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NYT Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, August 21 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Adryel W. Robles Ojeda · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Leader in a robe called a kasaya4 lettersSee answer ›5Some malty offerings9 lettersSee answer ›14Jejune4 lettersSee answer ›15Coupling rings?10 lettersSee answer ›17Come (together)4 lettersSee answer ›18One sharing gold10 lettersSee answer ›19Remy's brother in "Ratatouille"5 lettersSee answer ›21High tea treat5 lettersSee answer ›22Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields Medal3 lettersSee answer ›23___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year6 lettersSee answer ›25Key for getting out3 lettersSee answer ›26Gave temporarily4 lettersSee answer ›27One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records3 lettersSee answer ›28___ tov (Jewish festival)3 lettersSee answer ›30Advantageous5 lettersSee answer ›32Losing control emotionally, in slang11 lettersSee answer ›36Drama club enthusiast11 lettersSee answer ›38Italian hero?11 lettersSee answer ›40Bold5 lettersSee answer ›42Étendue bleue3 lettersSee answer ›43Hindi for "reign"3 lettersSee answer ›45Focus of a concussion protocol4 lettersSee answer ›46N.L. East team, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›49Especially ornate6 lettersSee answer ›51Mass. summer setting3 lettersSee answer ›52Jack up5 lettersSee answer ›54School units5 lettersSee answer ›55In place?10 lettersSee answer ›58Stuff in shakers4 lettersSee answer ›59"Aww!"10 lettersSee answer ›60Target of a search party4 lettersSee answer ›61Is canned9 lettersSee answer ›62Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poem4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Names6 lettersSee answer ›2Language spoken by Jesus7 lettersSee answer ›3Place for a quick stop8 lettersSee answer ›4Puzzle5 lettersSee answer ›5La ti do, musically3 lettersSee answer ›6Bovine sounds4 lettersSee answer ›7Sport similar to pétanque5 lettersSee answer ›8Character5 lettersSee answer ›9"Sinners" director, 202511 lettersSee answer ›10Apogee4 lettersSee answer ›11Where a serviette is laid3 lettersSee answer ›12Haut monde6 lettersSee answer ›13___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake"6 lettersSee answer ›16Impudent sort4 lettersSee answer ›20Paris's Champs-___7 lettersSee answer ›24Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactions11 lettersSee answer ›26Some baroque instruments5 lettersSee answer ›29Diamond wear4 lettersSee answer ›31Metal tube in a nuclear reactor7 lettersSee answer ›33Jazz musician Jamal5 lettersSee answer ›34Neighbor of Colo.3 lettersSee answer ›35Mass unit4 lettersSee answer ›37First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan8 lettersSee answer ›39Unprocessed inventory7 lettersSee answer ›40One might leave you unprotected at night6 lettersSee answer ›41What kid-friendly games typically are6 lettersSee answer ›44What big crowds do6 lettersSee answer ›45Fells4 lettersSee answer ›47Hang-up5 lettersSee answer ›48Something raised in a meeting5 lettersSee answer ›50Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend)5 lettersSee answer ›52Possessive pronoun4 lettersSee answer ›53"Cheerio"4 lettersSee answer ›56Snitch3 lettersSee answer ›57Neighbor of Ark.3 lettersSee answer ›