us part"

13What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to

22Drop the ball

26Verbal hesitations

27Neptune's territory

29Situations one might no longer put effort into

33North Carolina university

35Chicago paper, with "the"

39___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho"

41Longtime "American Dad!" airer

422001 biopic starring Will Smith

43The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g.

46Country bordering Chad and Benin

47Lecture attendee

49___ royale (Champagne cocktail)

52They can be well-done

58Part of the Corn Belt

59Important stretches

60The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this

61What a shepherd may shepherd

62Bouncy part of a trampoline

63"A drop of golden sun," in song

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 19, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKareem Ayas

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

20ANatural pillow filling13 ltrs 57AHides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across13 ltrs 10DSet of courses offered10 ltrs 29DSituations one might no longer put effort into10 ltrs 30AServices for senior citizens9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.