NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 20, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 20, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Hoang-Kim VuEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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SUNAUG
16
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By Sam Brody
MONAUG
17
2026
By Zhouqin Burnikel
TUEAUG
18
2026
By Jeremy Venook
WEDAUG
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2026
By Kareem Ayas
THUAUG
20
2026
By Hoang-Kim Vu

The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Sound like heaven ↗HARP
  2. 5Game of observation for travel ↗SAFARI
  3. 11Ad free ↗PSA
  4. 14Brief in pants ↗TROU
  5. 15Correct thoroughly ↗SPOTON
  6. 16Bad feel ↗AIL
  7. 17Try to place connoisseurs? ↗TASTINGROOM
  8. 19Cells in compound ↗RNA
  9. 20Checks with style ↗PLAID
  10. 21To cop ↗OWN
  11. 22Competition, for starters ↗ATEAM
  12. 24York ___ ↗NUEVA
  13. 26Place recording ↗STUDIO
  14. 27Signals over game ↗HORNS
  15. 29Maturity approaching ↗RIPER
  16. 31Crows to relatives ↗RAVENS
  17. 32Free booze ↗DRY
  18. 33Confidentiality of letters? ↗NDAS
  19. 37"Done well" ↗BRAVO
  20. 38Short for "info flight" ↗ETA
  21. 39Sponge bath ↗LOOFA
  22. 40Nothing doing ↗IDLE
  23. 41Say "minus C" ↗MEH
  24. 42Set off ↗DEFRAY
  25. 43Practice Japanese ↗REIKI
  26. 45Equal roughly ↗ONPAR
  27. 46Into light ↗CUSSAT
  28. 49Nags about noise? ↗NEIGH
  29. 51Land of Spot ↗ISLET
  30. 52On-off signs ↗OKS
  31. 53Lines some over draw ↗TRACE
  32. 57For repentance some feel ↗RUE
  33. 58Details insignificant contests ↗SPLITSHAIRS
  34. 61Spending limits it ↗CAP
  35. 62Forum discussion, popular once ↗USENET
  36. 63Cut short ↗SNIP
  37. 64Rock-___ ↗ALT
  38. 65Out with ate, ate, ate ↗PIGGED
  39. 66Website gift custom ↗ETSY

Down 39

  1. 1URL starter ↗HTTP
  2. 2Asian sea currently undergoing replenishment efforts ↗ARAL
  3. 3Civil rights icon Parks ↗ROSA
  4. 4Shift the gears of, in a way ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues ↗PUTINREVERSE
  5. 5ID in some data breaches ↗SSN
  6. 6Elite H.S. class covering the Constitution ↗APGOV
  7. 7Visionary … or what you'll need to return to when solving this puzzle's Down clues ↗FORWARDTHINKING
  8. 8Loads ↗ATON
  9. 9Babe in the Hundred Acre Wood ↗ROO
  10. 10One advocated for by the National Prison Project ↗INMATE
  11. 11Whittled (down) ↗PARED
  12. 12Biblical mount ↗SINAI
  13. 13It's worth remembering! ↗ALAMO
  14. 18"No idea" ↗IDUNNO
  15. 23Distinctive expression ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues ↗TURNOFPHRASE
  16. 25Feature of San Francisco's Lombard Street ↗ESS
  17. 26Mole, e.g. ↗SPY
  18. 27Firm ↗HARD
  19. 28Like many cricket fields ↗OVAL
  20. 30Plan to contribute to, for short ↗IRA
  21. 31One of 1,909 for Willie Mays, for short ↗RBI
  22. 34"___ the Explorer" ↗DORA
  23. 35Some distance away ↗AFAR
  24. 36Declare ↗SAY
  25. 38"Oh no! A mouse!" ↗EEK
  26. 39What the second number indicates in men's jeans sizes ↗LENGTH
  27. 41Univ. with an annual Mystery Hunt ↗MIT
  28. 42Eager response to "Wanna join?" ↗DOI
  29. 44Goes nuts for ↗EATSUP
  30. 46Around ↗CIRCA
  31. 47Garden-variety ↗USUAL
  32. 48Wasn't paying attention ↗SLEPT
  33. 50Lauder of cosmetics ↗ESTEE
  34. 52Designer Cassini ↗OLEG
  35. 54"I don't really care / If ya think I'm strange / I ___ gonna change": Joan Jett ↗AINT
  36. 55N.F.L. commentator Collinsworth ↗CRIS
  37. 56Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g. ↗ESPY
  38. 59Letter after chi ↗PSI
  39. 60The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr. ↗STD