NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 15, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 15, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Blake SloneckerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1566 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Began ↗DAWNED
  2. 7Show faces? ↗TVACTORS
  3. 15Bring back into the fold, so to speak ↗REHIRE
  4. 16Worth looking back on ↗HISTORIC
  5. 17One from "Japan's kitchen" ↗OSAKAN
  6. 18Appeal ↗ENTREATY
  7. 19Bit of ceramic ware ↗POT
  8. 20Cast off ↗SETSAIL
  9. 227/ ↗JUL
  10. 23"Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python ↗SPAM
  11. 25Rose Bowl Stadium athlete ↗BRUIN
  12. 26Big ring ↗PEAL
  13. 27Patient privacy law, in brief ↗HIPAA
  14. 29World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr. ↗ENG
  15. 30Say "Hey," say ↗HOLLA
  16. 31"Speak up" ↗ICANTHEARYOU
  17. 34Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially ↗PALATECLEANSERS
  18. 38Hoedown get-down? ↗TEXASTWOSTEP
  19. 39Long-___ squid ↗ARMED
  20. 42"Wayne's World" exclamation ↗NOT
  21. 43Christina of "Buffalo ’66" ↗RICCI
  22. 44Ring location ↗LOBE
  23. 45Oil wells? ↗PORES
  24. 47Nickname for Eleanor ↗NELL
  25. 48Eye-catching stage prop ↗BOA
  26. 49"Got it?" ↗CAPISCE
  27. 51Thru ↗TIL
  28. 52Underlining, e.g. ↗EMPHASIS
  29. 54Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oil ↗ATHENA
  30. 56Some back-and-forth ↗REPARTEE
  31. 57Big name in fashion ↗LAUREN
  32. 58Go in the wrong way? ↗TRESPASS
  33. 59"I beg you!" ↗PLEASE

Down 33

  1. 1Cut out the middleman, for delivery ↗DROPSHIP
  2. 2Fabulous collection ↗AESOPICA
  3. 3"You're the best!" ↗WHATAPAL
  4. 4No-good ending? ↗NIK
  5. 5Diamond figs. ↗ERAS
  6. 6Leftmost star of the Summer Triangle ↗DENEB
  7. 7Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover ↗THESUNALSORISES
  8. 8Dressing group ↗VINAIGRETTES
  9. 9Gamgee player in "Lord of the Rings" ↗ASTIN
  10. 10___-C ↗CTRL
  11. 11The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one ↗TOE
  12. 12Toothache care option ↗ORAJEL
  13. 13Communion, e.g. ↗RITUAL
  14. 14Charybdis' man-eating opposite, in myth ↗SCYLLA
  15. 21Upper regions of forests ↗TREECANOPIES
  16. 24Sea cow ↗MANATEE
  17. 26French Baroque artist Nicolas ↗POUSSIN
  18. 28Challenged on X, say ↗ATTED
  19. 30Scout's follower? ↗HONOR
  20. 32Bad spell ↗HEX
  21. 33Partner of pitch and roll ↗YAW
  22. 35"You get the point" ↗ETCETERA
  23. 36Kicks back, in a way ↗RECLINES
  24. 37Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories ↗SPILLANE
  25. 39Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005 ↗ALBERT
  26. 40Certain tenant ↗ROOMER
  27. 41French soccer superstar Kylian ↗MBAPPE
  28. 45Some bow ties ↗PASTA
  29. 46Where roots take hold ↗SCALP
  30. 49Complain ↗CARP
  31. 50Citation shortener ↗ETAL
  32. 53Tricks ↗HAS
  33. 55Orange or lime ↗HUE