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New York Times Crossword August 18 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 18 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Assistance41 AcrossReveal answer → Dickens villain ___ Heep55 AcrossReveal answer → Bears' lairs410 AcrossReveal answer → Plant with many topical uses414 AcrossReveal answer → Downright unpleasant515 AcrossReveal answer → Meaning of "vidi," in Caesar's boast416 AcrossReveal answer → Classic Beethoven piano piece1517 AcrossReveal answer → Fed. agency overseeing the stock market320 AcrossReveal answer → To blame721 AcrossReveal answer → Online Q&A322 AcrossReveal answer → ___ ex machina425 AcrossReveal answer → Home to Kosovo and Monaco: Abbr.328 AcrossReveal answer → Academy Award-winning tune from "La La Land"1129 AcrossReveal answer → "Chiseled" muscles332 AcrossReveal answer → Of yore535 AcrossReveal answer → Snippet in a film review show936 AcrossReveal answer → "Looper" director Johnson438 AcrossReveal answer → Sarcastic title girl of 1990s-2000s MTV539 AcrossReveal answer → Utah skiing destination440 AcrossReveal answer → Coverers of current events941 AcrossReveal answer → Boss (around)543 AcrossReveal answer → Phoenix basketball player344 AcrossReveal answer → 1983 Eurythmics hit whose full title includes "(Are Made of This)"1145 AcrossReveal answer → Popular fantasy role-playing game, in brief347 AcrossReveal answer → Spies448 AcrossReveal answer → "___-haw!"349 AcrossReveal answer → It has its x's and y's750 AcrossReveal answer → T-shirt or blouse354 AcrossReveal answer → Iconic number from "The Phantom of the Opera" ... or an apt title for this puzzle1556 AcrossReveal answer → Story of one's life?462 AcrossReveal answer → Beforehand563 AcrossReveal answer → Singer Kahan with the 2026 #1 album "The Great Divide"464 AcrossReveal answer → Hot465 AcrossReveal answer → 17-, 29-, 45- and 56-Across566 AcrossReveal answer → Person regularly sought out for advice467 AcrossReveal answer →

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Scene stealer31 DownReveal answer → Eponym of a chess rating system32 DownReveal answer → British bathroom33 DownReveal answer → Writes44 DownReveal answer → International aid org.65 DownReveal answer → Cloth covered in dust, say36 DownReveal answer → "… or so"37 DownReveal answer → Lead-in to "boy!" or "girl!"48 DownReveal answer → Madness89 DownReveal answer → Kuwaiti currency510 DownReveal answer → The elder of a pair of biblical twins411 DownReveal answer → The "N" of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.412 DownReveal answer → Smack, as flies413 DownReveal answer → Gave false hopes518 DownReveal answer → Coming in handy519 DownReveal answer → Nuts whose shells look like they have little berets622 DownReveal answer → Environs623 DownReveal answer → When Hamilton and Burr had their duel624 DownReveal answer → Manufactured in America626 DownReveal answer → What gossipers and tall buildings are full of727 DownReveal answer → Desires430 DownReveal answer → Fly in the sky631 DownReveal answer → Like some theme park passes632 DownReveal answer → "Oh, buzz off"633 DownReveal answer → Thin on the ground634 DownReveal answer → Give a hoot437 DownReveal answer → Morning condensation839 DownReveal answer → Channel that rebranded with "NOW" in its name in 2025542 DownReveal answer → "Citizen Kane" director Welles543 DownReveal answer → Forfends646 DownReveal answer → Part of a pantheon547 DownReveal answer → "Famous" cookie baker450 DownReveal answer → Anti-friction fluid451 DownReveal answer → High-end private jet, familiarly452 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle associated with Jimi Hendrix and Angela Davis453 DownReveal answer → Send an instant message455 DownReveal answer → Sardine container357 DownReveal answer → Refuse to share358 DownReveal answer → Glop359 DownReveal answer → Mario has a red "M" on his360 DownReveal answer → Howe'er361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.