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NYT Crossword — August 6, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 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

1Singer Braxton

5Like some winter windshields

9___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear)

17Spirit of the Caribbean

20Creamy dish made with arborio rice

21Angela on "The Office," e.g.

22"Bring it on!"

23Four-time N.B.A. M.V.P.

31Evil computer of classic film

32Kind of seeds found in a basket in King Tutankhamen's tomb

35Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South"

37Group with a coat of arms

38Unspecified ones

40Wednesday a.k.a. ___ day

41Like some fat

43Purposely wrongs

45"What's more …"

46Joan known for his "dream paintings"

47Make out, perhaps?

48Pillow fight setting

51Juicer's "juice"

55Determination

56Shade provider along Central Park's Literary Walk

60Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle

63Force felt on Earth, for short

64Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's

65Feelings of getting older

66Volcano seen on HBO's "The White Lotus"

67Port in 50-Down

Down

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3Like the jungle at daybreak

5"___ that right?"

6Number for December

7Bird with noted calf muscles

8Short blue person?

9Chả giò, on a Vietnamese menu

11Temptation for Homer Simpson

13Real lifesaver, for short

18Starting group

21Not accept an outrage, say

24Amazon smart speaker

26Tempting words on a Wonderland cake

27Is really good, in modern slang

29Legal mulligan

32What an old car might be sold for

33___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels"

34Brown-bag item

36"OK, that makes sense"

44Northern Italian city known for its cheese

49"The White Lotus" actress ___ Lou Wood

50Arabia Felix, now

53Fortune 500 company started by a blacksmith, informally

54Civic's class

57Sports org. with a Tour

58Open show of intimacy, for short

59Nickname that drops "hard"

61Tiny "farmer"

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Stats & info

Thursday, Aug 6, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 6, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDena R. Verkuil and John Kugelman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 37 down

Longest entries

17ASpirit of the Caribbean11 ltrs 23AFour-time N.B.A. M.V.P.11 ltrs 48APillow fight setting11 ltrs 11DTemptation for Homer Simpson11 ltrs 34DBrown-bag item11 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.