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New York Times Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 20 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Sound like heaven41 AcrossReveal answer → Game of observation for travel65 AcrossReveal answer → Ad free311 AcrossReveal answer → Brief in pants414 AcrossReveal answer → Correct thoroughly615 AcrossReveal answer → Bad feel316 AcrossReveal answer → Try to place connoisseurs?1117 AcrossReveal answer → Cells in compound319 AcrossReveal answer → Checks with style520 AcrossReveal answer → To cop321 AcrossReveal answer → Competition, for starters522 AcrossReveal answer → York ___524 AcrossReveal answer → Place recording626 AcrossReveal answer → Signals over game527 AcrossReveal answer → Maturity approaching529 AcrossReveal answer → Crows to relatives631 AcrossReveal answer → Free booze332 AcrossReveal answer → Confidentiality of letters?433 AcrossReveal answer → "Done well"537 AcrossReveal answer → Short for "info flight"338 AcrossReveal answer → Sponge bath539 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing doing440 AcrossReveal answer → Say "minus C"341 AcrossReveal answer → Set off642 AcrossReveal answer → Practice Japanese543 AcrossReveal answer → Equal roughly545 AcrossReveal answer → Into light646 AcrossReveal answer → Nags about noise?549 AcrossReveal answer → Land of Spot551 AcrossReveal answer → On-off signs352 AcrossReveal answer → Lines some over draw553 AcrossReveal answer → For repentance some feel357 AcrossReveal answer → Details insignificant contests1158 AcrossReveal answer → Spending limits it361 AcrossReveal answer → Forum discussion, popular once662 AcrossReveal answer → Cut short463 AcrossReveal answer → Rock-___364 AcrossReveal answer → Out with ate, ate, ate665 AcrossReveal answer → Website gift custom466 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
URL starter41 DownReveal answer → Asian sea currently undergoing replenishment efforts42 DownReveal answer → Civil rights icon Parks43 DownReveal answer → Shift the gears of, in a way ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues124 DownReveal answer → ID in some data breaches35 DownReveal answer → Elite H.S. class covering the Constitution56 DownReveal answer → Visionary … or what you'll need to return to when solving this puzzle's Down clues157 DownReveal answer → Loads48 DownReveal answer → Babe in the Hundred Acre Wood39 DownReveal answer → One advocated for by the National Prison Project610 DownReveal answer → Whittled (down)511 DownReveal answer → Biblical mount512 DownReveal answer → It's worth remembering!513 DownReveal answer → "No idea"618 DownReveal answer → Distinctive expression ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues1223 DownReveal answer → Feature of San Francisco's Lombard Street325 DownReveal answer → Mole, e.g.326 DownReveal answer → Firm427 DownReveal answer → Like many cricket fields428 DownReveal answer → Plan to contribute to, for short330 DownReveal answer → One of 1,909 for Willie Mays, for short331 DownReveal answer → "___ the Explorer"434 DownReveal answer → Some distance away435 DownReveal answer → Declare336 DownReveal answer → "Oh no! A mouse!"338 DownReveal answer → What the second number indicates in men's jeans sizes639 DownReveal answer → Univ. with an annual Mystery Hunt341 DownReveal answer → Eager response to "Wanna join?"342 DownReveal answer → Goes nuts for644 DownReveal answer → Around546 DownReveal answer → Garden-variety547 DownReveal answer → Wasn't paying attention548 DownReveal answer → Lauder of cosmetics550 DownReveal answer → Designer Cassini452 DownReveal answer → "I don't really care / If ya think I'm strange / I ___ gonna change": Joan Jett454 DownReveal answer → N.F.L. commentator Collinsworth455 DownReveal answer → Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.456 DownReveal answer → Letter after chi359 DownReveal answer → The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr.360 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 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.