NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adrianne BaikEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Mentions by username, on social media ↗TAGS
  2. 5High range ↗TREBLE
  3. 11Hits up on Insta, say ↗DMS
  4. 14___ vez (again, in Spanish) ↗OTRA
  5. 15Torment ↗HARROW
  6. 16On the sea, it's akin to "Sí" ↗AYE
  7. 17Where Docs and Sheets are stored ↗GOOGLEDRIVE
  8. 19Jordan joined it in 1984, for short ↗NBA
  9. 20Pal ↗AMIGO
  10. 21Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence ↗ONE
  11. 22Rip-off ↗SCAM
  12. 23Measurements of Wi-Fi performance ↗NETWORKSPEEDS
  13. 27Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say ↗DREW
  14. 28Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo ↗ARO
  15. 29Identity prefix ↗CIS
  16. 32Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host ↗ALEC
  17. 35Unwanted divisions ↗RIFTS
  18. 38Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across ↗INTERNETTRAFFIC
  19. 422024 film that won Best Picture ↗ANORA
  20. 43Boba tea flavor ↗TARO
  21. 44Word with run or resort ↗SKI
  22. 45Throw, for instance ↗RUG
  23. 46Buddhist leader ↗LAMA
  24. 49Major consequence of a virus, perhaps ↗COMPUTERCRASH
  25. 55Extreme craving ↗LUST
  26. 56"OK," in Osaka ↗HAI
  27. 57"Like ___!" ("Whatever!") ↗ICARE
  28. 60"Sorry, it's ___ from me" ↗ANO
  29. 61Cause of some slow data transfers ↗SERVERDELAY
  30. 64Highly monitored area, for short ↗ICU
  31. 65Flowery ↗ORNATE
  32. 66Affinity for something, so to speak ↗NOSE
  33. 67Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the" ↗MET
  34. 68Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump" ↗WESLEY
  35. 69Baking amts. ↗TSPS

Down 41

  1. 1Party wrap ↗TOGA
  2. 2Bit of chemistry ↗ATOM
  3. 3Bad thing to pull while running ↗GROIN
  4. 4Failed under pressure, in a way ↗SAGGED
  5. 5Hot French beverage ↗THE
  6. 6"Sick, dude!" ↗RAD
  7. 7What a bug may cause ↗ERROR
  8. 8Cusp ↗BRINK
  9. 9Is gaga for ↗LOVES
  10. 10Farm female ↗EWE
  11. 11"Battles" of those busting moves ↗DANCEOFFS
  12. 12"I messed up" ↗MYBAD
  13. 13Lines in mines ↗SEAMS
  14. 18Tolkien fantasy series inits. ↗LOTR
  15. 22Little flourish on a letter ↗SERIF
  16. 24Break off gradually ↗WEAN
  17. 25Barn nestling ↗OWLET
  18. 26Lawyer's aide, informally ↗PARA
  19. 29Org. in the Jack Ryan movies ↗CIA
  20. 30Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales" ↗INN
  21. 31Leaves in a huff ↗STORMSOUT
  22. 33Greek letter representing elasticity in economics ↗ETA
  23. 34PC "copy" shortcut ↗CTRLC
  24. 36___Tok ↗TIK
  25. 37STEM part: Abbr. ↗SCI
  26. 39Go ballistic ↗ERUPT
  27. 40Big name in pasta sauce ↗RAGU
  28. 41Pride sound ↗ROAR
  29. 47___ Marian (English folklore heroine) ↗MAID
  30. 48It's on the up and up ↗ASCENT
  31. 49Fraud victim's filing ↗CLAIM
  32. 50Perfumery unit ↗OUNCE
  33. 51"And … voilà!" ↗THERE
  34. 52Comes to deserve ↗EARNS
  35. 53Measure up to, as in competition ↗RIVAL
  36. 54Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels ↗HALOS
  37. 58Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say ↗RASP
  38. 59Potato discards ↗EYES
  39. 61Farm female ↗SOW
  40. 62It ends in septembre ↗ETE
  41. 63Singer Lana Del ___ ↗REY