NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 23, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 23, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jill SingerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 22×21145 clues

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Across 71

  1. 1"Awesome!" ↗RAD
  2. 4Many profs ↗PHDS
  3. 8What a crush might make you do ↗FLIRT
  4. 13Predator with dermal denticles ↗SHARK
  5. 18Silent film actor Jannings ↗EMIL
  6. 20Reclined ↗LAIN
  7. 21More intense, as an emotion ↗RAWER
  8. 22Early stage of a drug trial ↗PHASEI
  9. 23Peace symbol ↗DOVE
  10. 24Adage promoting thrift ↗APENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED
  11. 27Itty-bitty ↗TEENSY
  12. 29Return filers, for short ↗CPAS
  13. 30Barely keeps going, with "along" ↗LIMPS
  14. 31Fish with leaf-shaped larvae ↗EELS
  15. 32Image on one side of this puzzle's subject ↗ABRAHAMLINCOLN
  16. 35Start of a historic triple boast ↗ICAME
  17. 37Seminole's rival, in college athletics ↗GATOR
  18. 38Liturgical singer ↗CANTOR
  19. 39Quick cut ↗SNIP
  20. 40Subtitle alternative ↗DUB
  21. 43Yogurt drink in Delhi ↗LASSI
  22. 45Monklike, in a way ↗ASCETIC
  23. 48Angle variable in geometry ↗THETA
  24. 50Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025) ↗USMINT
  25. 53Periodical, informally ↗MAG
  26. 55Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees ↗GOTH
  27. 56Duck known for its insulating feathers ↗EIDER
  28. 57Make smelly ↗STINKUP
  29. 59One of 12, astrologically ↗LEO
  30. 61"Balderdash!" ↗ROT
  31. 62"It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short ↗WSJ
  32. 63"Omigosh!" ↗EEK
  33. 64Drug enforcer, informally ↗NARC
  34. 66"When We Were Young" singer, 2015 ↗ADELE
  35. 68Its capital is Roma ↗ITALIA
  36. 72Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry ↗ONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS
  37. 77A failed transaction ↗NOSALE
  38. 78Good, but not great, grade ↗BPLUS
  39. 79Tennis great Arthur ↗ASHE
  40. 80___ King Cole ↗NAT
  41. 81Fall asleep, with "off" ↗NOD
  42. 82Word with constrictor or feather ↗BOA
  43. 83Goddess of the dawn ↗EOS
  44. 85Car-pooling convenience ↗HOVLANE
  45. 88Taco bar adjective ↗ASADA
  46. 91___ Féin ↗SINN
  47. 92___ room ↗REC
  48. 94Showing less bias ↗FAIRER
  49. 95Musical staff symbol ↗CCLEF
  50. 96Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing ↗KNEEING
  51. 99"Sounds like a blast!" ↗OHFUN
  52. 101Mini-gulp ↗SIP
  53. 102Some Ivy Leaguers ↗ELIS
  54. 104Meeting that goes above and beyond? ↗SEANCE
  55. 106Intimate ↗GETAT
  56. 110Bitter ↗ACRID
  57. 112Image on one side of this puzzle's subject ↗THEUNIONSHIELD
  58. 115Badge-pinning site ↗SASH
  59. 117Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment ↗BODHI
  60. 119Spanish for "wealthy" ↗RICO
  61. 120Get in the game? ↗ANTEUP
  62. 121Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across ↗PUTINYOURTWOCENTS
  63. 125D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon" ↗EMMA
  64. 126Paradise ↗UTOPIA
  65. 127Pucker producer, perhaps ↗LEMON
  66. 128Modernists, informally ↗NEOS
  67. 129Department store department ↗MENS
  68. 130Vikings, for example ↗NORSE
  69. 131Long members of the onion family ↗LEEKS
  70. 132Nervous ↗EDGY
  71. 133Slam ↗DIS

