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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 18, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 18, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jeremy VenookEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Assistance ↗HELP
  2. 5Dickens villain ___ Heep ↗URIAH
  3. 10Bears' lairs ↗DENS
  4. 14Plant with many topical uses ↗ALOE
  5. 15Downright unpleasant ↗NASTY
  6. 16Meaning of "vidi," in Caesar's boast ↗ISAW
  7. 17Classic Beethoven piano piece ↗MOONLIGHTSONATA
  8. 20Fed. agency overseeing the stock market ↗SEC
  9. 21To blame ↗ATFAULT
  10. 22Online Q&A ↗AMA
  11. 25___ ex machina ↗DEUS
  12. 28Home to Kosovo and Monaco: Abbr. ↗EUR
  13. 29Academy Award-winning tune from "La La Land" ↗CITYOFSTARS
  14. 32"Chiseled" muscles ↗ABS
  15. 35Of yore ↗OLDEN
  16. 36Snippet in a film review show ↗MOVIECLIP
  17. 38"Looper" director Johnson ↗RIAN
  18. 39Sarcastic title girl of 1990s-2000s MTV ↗DARIA
  19. 40Utah skiing destination ↗ALTA
  20. 41Coverers of current events ↗NEWSMEDIA
  21. 43Boss (around) ↗ORDER
  22. 44Phoenix basketball player ↗SUN
  23. 451983 Eurythmics hit whose full title includes "(Are Made of This)" ↗SWEETDREAMS
  24. 47Popular fantasy role-playing game, in brief ↗DND
  25. 48Spies ↗SEES
  26. 49"___-haw!" ↗YEE
  27. 50It has its x's and y's ↗ALGEBRA
  28. 54T-shirt or blouse ↗TOP
  29. 56Iconic number from "The Phantom of the Opera" ... or an apt title for this puzzle ↗MUSICOFTHENIGHT
  30. 62Story of one's life? ↗OBIT
  31. 63Beforehand ↗PRIOR
  32. 64Singer Kahan with the 2026 #1 album "The Great Divide" ↗NOAH
  33. 65Hot ↗SEXY
  34. 6617-, 29-, 45- and 56-Across ↗SONGS
  35. 67Person regularly sought out for advice ↗GOTO

Down 41

  1. 1Scene stealer ↗HAM
  2. 2Eponym of a chess rating system ↗ELO
  3. 3British bathroom ↗LOO
  4. 4Writes ↗PENS
  5. 5International aid org. ↗UNICEF
  6. 6Cloth covered in dust, say ↗RAG
  7. 7"… or so" ↗ISH
  8. 8Lead-in to "boy!" or "girl!" ↗ATTA
  9. 9Madness ↗HYSTERIA
  10. 10Kuwaiti currency ↗DINAR
  11. 11The elder of a pair of biblical twins ↗ESAU
  12. 12The "N" of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. ↗NATL
  13. 13Smack, as flies ↗SWAT
  14. 18Gave false hopes ↗LEDON
  15. 19Coming in handy ↗OFUSE
  16. 22Nuts whose shells look like they have little berets ↗ACORNS
  17. 23Environs ↗MILIEU
  18. 24When Hamilton and Burr had their duel ↗ATDAWN
  19. 26Manufactured in America ↗USMADE
  20. 27What gossipers and tall buildings are full of ↗STORIES
  21. 30Desires ↗YENS
  22. 31Fly in the sky ↗AVIATE
  23. 32Like some theme park passes ↗ALLDAY
  24. 33"Oh, buzz off" ↗BITEME
  25. 34Thin on the ground ↗SPARSE
  26. 37Give a hoot ↗CARE
  27. 39Morning condensation ↗DEWDROPS
  28. 42Channel that rebranded with "NOW" in its name in 2025 ↗MSNBC
  29. 43"Citizen Kane" director Welles ↗ORSON
  30. 46Forfends ↗DETERS
  31. 47Part of a pantheon ↗DEITY
  32. 50"Famous" cookie baker ↗AMOS
  33. 51Anti-friction fluid ↗LUBE
  34. 52High-end private jet, familiarly ↗GSIX
  35. 53Hairstyle associated with Jimi Hendrix and Angela Davis ↗AFRO
  36. 55Send an instant message ↗PING
  37. 57Sardine container ↗TIN
  38. 58Refuse to share ↗HOG
  39. 59Glop ↗GOO
  40. 60Mario has a red "M" on his ↗HAT
  41. 61Howe'er ↗THO