New York Times Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 21 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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Leader in a robe called a kasaya41 AcrossReveal answer → Some malty offerings95 AcrossReveal answer → Jejune414 AcrossReveal answer → Coupling rings?1015 AcrossReveal answer → Come (together)417 AcrossReveal answer → One sharing gold1018 AcrossReveal answer → Remy's brother in "Ratatouille"519 AcrossReveal answer → High tea treat521 AcrossReveal answer → Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields Medal322 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year623 AcrossReveal answer → Key for getting out325 AcrossReveal answer → Gave temporarily426 AcrossReveal answer → One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records327 AcrossReveal answer → ___ tov (Jewish festival)328 AcrossReveal answer → Advantageous530 AcrossReveal answer → Losing control emotionally, in slang1132 AcrossReveal answer → Drama club enthusiast1136 AcrossReveal answer → Italian hero?1138 AcrossReveal answer → Bold540 AcrossReveal answer → Étendue bleue342 AcrossReveal answer → Hindi for "reign"343 AcrossReveal answer → Focus of a concussion protocol445 AcrossReveal answer → N.L. East team, on scoreboards346 AcrossReveal answer → Especially ornate649 AcrossReveal answer → Mass. summer setting351 AcrossReveal answer → Jack up552 AcrossReveal answer → School units554 AcrossReveal answer → In place?1055 AcrossReveal answer → Stuff in shakers458 AcrossReveal answer → "Aww!"1059 AcrossReveal answer → Target of a search party460 AcrossReveal answer → Is canned961 AcrossReveal answer → Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poem462 AcrossReveal answer →

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Names61 DownReveal answer → Language spoken by Jesus72 DownReveal answer → Place for a quick stop83 DownReveal answer → Puzzle54 DownReveal answer → La ti do, musically35 DownReveal answer → Bovine sounds46 DownReveal answer → Sport similar to pétanque57 DownReveal answer → Character58 DownReveal answer → "Sinners" director, 2025119 DownReveal answer → Apogee410 DownReveal answer → Where a serviette is laid311 DownReveal answer → Haut monde612 DownReveal answer → ___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake"613 DownReveal answer → Impudent sort416 DownReveal answer → Paris's Champs-___720 DownReveal answer → Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactions1124 DownReveal answer → Some baroque instruments526 DownReveal answer → Diamond wear429 DownReveal answer → Metal tube in a nuclear reactor731 DownReveal answer → Jazz musician Jamal533 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Colo.334 DownReveal answer → Mass unit435 DownReveal answer → First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan837 DownReveal answer → Unprocessed inventory739 DownReveal answer → One might leave you unprotected at night640 DownReveal answer → What kid-friendly games typically are641 DownReveal answer → What big crowds do644 DownReveal answer → Fells445 DownReveal answer → Hang-up547 DownReveal answer → Something raised in a meeting548 DownReveal answer → Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend)550 DownReveal answer → Possessive pronoun452 DownReveal answer → "Cheerio"453 DownReveal answer → Snitch356 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Ark.357 DownReveal answer →

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