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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 11, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 11, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Wade BednarEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Popular tablets ↗IPADS
  2. 6Big name in food wholesale ↗SYSCO
  3. 11"Exit full screen" key ↗ESC
  4. 14Still in bed ↗NOTUP
  5. 15Just peachy ↗AOKAY
  6. 16By way of ↗VIA
  7. 17Psychedelic rock band with the 2003 tune "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1," with "the" ↗FLAMINGLIPS
  8. 19Sam-___ (Seuss character) ↗IAM
  9. 20No rookie ↗OLDPRO
  10. 21Missions, in brief ↗OPS
  11. 22Red denizen of Sesame Street ↗ELMO
  12. 23Problem for a plumber ↗LEAK
  13. 25Lollygag ↗IDLE
  14. 27Against ↗ANTI
  15. 30German film composer who wrote "Cornfield Chase" and "Time" ↗HANSZIMMER
  16. 35Things to be mowed ↗LAWNS
  17. 37Passage ceremonies ↗RITES
  18. 38Word with cutie or sweetie ↗PIE
  19. 39Mario's video game brother ↗LUIGI
  20. 40Goat's bleat ↗MAA
  21. 41Scold ↗CHIDE
  22. 43Hosp. areas with gurneys ↗ORS
  23. 44In a cheery manner ↗GAILY
  24. 46Tender spots ↗SORES
  25. 47Hip-hop group that wrote "C.R.E.A.M." and "Protect Ya Neck" ↗WUTANGCLAN
  26. 50Trifling ↗MERE
  27. 51"... or ___!" (threat) ↗ELSE
  28. 52Opinion, informally ↗TAKE
  29. 54Alternative to truth ↗DARE
  30. 56"Abso-freakin-lutely!" ↗DOI
  31. 59Big export of Myanmar ↗RUBIES
  32. 63Ingredient in a Dark 'n' Stormy ↗RUM
  33. 64First Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy ... or a hint to 17-, 30- and 47-Across ↗SONGDYNASTY
  34. 66Portfolio portion, in brief ↗IRA
  35. 67Peripheral ↗OUTER
  36. 68Religion of the Maldives ↗ISLAM
  37. 69"There, there" accompanier ↗PAT
  38. 70Stash away ↗STORE
  39. 71Prey for polar bears ↗SEALS

Down 39

  1. 1Deets ↗INFO
  2. 2Opinion survey ↗POLL
  3. 3Ever so slightly ↗ATAD
  4. 4Bit of Chinese food ↗DUMPLING
  5. 5Steeple topper ↗SPIRE
  6. 6Droop ↗SAG
  7. 7"This is probably dumb but I'm doing it anyway" hashtag ↗YOLO
  8. 8Go past ↗SKIP
  9. 9Flip over, as a boat ↗CAPSIZE
  10. 10Yiddish laments ↗OYS
  11. 11The Soviet Union, to Reagan ↗EVILEMPIRE
  12. 12Thailand, before 1939 ↗SIAM
  13. 13Military wear, for short ↗CAMO
  14. 18Head of a noted animal rescue project ↗NOAH
  15. 22Stately tree ↗ELM
  16. 24Like a comeuppance, perhaps ↗KARMIC
  17. 26LPs and 45s ↗DISCS
  18. 27"I'll ___ it" ↗ALLOW
  19. 28Island that's the world's third-smallest country, after Vatican City and Monaco ↗NAURU
  20. 29People hold complicated positions on it ↗TWISTERMAT
  21. 31Singer Horan of One Direction ↗NIALL
  22. 32Patronize, as a hotel ↗STAYAT
  23. 33Duck down ↗EIDER
  24. 34Angel ___, holder of the W.N.B.A. single-season record for offensive rebounds ↗REESE
  25. 36Stop and Yield ↗SIGNS
  26. 42Headquarters ↗HOMEBASE
  27. 45Got too old ↗AGEDOUT
  28. 48Pub drink ↗ALE
  29. 49___ a soul ↗NARY
  30. 53Mila of "That ’70s Show" ↗KUNIS
  31. 54What icicles do ↗DRIP
  32. 55Field you can feel, maybe ↗AURA
  33. 57"You're ___ something!" ↗ONTO
  34. 58Longtime Disney boss Bob ↗IGER
  35. 60Cuba, por ejemplo ↗ISLA
  36. 61And other authors: Abbr. ↗ETAL
  37. 62Jazz singer Sylvia ↗SYMS
  38. 64Castaway's call ↗SOS
  39. 65"Dr." from Compton ↗DRE