NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 9, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 9, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Erik AgardEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21128 clues

Jump to a puzzle

Full archive →
WEDAUG
5
2026
By Daniel Bodily
THUAUG
6
2026
By Dena R. Verkuil and John K…
FRIAUG
7
2026
By Jesse Cohn
SATAUG
8
2026
By Kameron Austin Collins
SUNAUG
9
2026
By Erik Agard

The Grid

1A
2T
3A
4L
5L
6H
7E
8I
9S
10T
11S
12F
13L
14U
15A
16X
17I
18S
19C
O
M
E
O
20N
I
N
T
H
E
W
21A
T
E
R
22S
F
I
N
E
23C
O
N
G
R
E
S
S
I
O
N
A
L
D
I
S
T
R
I
C
T
24O
C
E
A
N
U
S
25S
W
A
M
P
26D
A
Y
O
27R
O
S
T
E
R
28U
N
U
M
29H
30O
E
31E
M
32A
33I
34L
35D
O
T
E
36O
37N
T
O
P
38D
A
U
N
39T
40A
N
N
E
41S
L
Y
42S
L
E
E
T
43D
E
B
T
44H
45I
N
T
A
T
46B
O
O
N
S
47L
I
F
E
S
48P
A
N
49C
H
I
50L
O
D
G
E
51H
A
V
E
T
H
I
N
G
52S
O
U
T
53T
O
D
A
Y
54M
O
V
E
A
S
O
N
E
55N
L
R
B
56R
O
T
I
S
57T
O
N
I
S
T
O
N
E
58M
O
O
R
E
59I
M
I
N
60P
A
L
E
S
T
I
N
E
61T
A
W
N
Y
62T
O
N
G
63U
E
L
A
S
H
I
N
G
64C
O
V
E
Y
65U
R
L
66B
E
E
S
T
I
N
G
67D
O
M
E
D
68A
R
I
69S
E
N
70S
A
N
G
71G
R
O
A
N
72S
73I
74P
75L
O
F
T
76S
77H
E
N
G
78W
R
I
S
T
79M
I
N
E
80S
W
E
E
81P
82U
S
S
83I
H
O
P
84I
85S
O
L
D
E
86P
O
87O
L
88W
89A
R
I
O
90F
L
A
R
E
U
P
91C
92O
93R
P
O
R
A
94T
E
S
U
R
V
95E
I
L
L
A
N
C
E
96I
N
V
E
R
T
E
D
R
O
L
L
E
R
C
O
A
S
T
E
R
97S
A
S
S
98O
D
S
99F
E
S
S
E
S
100T
S
A
R
S

Click a clue to reveal it in the grid.

Across 61

  1. 1One bit ↗ATALL
  2. 6Bad jobs ↗HEISTS
  3. 12Target of an annual vaccine ↗FLU
  4. 15x or y ↗AXIS
  5. 19Swimmer's invitation ↗COMEONINTHEWATERSFINE
  6. 23One of two in Hawaii ↗CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT
  7. 24Father of the river gods, in Greek myth ↗OCEANUS
  8. 25Overwhelm ↗SWAMP
  9. 26Jamaican folk song about dock work ↗DAYO
  10. 27Ones who've made the team ↗ROSTER
  11. 28One at the U.S. mint? ↗UNUM
  12. 29Long-handled tool ↗HOE
  13. 31What might pile up during a digital detox ↗EMAIL
  14. 35Show great fondness, in a way ↗DOTE
  15. 36In the lead ↗ONTOP
  16. 38Cow ↗DAUNT
  17. 40Oscar winner Hathaway ↗ANNE
  18. 41Foxlike ↗SLY
  19. 42Winter pellets ↗SLEET
  20. 43___ forgiveness ↗DEBT
  21. 44Say without saying ↗HINTAT
  22. 46Godsends ↗BOONS
  23. 47Up to 150 years, for a tortoise ↗LIFESPAN
  24. 49The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C. ↗CHI
  25. 50Beaver's home ↗LODGE
  26. 51Communicate through a disagreement ↗HAVETHINGSOUT
  27. 53Counterpart of 53-Down ↗TODAY
  28. 54Display perfect timing, much like dancers ↗MOVEASONE
  29. 55Agcy. that protects the right to unionize ↗NLRB
  30. 56Some Indian flatbreads ↗ROTIS
  31. 57First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league ↗TONISTONE
  32. 58Bond between Lazenby and Dalton ↗MOORE
  33. 59"Let's do it" ↗IMIN
  34. 60Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah" ↗PALESTINE
  35. 61Like a lion's coat ↗TAWNY
  36. 62Reprimand that might be biting, ironically ↗TONGUELASHING
  37. 64Group of partridges ↗COVEY
  38. 65"www" string ↗URL
  39. 66Honey boo-boo? ↗BEESTING
  40. 67Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally ↗DOMED
  41. 68Up for the day ↗ARISEN
  42. 70Named names ↗SANG
  43. 71[Oh God ...] ↗GROAN
  44. 72Nurse ↗SIP
  45. 75Many a spacious apartment ↗LOFT
  46. 76Stand-up comic ___ Wang ↗SHENG
  47. 78Where a band might go ↗WRIST
  48. 79"Gimme!" ↗MINE
  49. 80Go undefeated ↗SWEEP
  50. 82Enterprise letters ↗USS
  51. 83"Let's put a smile on your plate" chain ↗IHOP
  52. 84Lover of Tristan ↗ISOLDE
  53. 86Combine, as resources ↗POOL
  54. 88Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap ↗WARIO
  55. 90Bothersome recurrence ↗FLAREUP
  56. 91Controversial business oversight ↗CORPORATESURVEILLANCE
  57. 96Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground ↗INVERTEDROLLERCOASTER
  58. 97Lip ↗SASS
  59. 98"___ bodkins!" (bygone oath) ↗ODS
  60. 99Comes clean, with "up" ↗FESSES
  61. 100Old Bulgarian rulers ↗TSARS

