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NYT Crossword August 22 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated August 22 2026

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Every answer from the Saturday, August 22 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Adrian Johnson · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Dish such as Germany's hasenpfeffer10 lettersSee answer ›11Set of 24 for a box jellyfish4 lettersSee answer ›15"Hello?" follower10 lettersSee answer ›16Straight-up4 lettersSee answer ›17Beset by impossible circumstances10 lettersSee answer ›18___ noche (tonight, in Spanish)4 lettersSee answer ›19"Let's talk about it afterward"10 lettersSee answer ›20From scratch4 lettersSee answer ›21Haul3 lettersSee answer ›22Convinced of6 lettersSee answer ›24Benjamin Franklin invention of the 1780s8 lettersSee answer ›29Hardly a luxury4 lettersSee answer ›30Fellow fellows8 lettersSee answer ›31Net alternative5 lettersSee answer ›34Mideast shrub with leaves that are chewed as a stimulant3 lettersSee answer ›35It includes a series of stations5 lettersSee answer ›38"Lemme think …"3 lettersSee answer ›39Irreverence, of a sort5 lettersSee answer ›42Name shared by the locales of University of South Carolina and the University of Missouri8 lettersSee answer ›45What might wind up in your mattress?4 lettersSee answer ›47Refrain from foul language, say8 lettersSee answer ›48Follow around6 lettersSee answer ›50Portal released concurrently with Windows 953 lettersSee answer ›51Many a guest writer's piece4 lettersSee answer ›52Genetically rare feline that represents autumn in Chinese astronomy10 lettersSee answer ›58Tied up with?4 lettersSee answer ›59It's commonly made upside down10 lettersSee answer ›60___ Lydic of "The Daily Show"4 lettersSee answer ›61"This is a travesty!"10 lettersSee answer ›62Acknowledged4 lettersSee answer ›63"Relax, it'll be fine"10 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1"Into each life some ___ must fall": Longfellow4 lettersSee answer ›2Common word in Latin dating4 lettersSee answer ›3Tournament passes?4 lettersSee answer ›4Analytical graphic that divides data into quartiles7 lettersSee answer ›5Having communication7 lettersSee answer ›6She played Sandy Lester in "Tootsie"8 lettersSee answer ›7Author Silverstein4 lettersSee answer ›8"As I see it ..."4 lettersSee answer ›9Many members of Kuwait's al-Sabah royal line5 lettersSee answer ›10Crisco competitor6 lettersSee answer ›11Volume control device?7 lettersSee answer ›12"Absolutely, positively!"10 lettersSee answer ›13Down the hatch, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›14Popular topping for fish tacos4 lettersSee answer ›23Segment3 lettersSee answer ›24Smoking events, for short4 lettersSee answer ›25Major exporter of pistachios4 lettersSee answer ›26Tidbits of Greek culture?10 lettersSee answer ›27Francis's successor3 lettersSee answer ›28Dipped (out)5 lettersSee answer ›32Icebreaker, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›33Iconic hairstyle of Jane Fonda and Stevie Nicks4 lettersSee answer ›36Support while "en pointe"3 lettersSee answer ›37I, O, U and Y, but not A or E8 lettersSee answer ›40Success in another's field, say7 lettersSee answer ›41Engage in tomfoolery3 lettersSee answer ›43Arriviste7 lettersSee answer ›44Subcompact vehicle7 lettersSee answer ›46Contract winner, typically6 lettersSee answer ›48Binge5 lettersSee answer ›49Maker of the Hacky Sack and Hula-Hoop5 lettersSee answer ›51The longer they are, the harder they'll be to beat4 lettersSee answer ›53Part of4 lettersSee answer ›54Lacking slack4 lettersSee answer ›55Greenish plum variety4 lettersSee answer ›56Barely makes (out)4 lettersSee answer ›57Wine list header4 lettersSee answer ›