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NYT Crossword August 19 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, August 19 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Sahara-esque4 lettersSee answer ›5Exams for high school jrs.5 lettersSee answer ›10Private sleeping accommodations?4 lettersSee answer ›14"Didn't you get the ___?"4 lettersSee answer ›15Wipe from one's memory, so to speak5 lettersSee answer ›16Section in a textbook4 lettersSee answer ›17"___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit)4 lettersSee answer ›18Deceptive move in fencing5 lettersSee answer ›19Depend (on)4 lettersSee answer ›20Natural pillow filling13 lettersSee answer ›23Graffiti, to some3 lettersSee answer ›24Three unnamed things, in shorthand3 lettersSee answer ›25Quinceañeras, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›28Lifted5 lettersSee answer ›30Services for senior citizens9 lettersSee answer ›34Hybrid tennis attire5 lettersSee answer ›36Word with pan, pump or paint3 lettersSee answer ›37___ Minor4 lettersSee answer ›38Unofficial vote9 lettersSee answer ›41President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college4 lettersSee answer ›44"___ got it!"3 lettersSee answer ›45Cats and dogs, for example5 lettersSee answer ›48Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies9 lettersSee answer ›51Excludes5 lettersSee answer ›53Mount ___ Health System5 lettersSee answer ›54Immature high score initials on an arcade game3 lettersSee answer ›56Something to trust3 lettersSee answer ›57Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across13 lettersSee answer ›62They offer support4 lettersSee answer ›64Speak at a political convention, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›65Field4 lettersSee answer ›66Facility4 lettersSee answer ›672008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot5 lettersSee answer ›68Semiaquatic relative of a weasel4 lettersSee answer ›69Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 64 lettersSee answer ›70Fall bloom5 lettersSee answer ›71Cave wall hangings?4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Female friends from Fuenlabrada6 lettersSee answer ›2Some vacation destinations7 lettersSee answer ›3"My mood is pretty low"7 lettersSee answer ›4Top three sights in Fiji?4 lettersSee answer ›5Like eyes during an allergy attack5 lettersSee answer ›6"Bless you!" elicitor6 lettersSee answer ›7___ Minor4 lettersSee answer ›8Something that's pitched4 lettersSee answer ›9"Family Guy" creator MacFarlane4 lettersSee answer ›10Set of courses offered10 lettersSee answer ›11Miserable rating7 lettersSee answer ›12"___ death do us part"3 lettersSee answer ›13What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to3 lettersSee answer ›21Put forth5 lettersSee answer ›22Drop the ball3 lettersSee answer ›26Verbal hesitations3 lettersSee answer ›27Neptune's territory3 lettersSee answer ›29Situations one might no longer put effort into10 lettersSee answer ›31Drop5 lettersSee answer ›32Drop3 lettersSee answer ›33North Carolina university4 lettersSee answer ›35Chicago paper, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›39___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho"3 lettersSee answer ›40Not taut5 lettersSee answer ›41Longtime "American Dad!" airer3 lettersSee answer ›422001 biopic starring Will Smith3 lettersSee answer ›43The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›46Country bordering Chad and Benin7 lettersSee answer ›47Lecture attendee7 lettersSee answer ›49___ royale (Champagne cocktail)3 lettersSee answer ›50Rat (on)6 lettersSee answer ›52They can be well-done6 lettersSee answer ›55See-through5 lettersSee answer ›58Part of the Corn Belt4 lettersSee answer ›59Important stretches4 lettersSee answer ›60The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this4 lettersSee answer ›61What a shepherd may shepherd4 lettersSee answer ›62Bouncy part of a trampoline3 lettersSee answer ›63"A drop of golden sun," in song3 lettersSee answer ›