New York Times Crossword August 2 2026 Answers

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Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 2 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 140 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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Pen nameBIC3Across1 Garment whose name is a homophone for a board gameSARI4Across4 Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, sayTAGS4Across8 BellyachesCARPS5Across12 Listing of what's on tapMENU4Across17 StoryTIER4Across18 It's right around the presentWRAP4Across19 Phone notificationsALERTS6Across20 "For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?"OFFROADVEHICLE14Across22 Massachusetts city named for a colonial patriotREVERE6Across25 Like phone numbers in infomercialsTOLLFREE8Across26 Team playersATHLETES8Across27 Boggy placeFEN3Across29 Rightmost word on the front of a pennyTRUST5Across30 Their horns don't honkRAMS4Across31 KerfufflesADOS4Across33 Moccasin decorationBEAD4Across34 "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman)SEX3Across35 Ankle partTARSUS6Across36 "… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?"NEWSHOCKS9Across39 "You will be ___"MISSED6Across41 What's to be with Québec?ETRE4Across42 Focus of many a small private collegeARTS4Across43 "… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?"LOWEMISSIONS12Across44 19th-century school itemSLATE5Across49 Emulates CiceroORATES6Across51 Food or waterNEED4Across52 Cover with a black rectangle, sayREDACT6Across54 Useful pointers?VANES5Across58 RascalSCAMP5Across59 Tech models since 1998IMACS5Across62 Country with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr.NOR3Across65 Quickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasyENTS4Across66 "… and what about the leaky roof?"BUCKETSEATS11Across67 Point of intersectionNODE4Across69 "Here ___!"IGO3Across70 Mideast languageFARSI5Across71 Surprising resultUPSET5Across72 PretendFEIGN5Across73 Achilles, e.g.TENDON6Across74 Family nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe"NANA4Across76 Smooth, nowIRONED6Across78 Gains prominenceRISES5Across79 "… and the broken door locks?"KEYLESSENTRY12Across82 "___ just in …"THIS4Across86 Big name in plasticVISA4Across88 Rudimentary seedsOVULES6Across90 "… and the defective speaker system?"QUIETRIDE9Across91 RudimentaryPRIMAL6Across93 Calling card, for short?SIM3Across94 Safari destinations?URLS4Across97 Drink in a red, white and blue cupICEE4Across98 Donahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"PHIL4Across99 Yemeni neighborOMANI5Across100 Old gridiron org. for the Boston PatriotsAFL3Across102 End of "Our Town" or "A Doll's House"ACTTHREE8Across103 Spectacular flopsDEBACLES8Across105 Upholsterer's sampleSWATCH6Across108 "… and finally, the missing front tires?"REARWHEELDRIVE14Across110 Capital of ZimbabweHARARE6Across112 Pupil's surroundingsIRIS4Across113 Like toms and drakesMALE4Across114 State as factAVER4Across115 U-Haul alternativeRYDER5Across116 Legend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatnessPELE4Across117 SoCal sch.SDSU4Across118 Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head setEAR3Across119

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Caption below the first of two photosBEFORE6Down1 Opposite of exodusINFLUX6Down2 Dumbbell exercisesCURLS5Down3 Giant or dwarfSTAR4Down4 ___-de-campAIDE4Down5 Backs out, sayREVERSES8Down6 IndignationIRE3Down7 NinniesTWITS5Down8 What someone flat-footed lacksARCH4Down9 Like an honorable knightGALLANT7Down10 They might be on one's radarSPEEDERS8Down11 PetCARESS6Down12 Porters, for exampleALES4Down13 Race prior to a race?REV3Down14 Fifth-year student leader at HogwartsPREFECT7Down15 Barely runs?STREAKS7Down16 Fruit snack brandMOTTS5Down17 ExcitesSENDS5Down21 Again and again, in verseOFTTIMES8Down23 Over-the-top performersHAMS4Down24 Item on a rackTOWEL5Down28 Mercedes alternativeAUDI4Down32 Idly doodling, maybeBORED5Down34 How the car in this puzzle's theme would be soldASIS4Down37 Blog feed lettersRSS3Down38 Disrelishes and then someHATES5Down40 Hands (out)METES5Down41 Linguistic suffixESE3Down42 "Fabulous!"LOVEIT6Down44 It has a rind but supposedly no rhymeORANGE6Down45 Deliberately maliciousWANTON6Down46 Opposite of "You'll pay for that!"?ONME4Down47 God who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid"NEPTUNE7Down48 Long stories have themARCS4Down50 Runs out of gasDIES4Down53 Divinely electANOINT6Down55 Old yeller?CODGER6Down56 FaddishTRENDY6Down57 California's Big ___SUR3Down59 Keeps in the loop, electronicallyCCS3Down60 Similar (to)AKIN4Down61 Pioneering astronaut JemisonMAE3Down63 "The Good Wife" figure: Abbr.ATT3Down64 Declares off limitsBANS4Down67 Fix a litter problem?SPAY4Down68 Show signsNEONS5Down69 Palm off (on)FOIST5Down71 MoochFREELOAD8Down73 Hangs on a clotheslineDRIES5Down75 Isis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice SpiceAKA3Down77 Madonna's "La ___ Bonita"ISLA4Down78 Kick outEVICT5Down80 Planned detourSIDETRIP8Down81 "Shark Tank" shark GreinerLORI4Down83 Horror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness"EVILDEAD8Down84 It all adds up to thisSUM3Down85 "West Side Story" conflictTURFWAR7Down86 Edmund who wrote "View From the Summit"HILLARY7Down87 "Now, wait just one minute!"SEEHERE7Down89 SuppressQUASH5Down91 Like cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cakeRICHER6Down92 "That was a close one!"PHEW4Down93 What wets the appetite?SALIVA6Down94 "The idea!"INEVER6Down95 Penny pincherMISER5Down96 IntrinsicallyPERSE5Down99 Jazz singer CarmenMCRAE5Down101 Part of a plot, at timesACRE4Down103 The third one is dangerousRAIL4Down104 Once-common fish in the ThamesEELS4Down106 Veal cordon ___BLEU4Down107 SmidgenTAD3Down109 Inits. at seaHMS3Down111

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.