New York Times Crossword August 5 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 5 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 72 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
Also solved on August 5
Across
Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
With 6-Across, #1 hitCHART5Across1
–TOPPER6Across6
With 14-Across, ultimately fruitlessLEADING7Across12
–NOWHERE7Across14
With 16-Across, beverage sold in pastel-colored cansARIZONA7Across15
–ICEDTEA7Across16
With 18-Across, measures of search engine optimizationPAGE4Across17
–RANKS5Across18
With 22-Across, pocket ID holderCARD4Across20
–CASE4Across22
With 28-Across, temple services?HEAD4Across26
–MASSAGES8Across28
With 34-Across, sequestration of a greenhouse gasCARBON6Across32
–STORAGE7Across34
With 36-Across, sparsely populated African landWESTERN7Across35
–SAHARA6Across36
With 39-Across, web crawlers, e.g.INTERNET8Across37
–BOTS4Across39
With 41-Across, loses all one's doughGOES4Across40
–BUST4Across41
With 46-Across, Starbuck vis-à-vis Captain AhabFIRST5Across43
–MATE4Across46
With 54-Across, math that underpins computer logicBOOLEAN7Across50
–ALGEBRA7Across54
With 58-Across, member of the last undefeated N.C.A.A. Division I men's basketball team (1976)INDIANA7Across57
–HOOSIER7Across58
With 60-Across, tallies attendeesCOUNTS6Across59
–NOSES5Across60
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Michael of "Barbie"CERA4Down1
Alexander who served under Reagan, Nixon and FordHAIG4Down2
Axlike tool depicted in hieroglyphsADZE4Down3
City on Guanabara Bay, familiarlyRIO3Down4
Paramount ancestor, in briefTNN3Down5
Apt rhyme of "clock"TOCK4Down6
Isn't settled upOWES4Down7
High degreePHD3Down8
Word with project or peevePET3Down9
Before, in a hymnbookERE3Down10
Stephen of "V for Vendetta"REA3Down11
One of 25 in a track 10KLAP3Down12
Actress TeriGARR4Down13
Writer Anaïs whose name is hidden in this clueNIN3Down14
Capt.'s superiorADM3Down19
Pole tossed in a Scottish gameCABER5Down20
BeautifyADORN5Down21
Stone figure?CARAT5Down22
Petri dish gelsAGARS5Down23
Company that debuted Sonic the HedgehogSEGA4Down24
Legal termination?ESE3Down25
Proverbial waste makerHASTE5Down26
Some Deco worksERTES5Down27
"Well, I have to save my ___" (Shrek line)ASS3Down29
Total guessesSTABS5Down30
"Ooh-la-la!"SOHOT5Down31
Our "-zoic"CENO4Down32
Florence-to-Venice dir.NNE3Down33
Part of a George Washington costume (though he rarely wore one)WIG3Down35
Cable channel with many rerunsTBS3Down38
Site of the 2002 and 2034 Winter OlympicsUTAH4Down42
Big successFEAT4Down43
Actors McKellen and McShaneIANS4Down44
Messenger ___RNA3Down45
ImbroglioMESS4Down46
Rose's lover of 1920s BroadwayABIE4Down47
Número de Caballeros in a 1944 filmTRES4Down48
Something that may be lent or bentEAR3Down49
Pen letters?BIC3Down50
Musical YokoONO3Down51
Sch. in Norfolk, Va.ODU3Down52
"Hamilton" star ___-Manuel MirandaLIN3Down53
Apt name for a groundskeeper?LON3Down55
Word that becomes its own synonym when "p" is added to the endGOO3Down56
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, August 5, 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.