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  1. 1Discount merchandise indicator ↗REDTAG
  2. 2Organism that moves using pseudopodia ↗AMOEBA
  3. 3Change the course of ↗DIVERT
  4. 4___ del Carmen (Mexican resort) ↗PLAYA
  5. 5Two farthings, informally ↗HAPENNY
  6. 6Deny responsibility for ↗DISCLAIM
  7. 7Like certain easy-to-install hardware components ↗SNAPIN
  8. 8Much of Diego Rivera's work ↗FRESCOS
  9. 9Young Scot ↗LAD
  10. 10"You can count on me" ↗IWILL
  11. 11It can become amber ↗RESIN
  12. 12Streetcar ↗TRAM
  13. 13Doo-wop's ___ Na Na ↗SHA
  14. 14Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire ↗HAREM
  15. 15If necessary ↗ASNEEDED
  16. 16Scottish dance ↗REEL
  17. 17Offspring ↗KIDS
  18. 19"Enemies, a Love Story" actress ↗LENAOLIN
  19. 22"GoodFellas" Oscar winner ↗PESCI
  20. 25Perspective ↗VANTAGE
  21. 26Demonstrate frugality, in a way ↗PENNYPINCH
  22. 28Got tinier ↗SHRANK
  23. 33Hosts, in brief ↗MCS
  24. 34Tolkien monster ↗ORC
  25. 36Exams for ambitious H.S. students ↗APTESTS
  26. 39Date night bookings ↗SITTERS
  27. 41Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau ↗UTE
  28. 42Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon ↗BAR
  29. 44Having impeded growth ↗STUNTED
  30. 46Bird with an S-shaped neck ↗EGRET
  31. 47Place for pliers ↗TOOLCASE
  32. 49Muslim head scarf ↗HIJAB
  33. 50Target with, as a pickup line ↗USEON
  34. 51Scribe in a courtroom, in brief ↗STENO
  35. 52Prepares for an interview, say ↗MIKES
  36. 54Notorious Chicago bootlegger ↗ALCAPONE
  37. 58What a dog uses to shake ↗PAW
  38. 60Island location of Iolani Palace ↗OAHU
  39. 62Say something fresh ↗WISEOFF
  40. 65Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" ↗ROBBINS
  41. 67Information in a prescription ↗DOSE
  42. 69Out of this world? ↗LUNAR
  43. 70Silly ↗INANE
  44. 71Fall bloomer ↗ASTER
  45. 73"Hoarders" network ↗AANDE
  46. 74Shoe originally known as a "Weejun" ↗PENNYLOAFER
  47. 75Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song ↗PENNYLANE
  48. 76"Wow!" ↗OHH
  49. 84Like many farm stand purchases ↗ORGANIC
  50. 86"Dodgeball" star Vince ↗VAUGHN
  51. 87Specific charge on an invoice ↗LINEITEM
  52. 88Cooling units, in brief ↗ACS
  53. 89Poli-___ ↗SCI
  54. 90Pork-based taco option ↗ALPASTOR
  55. 91Snowmobile brand ↗SKIDOO
  56. 93Made cozy ↗COCOONED
  57. 97Suffix in British English ↗ISE
  58. 98Makeup of a nervous system, largely ↗NEURONS
  59. 100Layer of a farm ↗HEN
  60. 103Locale for camel racing ↗LIBYA
  61. 105Christians' ___ Creed ↗NICENE
  62. 107Overflowed (with) ↗TEEMED
  63. 108Reunion attendees ↗ALUMNI
  64. 109Cause for a QB's celebration ↗TDPASS
  65. 111Fries in England ↗CHIPS
  66. 112Deuce topper ↗THREE
  67. 113"I'll take another card" ↗HITME
  68. 114Cheeky ↗SASSY
  69. 115Like cotton candy ↗SPUN
  70. 116Lead-in to pilot or pay ↗AUTO
  71. 118Grayish, say ↗DULL
  72. 122Emphatic refusal in Germany ↗NIE
  73. 123Stir-fry staple ↗WOK
  74. 124Dress (up) ↗TOG