Down 67

  1. 1Results of some peace talks ↗ACCORDS
  2. 2"Wow!" ↗TOOCOOL
  3. 3Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness" ↗AMNESTY
  4. 4Papal representative ↗LEGATE
  5. 5Michaels of "Saturday Night Live" ↗LORNE
  6. 6Angry cat's "greeting" ↗HISS
  7. 7Nav. rank ↗ENS
  8. 8Retort of denial ↗ITISNOT
  9. 9Offer emotional support (for) ↗SHOWUP
  10. 10Time that's an artist's name backward ↗TENAM
  11. 11Did the butterfly, e.g. ↗SWAM
  12. 12Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers ↗FTD
  13. 13Dutch city with a namesake jar ↗LEIDEN
  14. 14___ Major ↗URSA
  15. 15"Because I Got High" rapper ↗AFROMAN
  16. 1612 letters? ↗XII
  17. 17Magazine for entrepreneurs ↗INC
  18. 18Good to go ↗SET
  19. 20Branch with a stem? ↗NEUROLOGY
  20. 21Number of letters? ↗ALPHABETSONG
  21. 22Ocular affliction ↗STYE
  22. 28Uintah and Ouray reservation people ↗UTES
  23. 30Surpassed ↗OUTSHONE
  24. 32Group in support of a queen ↗ANTCOLONY
  25. 33Rushing around ↗INAHURRY
  26. 34Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure ↗LETITBE
  27. 37Reality TV icon ___ Leakes ↗NENE
  28. 38Edging, e.g. ↗DEFEATING
  29. 39Title for Macbeth ↗THANE
  30. 42Parts of many combo meals ↗SODAS
  31. 43Selling off, as stocks ↗DIVESTING
  32. 45Big inits. in Dutch banking ↗ING
  33. 46Foretelling of ↗BODING
  34. 47Bestowing extravagantly (on) ↗LAVISHING
  35. 48Source of fragrant cones ↗PINE
  36. 50Destiny ↗LOTINLIFE
  37. 51Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?" ↗HONESTANSWER
  38. 52Was flaky? ↗SNOWED
  39. 53Counterpart of 53-Across ↗TOMORROW
  40. 54It's not exactly fast food ↗MOLASSES
  41. 56Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two ↗RITUALS
  42. 57Bit of folklore ↗TALE
  43. 58Wonk ↗MAVEN
  44. 60Hammer parts ↗PEENS
  45. 61Main ingredient in salsa verde ↗TOMATILLO
  46. 63Purple yam in Filipino desserts ↗UBE
  47. 64Sounds from pigeons ↗COOS
  48. 67Simple coffee brewing method ↗DRIP
  49. 69Treeless tracts ↗STEPPES
  50. 71Pleasing rhythms ↗GROOVES
  51. 72Diamond component? ↗SILENTA
  52. 73Gene-activating substance ↗INDUCER
  53. 74Eyes, informally ↗PEEPERS
  54. 77Danced at a luau ↗HULAED
  55. 78Eddies ↗WHIRLS
  56. 79Very complicated situation, so to speak ↗MORASS
  57. 81___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement) ↗POOR
  58. 83Self-congratulatory declaration ↗IRULE
  59. 85One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer ↗SALAT
  60. 87"___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet ↗ORTO
  61. 89Since ↗ASOF
  62. 90Some fan-made literary works, informally ↗FICS
  63. 91Prefix with normative ↗CIS
  64. 92___ shoestring ↗ONA
  65. 93They're parked in parks ↗RVS
  66. 94Some OT enders ↗TDS
  67. 95Before, poetically ↗ERE