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NYT Crossword August 18 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated August 18 2026

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Every answer from the Tuesday, August 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Assistance4 lettersSee answer ›5Dickens villain ___ Heep5 lettersSee answer ›10Bears' lairs4 lettersSee answer ›14Plant with many topical uses4 lettersSee answer ›15Downright unpleasant5 lettersSee answer ›16Meaning of "vidi," in Caesar's boast4 lettersSee answer ›17Classic Beethoven piano piece15 lettersSee answer ›20Fed. agency overseeing the stock market3 lettersSee answer ›21To blame7 lettersSee answer ›22Online Q&A3 lettersSee answer ›25___ ex machina4 lettersSee answer ›28Home to Kosovo and Monaco: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›29Academy Award-winning tune from "La La Land"11 lettersSee answer ›32"Chiseled" muscles3 lettersSee answer ›35Of yore5 lettersSee answer ›36Snippet in a film review show9 lettersSee answer ›38"Looper" director Johnson4 lettersSee answer ›39Sarcastic title girl of 1990s-2000s MTV5 lettersSee answer ›40Utah skiing destination4 lettersSee answer ›41Coverers of current events9 lettersSee answer ›43Boss (around)5 lettersSee answer ›44Phoenix basketball player3 lettersSee answer ›451983 Eurythmics hit whose full title includes "(Are Made of This)"11 lettersSee answer ›47Popular fantasy role-playing game, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›48Spies4 lettersSee answer ›49"___-haw!"3 lettersSee answer ›50It has its x's and y's7 lettersSee answer ›54T-shirt or blouse3 lettersSee answer ›56Iconic number from "The Phantom of the Opera" ... or an apt title for this puzzle15 lettersSee answer ›62Story of one's life?4 lettersSee answer ›63Beforehand5 lettersSee answer ›64Singer Kahan with the 2026 #1 album "The Great Divide"4 lettersSee answer ›65Hot4 lettersSee answer ›6617-, 29-, 45- and 56-Across5 lettersSee answer ›67Person regularly sought out for advice4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Scene stealer3 lettersSee answer ›2Eponym of a chess rating system3 lettersSee answer ›3British bathroom3 lettersSee answer ›4Writes4 lettersSee answer ›5International aid org.6 lettersSee answer ›6Cloth covered in dust, say3 lettersSee answer ›7"… or so"3 lettersSee answer ›8Lead-in to "boy!" or "girl!"4 lettersSee answer ›9Madness8 lettersSee answer ›10Kuwaiti currency5 lettersSee answer ›11The elder of a pair of biblical twins4 lettersSee answer ›12The "N" of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›13Smack, as flies4 lettersSee answer ›18Gave false hopes5 lettersSee answer ›19Coming in handy5 lettersSee answer ›22Nuts whose shells look like they have little berets6 lettersSee answer ›23Environs6 lettersSee answer ›24When Hamilton and Burr had their duel6 lettersSee answer ›26Manufactured in America6 lettersSee answer ›27What gossipers and tall buildings are full of7 lettersSee answer ›30Desires4 lettersSee answer ›31Fly in the sky6 lettersSee answer ›32Like some theme park passes6 lettersSee answer ›33"Oh, buzz off"6 lettersSee answer ›34Thin on the ground6 lettersSee answer ›37Give a hoot4 lettersSee answer ›39Morning condensation8 lettersSee answer ›42Channel that rebranded with "NOW" in its name in 20255 lettersSee answer ›43"Citizen Kane" director Welles5 lettersSee answer ›46Forfends6 lettersSee answer ›47Part of a pantheon5 lettersSee answer ›50"Famous" cookie baker4 lettersSee answer ›51Anti-friction fluid4 lettersSee answer ›52High-end private jet, familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›53Hairstyle associated with Jimi Hendrix and Angela Davis4 lettersSee answer ›55Send an instant message4 lettersSee answer ›57Sardine container3 lettersSee answer ›58Refuse to share3 lettersSee answer ›59Glop3 lettersSee answer ›60Mario has a red "M" on his3 lettersSee answer ›61Howe'er3 lettersSee answer ›