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New York Times Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 21 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Leader in a robe called a kasayaLAMA4Across1 Some malty offeringsAMBERALES9Across5 JejuneARID4Across14 Coupling rings?BOOTYCALLS10Across15 Come (together)BAND4Across17 One sharing goldCOCHAMPION10Across18 Remy's brother in "Ratatouille"EMILE5Across19 High tea treatSCONE5Across21 Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields MedalTAO3Across22 ___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the YearLAMELO6Across23 Key for getting outESC3Across25 Gave temporarilyLENT4Across26 One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle RecordsSIA3Across27 ___ tov (Jewish festival)YOM3Across28 AdvantageousOFUSE5Across30 Losing control emotionally, in slangCRASHINGOUT11Across32 Drama club enthusiastTHEATERGEEK11Across36 Italian hero?MEATBALLSUB11Across38 BoldBRASH5Across40 Étendue bleueMER3Across42 Hindi for "reign"RAJ3Across43 Focus of a concussion protocolHEAD4Across45 N.L. East team, on scoreboardsPHI3Across46 Especially ornateROCOCO6Across49 Mass. summer settingEDT3Across51 Jack upHOIST5Across52 School unitsDESKS5Across54 In place?WHEREITSAT10Across55 Stuff in shakersSALT4Across58 "Aww!"SODARNCUTE10Across59 Target of a search partyAWOL4Across60 Is cannedGETSTHEAX9Across61 Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poemRAGE4Across62

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
NamesLABELS6Down1 Language spoken by JesusARAMAIC7Down2 Place for a quick stopMINIMART8Down3 PuzzleADDLE5Down4 La ti do, musicallyABC3Down5 Bovine soundsMOOS4Down6 Sport similar to pétanqueBOCCE5Down7 CharacterETHOS5Down8 "Sinners" director, 2025RYANCOOGLER11Down9 ApogeeACME4Down10 Where a serviette is laidLAP3Down11 Haut mondeELITES6Down12 ___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake"SLOANE6Down13 Impudent sortSNOT4Down16 Paris's Champs-___ELYSEES7Down20 Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactionsOOHAAHPOINT11Down24 Some baroque instrumentsLUTES5Down26 Diamond wearMITT4Down29 Metal tube in a nuclear reactorFUELROD7Down31 Jazz musician JamalAHMAD5Down33 Neighbor of Colo.NEB3Down34 Mass unitGRAM4Down35 First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in JapanKUROSAWA8Down37 Unprocessed inventoryBACKLOG7Down39 One might leave you unprotected at nightBEDHOG6Down40 What kid-friendly games typically areRATEDE6Down41 What big crowds doJOSTLE6Down44 FellsHEWS4Down45 Hang-upHITCH5Down47 Something raised in a meetingISSUE5Down48 Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend)CESAR5Down50 Possessive pronounHERS4Down52 "Cheerio"TATA4Down53 SnitchRAT3Down56 Neighbor of Ark.TEX3Down57

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, August 21, 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.