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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 4, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 4, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 36

  1. 1"Handy" kitchen item ↗MITT
  2. 5Smears with goo ↗SLIMES
  3. 11Music genre with offbeat rhythms ↗SKA
  4. 14So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially ↗ACER
  5. 15Action on the front lines ↗COMBAT
  6. 16Hunk of cash ↗WAD
  7. 17Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding? ↗SARINOTSARI
  8. 19Word aptly hidden in "moldy" ↗OLD
  9. 20Some marksmen ↗SNIPERS
  10. 21Stringed instruments of old ↗LYRES
  11. 23Inc. alternative ↗LLC
  12. 24Kind of whale ↗BALEEN
  13. 27Wedding feast delivery from India's capital? ↗DELHIPLATTERS
  14. 31Unwelcome responsibility ↗ONUS
  15. 33Rawboned ↗GAUNT
  16. 34"Deadline" for a rush order ↗NOW
  17. 35Bit of tailoring ↗HEM
  18. 36Writer Rand ↗AYN
  19. 38Great Leap Forward leader ↗MAO
  20. 39Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards ↗EVA
  21. 40Celestial sphere ↗ORB
  22. 41Hold power, as a ruler ↗REIGN
  23. 43"You said it!" ↗AMEN
  24. 44Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival? ↗HOLIMATRIMONY
  25. 48One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface ↗ETCHER
  26. 49Part of NATO: Abbr. ↗ORG
  27. 50When repeated, "You get the gist" ↗YADDA
  28. 52Enter furtively ↗CREEPIN
  29. 56Mysterious sight at night ↗UFO
  30. 57"Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.? ↗NAANAPOLOGY
  31. 61Scratch the surface of, say ↗MAR
  32. 62Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe ↗DANISH
  33. 63Stock market unveilings, for short ↗IPOS
  34. 64"___ you done?" ↗ARE
  35. 65Luxury transports ↗YACHTS
  36. 66Common workout target ↗CORE

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  1. 1The "m" in many a physics equation ↗MASS
  2. 2Self-assured words ↗ICAN
  3. 3Actress Polo ↗TERI
  4. 4Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball ↗TRIPLES
  5. 5Sear ↗SCORCH
  6. 6"___ of luck!" ↗LOTS
  7. 7Quick communications, in brief ↗IMS
  8. 8Postgraduate deg. with management courses ↗MBA
  9. 9Musician's asset ↗EAR
  10. 10Stylish shoe feature ↗STILETTO
  11. 11Someone you will never stop despising ↗SWORNENEMY
  12. 12Green smoothie staple ↗KALE
  13. 13Tosses in ↗ADDS
  14. 18"Little" Dickens girl ↗NELL
  15. 22Up to this point ↗YET
  16. 24___-free (plastics label) ↗BPA
  17. 25Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live" ↗ALUMNI
  18. 26Singer ___ Del Rey ↗LANA
  19. 27Longtime Hogwarts headmaster ↗DUMBLEDORE
  20. 28Set aflame ↗IGNITE
  21. 29Wander ↗ROVE
  22. 30Graceful bird ↗SWAN
  23. 31"Pick me! Pick me!" ↗OHOH
  24. 32Infamous Roman ruler ↗NERO
  25. 36Attractive plus-one ↗ARMCANDY
  26. 37"You said it!" ↗YEAH
  27. 42Canine warning ↗GRR
  28. 43Like a cherub ↗ANGELIC
  29. 45"___ be a real honor" ↗ITD
  30. 46Transforms ↗MORPHS
  31. 47Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K. ↗OREO
  32. 50Arizona city or county ↗YUMA
  33. 51At a distance ↗AFAR
  34. 52Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes ↗CAST
  35. 53Cops, in slang ↗POPO
  36. 54Iconic lab assistant of film ↗IGOR
  37. 55Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD" ↗NYSE
  38. 58Battery for a mouse ↗AAA
  39. 59Anti-apartheid org. ↗ANC
  40. 60U.S. medical research agcy. ↗NIH