NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 19, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 19, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Sahara-esque ARID
  2. 5Exams for high school jrs. PSATS
  3. 10Private sleeping accommodations? COTS
  4. 14"Didn't you get the ___?" MEMO
  5. 15Wipe from one's memory, so to speak UNSEE
  6. 16Section in a textbook UNIT
  7. 17"___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit) ISNT
  8. 18Deceptive move in fencing FEINT
  9. 19Depend (on) RELY
  10. 20Natural pillow filling GOOSEFEATHERS
  11. 23Graffiti, to some ART
  12. 24Three unnamed things, in shorthand XYZ
  13. 25Quinceañeras, e.g. RITES
  14. 28Lifted STOLE
  15. 30Services for senior citizens ELDERCARE
  16. 34Hybrid tennis attire SKORT
  17. 36Word with pan, pump or paint OIL
  18. 37___ Minor URSA
  19. 38Unofficial vote STRAWPOLL
  20. 41President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college TAFT
  21. 44"___ got it!" IVE
  22. 45Cats and dogs, for example NOUNS
  23. 48Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies BLACKBART
  24. 51Excludes OMITS
  25. 53Mount ___ Health System SINAI
  26. 54Immature high score initials on an arcade game ASS
  27. 56Something to trust GUT
  28. 57Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across BURIESTHELEDE
  29. 62They offer support BRAS
  30. 64Speak at a political convention, perhaps ORATE
  31. 65Field AREA
  32. 66Facility EASE
  33. 672008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot WALLE
  34. 68Semiaquatic relative of a weasel MINK
  35. 69Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6 DYES
  36. 70Fall bloom ASTER
  37. 71Cave wall hangings? BATS

Down 39

  1. 1Female friends from Fuenlabrada AMIGAS
  2. 2Some vacation destinations RESORTS
  3. 3"My mood is pretty low" IMNOTOK
  4. 4Top three sights in Fiji? DOTS
  5. 5Like eyes during an allergy attack PUFFY
  6. 6"Bless you!" elicitor SNEEZE
  7. 7___ Minor ASIA
  8. 8Something that's pitched TENT
  9. 9"Family Guy" creator MacFarlane SETH
  10. 10Set of courses offered CURRICULUM
  11. 11Miserable rating ONESTAR
  12. 12"___ death do us part" TIL
  13. 13What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to STY
  14. 21Put forth EXERT
  15. 22Drop the ball ERR
  16. 26Verbal hesitations ERS
  17. 27Neptune's territory SEA
  18. 29Situations one might no longer put effort into LOSTCAUSES
  19. 31Drop LOWER
  20. 32Drop DIP
  21. 33North Carolina university ELON
  22. 35Chicago paper, with "the" TRIB
  23. 39___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" AVA
  24. 40Not taut LOOSE
  25. 41Longtime "American Dad!" airer TBS
  26. 422001 biopic starring Will Smith ALI
  27. 43The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g. FANBASE
  28. 46Country bordering Chad and Benin NIGERIA
  29. 47Lecture attendee STUDENT
  30. 49___ royale (Champagne cocktail) KIR
  31. 50Rat (on) TATTLE
  32. 52They can be well-done STEAKS
  33. 55See-through SHEER
  34. 58Part of the Corn Belt IOWA
  35. 59Important stretches ERAS
  36. 60The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this SALT
  37. 61What a shepherd may shepherd LAMB
  38. 62Bouncy part of a trampoline BED
  39. 63"A drop of golden sun," in song RAY