NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 33

  1. 1What suggests that relief is at hand? ↗STRESSBALL
  2. 11Some ↗AFEW
  3. 15"News to me" ↗IHADNOIDEA
  4. 16Shankar who co-composed the score for 1982's "Gandhi" ↗RAVI
  5. 17"Well, now everyone will know" ↗CATSOUTOFTHEBAG
  6. 19Family nickname ↗SIS
  7. 20Spot for a light punishment ↗WRIST
  8. 21Eponym of U.S. track and field's Male Athlete of the Year Award ↗OWENS
  9. 22Member of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan base ↗SCOT
  10. 23Acronymic weapon ↗TASER
  11. 25Tree whose name has multiple pronunciations ↗PECAN
  12. 27Laugh, laugh, laugh ↗BUSTAGUT
  13. 30Geneticist's finding ↗TRAIT
  14. 31Wasteful government spending, informally ↗PORK
  15. 32Big name in sandals ↗TEVA
  16. 33"It's ___ or nothin'!" (classic kids' commercial slogan) ↗NERF
  17. 34Many of the characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" ↗TOONS
  18. 35Word with block or platform ↗HEEL
  19. 36Tangy hybrid ↗UGLI
  20. 37Gobsmacks ↗AWES
  21. 38Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide ↗BIGAL
  22. 39Elf, say ↗TOYMAKER
  23. 41They may be covered ↗SONGS
  24. 42Opportunity on Mars, say ↗ROVER
  25. 43Piece of ice in the drink? ↗BERG
  26. 44Name of "the other reindeer" in a common Christmas mondegreen ↗OLIVE
  27. 46Waffle patterns ↗GRIDS
  28. 48Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr. ↗NYC
  29. 51Field you make tracks in ↗MUSICPRODUCTION
  30. 54Blue rasp-"brr!"-y treat? ↗ICEE
  31. 55Flying nuisance ↗GATECHANGE
  32. 56Besmirches ↗TARS
  33. 57What someone might get quickly around lunchtime ↗ABITETOEAT

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  1. 1Sets (on) ↗SICS
  2. 2Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" poll ↗THAI
  3. 3Intruders in urban trash cans ↗RATS
  4. 4Ones who might cut the line, in brief? ↗EDS
  5. 5Ski slope vehicle ↗SNOWCAT
  6. 6Lose affection for ↗SOURON
  7. 7Wiped out, in slang ↗BITIT
  8. 8Fusses ↗ADOS
  9. 9No-nos at some highway intersections ↗LEFTTURNS
  10. 10Trap neighbor ↗LAT
  11. 11Relationship-defining question ↗AREWEATHING
  12. 12Bejeweled target of a heist in "Ocean's Twelve" ↗FABERGEEGG
  13. 13McMullin of Utah politics ↗EVAN
  14. 14Features of some early presidential portraits ↗WIGS
  15. 18Whole lot ↗HOST
  16. 22Films in which many stars might appear ↗SCIFIMOVIES
  17. 24Grills, say ↗ASKS
  18. 25Competitor of Rao's ↗PREGO
  19. 26One likely to be "healthy, wealthy and wise," per Benjamin Franklin ↗EARLYRISER
  20. 27Vocal critic ↗BOOER
  21. 28Iris settings ↗UVEAS
  22. 29Lofty ↗TALL
  23. 30Bit of threaded hardware ↗TNUT
  24. 31Attempt to seize control ↗POWERGRAB
  25. 34Perspective ↗TAKE
  26. 38One dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinner ↗BORSCHT
  27. 40Faire ___ (get by with, in French) ↗AVEC
  28. 41Charm ↗SEDUCE
  29. 43European fixture ↗BIDET
  30. 44Skip over ↗OMIT
  31. 45Title boy in a 2021 Pixar film ↗LUCA
  32. 47Word that comes from Sanskrit for "bread" ↗ROTI
  33. 48Score somewhat akin to an A- ↗NINE
  34. 49Flexible practice? ↗YOGA
  35. 50Website associated with the domain www.news.com ↗CNET
  36. 52Tour org. ↗PGA
  37. 53Fields Medal winner Terence ↗TAO