NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 6, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 6, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Dena R. Verkuil and John KugelmanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Singer Braxton ↗TONI
  2. 5Like some winter windshields ↗ICED
  3. 9___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear) ↗EDDIE
  4. 14Soon ↗ANON
  5. 15"Me, too" ↗SAME
  6. 16Stable job ↗GROOM
  7. 17Spirit of the Caribbean ↗JAMAICANRUM
  8. 19Haggard ↗GAUNT
  9. 20Creamy dish made with arborio rice ↗RISOTTO
  10. 21Angela on "The Office," e.g. ↗PRIG
  11. 22"Bring it on!" ↗TRYME
  12. 23Four-time N.B.A. M.V.P. ↗LEBRONJAMES
  13. 28Nick, e.g. ↗MAR
  14. 30Collected ↗COOL
  15. 31Evil computer of classic film ↗HAL
  16. 32Kind of seeds found in a basket in King Tutankhamen's tomb ↗SESAME
  17. 35Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South" ↗HOTLANTA
  18. 37Group with a coat of arms ↗CLAN
  19. 38Unspecified ones ↗THOSE
  20. 40Wednesday a.k.a. ___ day ↗HUMP
  21. 41Like some fat ↗RENDERED
  22. 43Purposely wrongs ↗SPITES
  23. 45"What's more …" ↗AND
  24. 46Joan known for his "dream paintings" ↗MIRO
  25. 47Make out, perhaps? ↗TAG
  26. 48Pillow fight setting ↗PAJAMAPARTY
  27. 51Juicer's "juice" ↗ROIDS
  28. 55Determination ↗WILL
  29. 56Shade provider along Central Park's Literary Walk ↗ELMTREE
  30. 58A-tier ↗PRIMO
  31. 60Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle ↗JAMPACKED
  32. 62Touch-and-go ↗DICEY
  33. 63Force felt on Earth, for short ↗ONEG
  34. 64Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's ↗HERA
  35. 65Feelings of getting older ↗ACHES
  36. 66Volcano seen on HBO's "The White Lotus" ↗ETNA
  37. 67Port in 50-Down ↗ADEN

Down 37

  1. 1Fruity pastry ↗TAJAMRT
  2. 2Live ↗ONAIR
  3. 3Like the jungle at daybreak ↗NOISY
  4. 4At the helm ↗INCOMMAND
  5. 5"___ that right?" ↗ISNT
  6. 6Number for December ↗CAROL
  7. 7Bird with noted calf muscles ↗EMU
  8. 8Short blue person? ↗DEM
  9. 9Chả giò, on a Vietnamese menu ↗EGGROLL
  10. 10Enervate ↗DRAIN
  11. 11Temptation for Homer Simpson ↗DOUGJAMHNUT
  12. 12Na+ or Cl- ↗ION
  13. 13Real lifesaver, for short ↗EMT
  14. 18Starting group ↗ATEAM
  15. 21Not accept an outrage, say ↗PROTEST
  16. 24Amazon smart speaker ↗ECHODOT
  17. 25Jeers ↗BOOS
  18. 26Tempting words on a Wonderland cake ↗EATME
  19. 27Is really good, in modern slang ↗SLAPS
  20. 29Legal mulligan ↗RETRIAL
  21. 32What an old car might be sold for ↗SCRAP
  22. 33___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels" ↗ELENA
  23. 34Brown-bag item ↗SANDJAMWICH
  24. 36"OK, that makes sense" ↗AHIGOTCHA
  25. 39Münster man ↗HERR
  26. 42Puts to work ↗EMPLOYS
  27. 44Northern Italian city known for its cheese ↗PARMA
  28. 49"The White Lotus" actress ___ Lou Wood ↗AIMEE
  29. 50Arabia Felix, now ↗YEMEN
  30. 52Perturbed ↗IRKED
  31. 53Fortune 500 company started by a blacksmith, informally ↗DEERE
  32. 54Civic's class ↗SEDAN
  33. 57Sports org. with a Tour ↗LPGA
  34. 58Open show of intimacy, for short ↗PDA
  35. 59Nickname that drops "hard" ↗RIC
  36. 60Mud ↗JOE
  37. 61Tiny "farmer" ↗ANT