New York Times Crossword August 7 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 7 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 70 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
What suggests that relief is at hand?STRESSBALL10Across1
SomeAFEW4Across11
"News to me"IHADNOIDEA10Across15
Shankar who co-composed the score for 1982's "Gandhi"RAVI4Across16
"Well, now everyone will know"CATSOUTOFTHEBAG15Across17
Family nicknameSIS3Across19
Spot for a light punishmentWRIST5Across20
Eponym of U.S. track and field's Male Athlete of the Year AwardOWENS5Across21
Member of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan baseSCOT4Across22
Acronymic weaponTASER5Across23
Tree whose name has multiple pronunciationsPECAN5Across25
Laugh, laugh, laughBUSTAGUT8Across27
Geneticist's findingTRAIT5Across30
Wasteful government spending, informallyPORK4Across31
Big name in sandalsTEVA4Across32
"It's ___ or nothin'!" (classic kids' commercial slogan)NERF4Across33
Many of the characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"TOONS5Across34
Word with block or platformHEEL4Across35
Tangy hybridUGLI4Across36
GobsmacksAWES4Across37
Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson TideBIGAL5Across38
Elf, sayTOYMAKER8Across39
They may be coveredSONGS5Across41
Opportunity on Mars, sayROVER5Across42
Piece of ice in the drink?BERG4Across43
Name of "the other reindeer" in a common Christmas mondegreenOLIVE5Across44
Waffle patternsGRIDS5Across46
Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr.NYC3Across48
Field you make tracks inMUSICPRODUCTION15Across51
Blue rasp-"brr!"-y treat?ICEE4Across54
Flying nuisanceGATECHANGE10Across55
BesmirchesTARS4Across56
What someone might get quickly around lunchtimeABITETOEAT10Across57
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sets (on)SICS4Down1
Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" pollTHAI4Down2
Intruders in urban trash cansRATS4Down3
Ones who might cut the line, in brief?EDS3Down4
Ski slope vehicleSNOWCAT7Down5
Lose affection forSOURON6Down6
Wiped out, in slangBITIT5Down7
FussesADOS4Down8
No-nos at some highway intersectionsLEFTTURNS9Down9
Trap neighborLAT3Down10
Relationship-defining questionAREWEATHING11Down11
Bejeweled target of a heist in "Ocean's Twelve"FABERGEEGG10Down12
McMullin of Utah politicsEVAN4Down13
Features of some early presidential portraitsWIGS4Down14
Whole lotHOST4Down18
Films in which many stars might appearSCIFIMOVIES11Down22
Grills, sayASKS4Down24
Competitor of Rao'sPREGO5Down25
One likely to be "healthy, wealthy and wise," per Benjamin FranklinEARLYRISER10Down26
Vocal criticBOOER5Down27
Iris settingsUVEAS5Down28
LoftyTALL4Down29
Bit of threaded hardwareTNUT4Down30
Attempt to seize controlPOWERGRAB9Down31
PerspectiveTAKE4Down34
One dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinnerBORSCHT7Down38
Faire ___ (get by with, in French)AVEC4Down40
CharmSEDUCE6Down41
European fixtureBIDET5Down43
Skip overOMIT4Down44
Title boy in a 2021 Pixar filmLUCA4Down45
Word that comes from Sanskrit for "bread"ROTI4Down47
Score somewhat akin to an A-NINE4Down48
Flexible practice?YOGA4Down49
Website associated with the domain www.news.comCNET4Down50
Tour org.PGA3Down52
Fields Medal winner TerenceTAO3Down53
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, August 7, 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.