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.
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3I
4D
5P
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7A
8T
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Across 37
- 1Sahara-esque ↗ARID
- 5Exams for high school jrs. ↗PSATS
- 10Private sleeping accommodations? ↗COTS
- 14"Didn't you get the ___?" ↗MEMO
- 15Wipe from one's memory, so to speak ↗UNSEE
- 16Section in a textbook ↗UNIT
- 17"___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit) ↗ISNT
- 18Deceptive move in fencing ↗FEINT
- 19Depend (on) ↗RELY
- 20Natural pillow filling ↗GOOSEFEATHERS
- 23Graffiti, to some ↗ART
- 24Three unnamed things, in shorthand ↗XYZ
- 25Quinceañeras, e.g. ↗RITES
- 28Lifted ↗STOLE
- 30Services for senior citizens ↗ELDERCARE
- 34Hybrid tennis attire ↗SKORT
- 36Word with pan, pump or paint ↗OIL
- 37___ Minor ↗URSA
- 38Unofficial vote ↗STRAWPOLL
- 41President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college ↗TAFT
- 44"___ got it!" ↗IVE
- 45Cats and dogs, for example ↗NOUNS
- 48Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies ↗BLACKBART
- 51Excludes ↗OMITS
- 53Mount ___ Health System ↗SINAI
- 54Immature high score initials on an arcade game ↗ASS
- 56Something to trust ↗GUT
- 57Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across ↗BURIESTHELEDE
- 62They offer support ↗BRAS
- 64Speak at a political convention, perhaps ↗ORATE
- 65Field ↗AREA
- 66Facility ↗EASE
- 672008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot ↗WALLE
- 68Semiaquatic relative of a weasel ↗MINK
- 69Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6 ↗DYES
- 70Fall bloom ↗ASTER
- 71Cave wall hangings? ↗BATS
Down 39
- 1Female friends from Fuenlabrada ↗AMIGAS
- 2Some vacation destinations ↗RESORTS
- 3"My mood is pretty low" ↗IMNOTOK
- 4Top three sights in Fiji? ↗DOTS
- 5Like eyes during an allergy attack ↗PUFFY
- 6"Bless you!" elicitor ↗SNEEZE
- 7___ Minor ↗ASIA
- 8Something that's pitched ↗TENT
- 9"Family Guy" creator MacFarlane ↗SETH
- 10Set of courses offered ↗CURRICULUM
- 11Miserable rating ↗ONESTAR
- 12"___ death do us part" ↗TIL
- 13What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to ↗STY
- 21Put forth ↗EXERT
- 22Drop the ball ↗ERR
- 26Verbal hesitations ↗ERS
- 27Neptune's territory ↗SEA
- 29Situations one might no longer put effort into ↗LOSTCAUSES
- 31Drop ↗LOWER
- 32Drop ↗DIP
- 33North Carolina university ↗ELON
- 35Chicago paper, with "the" ↗TRIB
- 39___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" ↗AVA
- 40Not taut ↗LOOSE
- 41Longtime "American Dad!" airer ↗TBS
- 422001 biopic starring Will Smith ↗ALI
- 43The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g. ↗FANBASE
- 46Country bordering Chad and Benin ↗NIGERIA
- 47Lecture attendee ↗STUDENT
- 49___ royale (Champagne cocktail) ↗KIR
- 50Rat (on) ↗TATTLE
- 52They can be well-done ↗STEAKS
- 55See-through ↗SHEER
- 58Part of the Corn Belt ↗IOWA
- 59Important stretches ↗ERAS
- 60The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this ↗SALT
- 61What a shepherd may shepherd ↗LAMB
- 62Bouncy part of a trampoline ↗BED
- 63"A drop of golden sun," in song ↗RAY