New York Times Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 145 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 23 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 145 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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"Awesome!"RAD3Across1 Many profsPHDS4Across4 What a crush might make you doFLIRT5Across8 Predator with dermal denticlesSHARK5Across13 Silent film actor JanningsEMIL4Across18 ReclinedLAIN4Across20 More intense, as an emotionRAWER5Across21 Early stage of a drug trialPHASEI6Across22 Peace symbolDOVE4Across23 Adage promoting thriftAPENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED25Across24 Itty-bittyTEENSY6Across27 Return filers, for shortCPAS4Across29 Barely keeps going, with "along"LIMPS5Across30 Fish with leaf-shaped larvaeEELS4Across31 Image on one side of this puzzle's subjectABRAHAMLINCOLN14Across32 Start of a historic triple boastICAME5Across35 Seminole's rival, in college athleticsGATOR5Across37 Liturgical singerCANTOR6Across38 Quick cutSNIP4Across39 Subtitle alternativeDUB3Across40 Yogurt drink in DelhiLASSI5Across43 Monklike, in a wayASCETIC7Across45 Angle variable in geometryTHETA5Across48 Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)USMINT6Across50 Periodical, informallyMAG3Across53 Genre for Siouxsie and the BansheesGOTH4Across55 Duck known for its insulating feathersEIDER5Across56 Make smellySTINKUP7Across57 One of 12, astrologicallyLEO3Across59 "Balderdash!"ROT3Across61 "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for shortWSJ3Across62 "Omigosh!"EEK3Across63 Drug enforcer, informallyNARC4Across64 "When We Were Young" singer, 2015ADELE5Across66 Its capital is RomaITALIA6Across68 Nursery rhyme street vendor's cryONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS30Across72 A failed transactionNOSALE6Across77 Good, but not great, gradeBPLUS5Across78 Tennis great ArthurASHE4Across79 ___ King ColeNAT3Across80 Fall asleep, with "off"NOD3Across81 Word with constrictor or featherBOA3Across82 Goddess of the dawnEOS3Across83 Car-pooling convenienceHOVLANE7Across85 Taco bar adjectiveASADA5Across88 ___ FéinSINN4Across91 ___ roomREC3Across92 Showing less biasFAIRER6Across94 Musical staff symbolCCLEF5Across95 Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxingKNEEING7Across96 "Sounds like a blast!"OHFUN5Across99 Mini-gulpSIP3Across101 Some Ivy LeaguersELIS4Across102 Meeting that goes above and beyond?SEANCE6Across104 IntimateGETAT5Across106 BitterACRID5Across110 Image on one side of this puzzle's subjectTHEUNIONSHIELD14Across112 Badge-pinning siteSASH4Across115 Tree where the Buddha found enlightenmentBODHI5Across117 Spanish for "wealthy"RICO4Across119 Get in the game?ANTEUP6Across120 Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-AcrossPUTINYOURTWOCENTS17Across121 D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon"EMMA4Across125 ParadiseUTOPIA6Across126 Pucker producer, perhapsLEMON5Across127 Modernists, informallyNEOS4Across128 Department store departmentMENS4Across129 Vikings, for exampleNORSE5Across130 Long members of the onion familyLEEKS5Across131 NervousEDGY4Across132 SlamDIS3Across133

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Discount merchandise indicatorREDTAG6Down1 Organism that moves using pseudopodiaAMOEBA6Down2 Change the course ofDIVERT6Down3 ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)PLAYA5Down4 Two farthings, informallyHAPENNY7Down5 Deny responsibility forDISCLAIM8Down6 Like certain easy-to-install hardware componentsSNAPIN6Down7 Much of Diego Rivera's workFRESCOS7Down8 Young ScotLAD3Down9 "You can count on me"IWILL5Down10 It can become amberRESIN5Down11 StreetcarTRAM4Down12 Doo-wop's ___ Na NaSHA3Down13 Protected space for women in the Ottoman EmpireHAREM5Down14 If necessaryASNEEDED8Down15 Scottish danceREEL4Down16 OffspringKIDS4Down17 "Enemies, a Love Story" actressLENAOLIN8Down19 "GoodFellas" Oscar winnerPESCI5Down22 PerspectiveVANTAGE7Down25 Demonstrate frugality, in a wayPENNYPINCH10Down26 Got tinierSHRANK6Down28 Hosts, in briefMCS3Down33 Tolkien monsterORC3Down34 Exams for ambitious H.S. studentsAPTESTS7Down36 Date night bookingsSITTERS7Down39 Indigenous people of the Colorado PlateauUTE3Down41 Setting for many a New Yorker cartoonBAR3Down42 Having impeded growthSTUNTED7Down44 Bird with an S-shaped neckEGRET5Down46 Place for pliersTOOLCASE8Down47 Muslim head scarfHIJAB5Down49 Target with, as a pickup lineUSEON5Down50 Scribe in a courtroom, in briefSTENO5Down51 Prepares for an interview, sayMIKES5Down52 Notorious Chicago bootleggerALCAPONE8Down54 What a dog uses to shakePAW3Down58 Island location of Iolani PalaceOAHU4Down60 Say something freshWISEOFF7Down62 Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"ROBBINS7Down65 Information in a prescriptionDOSE4Down67 Out of this world?LUNAR5Down69 SillyINANE5Down70 Fall bloomerASTER5Down71 "Hoarders" networkAANDE5Down73 Shoe originally known as a "Weejun"PENNYLOAFER11Down74 Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in songPENNYLANE9Down75 "Wow!"OHH3Down76 Like many farm stand purchasesORGANIC7Down84 "Dodgeball" star VinceVAUGHN6Down86 Specific charge on an invoiceLINEITEM8Down87 Cooling units, in briefACS3Down88 Poli-___SCI3Down89 Pork-based taco optionALPASTOR8Down90 Snowmobile brandSKIDOO6Down91 Made cozyCOCOONED8Down93 Suffix in British EnglishISE3Down97 Makeup of a nervous system, largelyNEURONS7Down98 Layer of a farmHEN3Down100 Locale for camel racingLIBYA5Down103 Christians' ___ CreedNICENE6Down105 Overflowed (with)TEEMED6Down107 Reunion attendeesALUMNI6Down108 Cause for a QB's celebrationTDPASS6Down109 Fries in EnglandCHIPS5Down111 Deuce topperTHREE5Down112 "I'll take another card"HITME5Down113 CheekySASSY5Down114 Like cotton candySPUN4Down115 Lead-in to pilot or payAUTO4Down116 Grayish, sayDULL4Down118 Emphatic refusal in GermanyNIE3Down122 Stir-fry stapleWOK3Down123 Dress (up)TOG3Down124

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, August 23, 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.