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NYT Crossword — August 4, 2026

Tuesday’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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36 clues

1"Handy" kitchen item

5Smears with goo

11Music genre with offbeat rhythms

14So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially

15Action on the front lines

17Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding?

19Word aptly hidden in "moldy"

20Some marksmen

21Stringed instruments of old

23Inc. alternative

24Kind of whale

27Wedding feast delivery from India's capital?

31Unwelcome responsibility

34"Deadline" for a rush order

35Bit of tailoring

38Great Leap Forward leader

39Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards

40Celestial sphere

41Hold power, as a ruler

43"You said it!"

44Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival?

48One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface

49Part of NATO: Abbr.

50When repeated, "You get the gist"

52Enter furtively

56Mysterious sight at night

57"Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.?

61Scratch the surface of, say

62Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe

63Stock market unveilings, for short

64"___ you done?"

65Luxury transports

66Common workout target

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40 clues

1The "m" in many a physics equation

2Self-assured words

4Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball

6"___ of luck!"

7Quick communications, in brief

8Postgraduate deg. with management courses

9Musician's asset

10Stylish shoe feature

11Someone you will never stop despising

12Green smoothie staple

18"Little" Dickens girl

22Up to this point

24___-free (plastics label)

25Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live"

26Singer ___ Del Rey

27Longtime Hogwarts headmaster

30Graceful bird

31"Pick me! Pick me!"

32Infamous Roman ruler

36Attractive plus-one

37"You said it!"

42Canine warning

43Like a cherub

45"___ be a real honor"

47Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K.

50Arizona city or county

51At a distance

52Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes

53Cops, in slang

54Iconic lab assistant of film

55Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD"

58Battery for a mouse

59Anti-apartheid org.

60U.S. medical research agcy.

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

41/184

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 4, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorVasu Seralathan

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 40 down

Longest entries

27AWedding feast delivery from India's capital?13 ltrs 44ATying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival?13 ltrs 17AWords uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding?11 ltrs 57A"Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.?11 ltrs 11DSomeone you will never stop despising10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 41 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.