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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 24, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 24, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Steven JopekEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Apex ↗ACME
  2. 5Curry ingredient ↗CUMIN
  3. 10Hay unit ↗BALE
  4. 14Robert Frost creation ↗POEM
  5. 15Grilled, at a taqueria ↗ASADA
  6. 16Mined metals ↗ORES
  7. 17Criminals' sphere ↗UNDERWORLD
  8. 19Have a hankering for ↗WANT
  9. 20Floral Van Gogh subject ↗IRIS
  10. 21Latin gods ↗DEI
  11. 22Enemy ↗FOE
  12. 23End of the Greek alphabet ↗OMEGA
  13. 25Tsunami ↗TIDALWAVE
  14. 28Common motive in a murder case ↗REVENGE
  15. 30Follower of latch or catch ↗ONTO
  16. 31Nashville honor, briefly ↗CMA
  17. 32Oft-torn knee part, in brief ↗ACL
  18. 34Confederate soldier, informally ↗REB
  19. 35Any foreseeable difficulty ... with a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across ↗HELLORHIGHWATER
  20. 42Clerical vestment ↗ALB
  21. 43Writer Edgar Allan ___ ↗POE
  22. 44She, in Portuguese ↗ELA
  23. 45Zing ___ (brand of Bloody Mary mix) ↗ZANG
  24. 47Zoomed past ↗RACEDBY
  25. 50Stop in the afterlife ↗PURGATORY
  26. 54Fill in for ↗ACTAS
  27. 55Fury ↗IRE
  28. 56Source of fleece ↗EWE
  29. 57Jazz great Fitzgerald ↗ELLA
  30. 58White part of an orange ↗PITH
  31. 60Natural wonder in Venezuela ↗ANGELFALLS
  32. 64Sound in a cavernous empty room ↗ECHO
  33. 65Arctic creatures with flippers ↗SEALS
  34. 66International retailer with a three-syllable name ↗IKEA
  35. 67Dance whose name is also a hairstyle ↗SHAG
  36. 68Golfer Els ↗ERNIE
  37. 69Letters on an invitation ↗RSVP

Down 41

  1. 1Storekeeper on "The Simpsons" ↗APU
  2. 2Trick ↗CON
  3. 3Like the period known as the Middle Ages ↗MEDIEVAL
  4. 4Leave the cocoon ↗EMERGE
  5. 5Sparrows : cheeps :: crows : ___ ↗CAWS
  6. 6Grp. that entertains troops ↗USO
  7. 7Tuesday, in Lyon ↗MARDI
  8. 8Sat at a red light ↗IDLED
  9. 9Gymnast Comaneci ↗NADIA
  10. 10Cousin of a curtsy ↗BOW
  11. 11Yasir of the P.L.O. ↗ARAFAT
  12. 12Chinese computer giant ↗LENOVO
  13. 13Lauder of cosmetics ↗ESTEE
  14. 18"Knives Out" director Johnson ↗RIAN
  15. 23Philharmonic grp. ↗ORCH
  16. 24Many a viral post ↗MEME
  17. 25Word after Georgia, Virginia or low ↗TECH
  18. 26Big name in movie theaters ↗LOEW
  19. 27Caitlin Clark's league ↗WNBA
  20. 29Apparel ↗GARB
  21. 33Place for gloss ↗LIP
  22. 34Actress Perlman of "Cheers" ↗RHEA
  23. 36"Auld ___ Syne" ↗LANG
  24. 37"Three Sisters" sister ↗OLGA
  25. 38Like many horror flicks ↗GORY
  26. 39Presentations with an 18-minute limit ↗TEDTALKS
  27. 40Actor Idris ↗ELBA
  28. 41Tampa Bay players ↗RAYS
  29. 45Financial center of Switzerland ↗ZURICH
  30. 46Franklin who sang "Chain of Fools" ↗ARETHA
  31. 48Baby bovine ↗CALF
  32. 49Filled pastry ↗ECLAIR
  33. 50Plumbing conduits ↗PIPES
  34. 51Needle mischievously ↗TEASE
  35. 52Renter's counterpart ↗OWNER
  36. 53Daughter of King Lear ↗REGAN
  37. 57Coder's counterpart to "if" ↗ELSE
  38. 59Non-sharer ↗HOG
  39. 61One of football's Mannings ↗ELI
  40. 62"The Magicians" novelist Grossman ↗LEV
  41. 63Maple syrup base ↗SAP