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NYT Crossword — August 24, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 78 revealed

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Across

37 clues

5Curry ingredient

14Robert Frost creation

15Grilled, at a taqueria

17Criminals' sphere

19Have a hankering for

20Floral Van Gogh subject

23End of the Greek alphabet

28Common motive in a murder case

30Follower of latch or catch

31Nashville honor, briefly

32Oft-torn knee part, in brief

34Confederate soldier, informally

35Any foreseeable difficulty ... with a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across

42Clerical vestment

43Writer Edgar Allan ___

44She, in Portuguese

45Zing ___ (brand of Bloody Mary mix)

50Stop in the afterlife

56Source of fleece

57Jazz great Fitzgerald

58White part of an orange

60Natural wonder in Venezuela

64Sound in a cavernous empty room

65Arctic creatures with flippers

66International retailer with a three-syllable name

67Dance whose name is also a hairstyle

69Letters on an invitation

Down

41 clues

1Storekeeper on "The Simpsons"

3Like the period known as the Middle Ages

4Leave the cocoon

5Sparrows : cheeps :: crows : ___

6Grp. that entertains troops

7Tuesday, in Lyon

8Sat at a red light

9Gymnast Comaneci

10Cousin of a curtsy

11Yasir of the P.L.O.

12Chinese computer giant

13Lauder of cosmetics

18"Knives Out" director Johnson

23Philharmonic grp.

24Many a viral post

25Word after Georgia, Virginia or low

26Big name in movie theaters

27Caitlin Clark's league

33Place for gloss

34Actress Perlman of "Cheers"

36"Auld ___ Syne"

37"Three Sisters" sister

38Like many horror flicks

39Presentations with an 18-minute limit

41Tampa Bay players

45Financial center of Switzerland

46Franklin who sang "Chain of Fools"

49Filled pastry

50Plumbing conduits

51Needle mischievously

52Renter's counterpart

53Daughter of King Lear

57Coder's counterpart to "if"

61One of football's Mannings

62"The Magicians" novelist Grossman

63Maple syrup base

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Stats & info

Monday, Aug 24, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

42/183

Black / letter cells

4.7

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 24, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSteven Jopek

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

35AAny foreseeable difficulty ... with a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across15 ltrs 17ACriminals' sphere10 ltrs 60ANatural wonder in Venezuela10 ltrs 25ATsunami9 ltrs 50AStop in the afterlife9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.