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NYT Crossword August 2 2026 Answers

All 140 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES140 CLUES
ACROSS
1APen name3 lettersSee answer ›4AGarment whose name is a homophone for a board game4 lettersSee answer ›8AKeywords accompanying a YouTube video, say4 lettersSee answer ›12ABellyaches5 lettersSee answer ›17AListing of what's on tap4 lettersSee answer ›18AStory4 lettersSee answer ›19AIt's right around the present4 lettersSee answer ›20APhone notifications6 lettersSee answer ›22A"For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?"14 lettersSee answer ›25AMassachusetts city named for a colonial patriot6 lettersSee answer ›26ALike phone numbers in infomercials8 lettersSee answer ›27ATeam players8 lettersSee answer ›29ABoggy place3 lettersSee answer ›30ARightmost word on the front of a penny5 lettersSee answer ›31ATheir horns don't honk4 lettersSee answer ›33AKerfuffles4 lettersSee answer ›34AMoccasin decoration4 lettersSee answer ›35A"Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman)3 lettersSee answer ›36AAnkle part6 lettersSee answer ›39A"… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?"9 lettersSee answer ›41A"You will be ___"6 lettersSee answer ›42AWhat's to be with Québec?4 lettersSee answer ›43AFocus of many a small private college4 lettersSee answer ›44A"… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?"12 lettersSee answer ›49A19th-century school item5 lettersSee answer ›51AEmulates Cicero6 lettersSee answer ›52AFood or water4 lettersSee answer ›54ACover with a black rectangle, say6 lettersSee answer ›58AUseful pointers?5 lettersSee answer ›59ARascal5 lettersSee answer ›62ATech models since 19985 lettersSee answer ›65ACountry with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›66AQuickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy4 lettersSee answer ›67A"… and what about the leaky roof?"11 lettersSee answer ›69APoint of intersection4 lettersSee answer ›70A"Here ___!"3 lettersSee answer ›71AMideast language5 lettersSee answer ›72ASurprising result5 lettersSee answer ›73APretend5 lettersSee answer ›74AAchilles, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›76AFamily nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe"4 lettersSee answer ›78ASmooth, now6 lettersSee answer ›79AGains prominence5 lettersSee answer ›82A"… and the broken door locks?"12 lettersSee answer ›86A"___ just in …"4 lettersSee answer ›88ABig name in plastic4 lettersSee answer ›90ARudimentary seeds6 lettersSee answer ›91A"… and the defective speaker system?"9 lettersSee answer ›93ARudimentary6 lettersSee answer ›94ACalling card, for short?3 lettersSee answer ›97ASafari destinations?4 lettersSee answer ›98ADrink in a red, white and blue cup4 lettersSee answer ›99ADonahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"4 lettersSee answer ›100AYemeni neighbor5 lettersSee answer ›102AOld gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots3 lettersSee answer ›103AEnd of "Our Town" or "A Doll's House"8 lettersSee answer ›105ASpectacular flops8 lettersSee answer ›108AUpholsterer's sample6 lettersSee answer ›110A"… and finally, the missing front tires?"14 lettersSee answer ›112ACapital of Zimbabwe6 lettersSee answer ›113APupil's surroundings4 lettersSee answer ›114ALike toms and drakes4 lettersSee answer ›115AState as fact4 lettersSee answer ›116AU-Haul alternative5 lettersSee answer ›117ALegend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness4 lettersSee answer ›118ASoCal sch.4 lettersSee answer ›119APink part of a Mr. Potato Head set3 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DCaption below the first of two photos6 lettersSee answer ›2DOpposite of exodus6 lettersSee answer ›3DDumbbell exercises5 lettersSee answer ›4DGiant or dwarf4 lettersSee answer ›5D___-de-camp4 lettersSee answer ›6DBacks out, say8 lettersSee answer ›7DIndignation3 lettersSee answer ›8DNinnies5 lettersSee answer ›9DWhat someone flat-footed lacks4 lettersSee answer ›10DLike an honorable knight7 lettersSee answer ›11DThey might be on one's radar8 lettersSee answer ›12DPet6 lettersSee answer ›13DPorters, for example4 lettersSee answer ›14DRace prior to a race?3 lettersSee answer ›15DFifth-year student leader at Hogwarts7 lettersSee answer ›16DBarely runs?7 lettersSee answer ›17DFruit snack brand5 lettersSee answer ›21DExcites5 lettersSee answer ›23DAgain and again, in verse8 lettersSee answer ›24DOver-the-top performers4 lettersSee answer ›28DItem on a rack5 lettersSee answer ›32DMercedes alternative4 lettersSee answer ›34DIdly doodling, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›37DHow the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold4 lettersSee answer ›38DBlog feed letters3 lettersSee answer ›40DDisrelishes and then some5 lettersSee answer ›41DHands (out)5 lettersSee answer ›42DLinguistic suffix3 lettersSee answer ›44D"Fabulous!"6 lettersSee answer ›45DIt has a rind but supposedly no rhyme6 lettersSee answer ›46DDeliberately malicious6 lettersSee answer ›47DOpposite of "You'll pay for that!"?4 lettersSee answer ›48DGod who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid"7 lettersSee answer ›50DLong stories have them4 lettersSee answer ›53DRuns out of gas4 lettersSee answer ›55DDivinely elect6 lettersSee answer ›56DOld yeller?6 lettersSee answer ›57DFaddish6 lettersSee answer ›59DCalifornia's Big ___3 lettersSee answer ›60DKeeps in the loop, electronically3 lettersSee answer ›61DSimilar (to)4 lettersSee answer ›63DPioneering astronaut Jemison3 lettersSee answer ›64D"The Good Wife" figure: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›67DDeclares off limits4 lettersSee answer ›68DFix a litter problem?4 lettersSee answer ›69DShow signs5 lettersSee answer ›71DPalm off (on)5 lettersSee answer ›73DMooch8 lettersSee answer ›75DHangs on a clothesline5 lettersSee answer ›77DIsis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice3 lettersSee answer ›78DMadonna's "La ___ Bonita"4 lettersSee answer ›80DKick out5 lettersSee answer ›81DPlanned detour8 lettersSee answer ›83D"Shark Tank" shark Greiner4 lettersSee answer ›84DHorror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness"8 lettersSee answer ›85DIt all adds up to this3 lettersSee answer ›86D"West Side Story" conflict7 lettersSee answer ›87DEdmund who wrote "View From the Summit"7 lettersSee answer ›89D"Now, wait just one minute!"7 lettersSee answer ›91DSuppress5 lettersSee answer ›92DLike cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake6 lettersSee answer ›93D"That was a close one!"4 lettersSee answer ›94DWhat wets the appetite?6 lettersSee answer ›95D"The idea!"6 lettersSee answer ›96DPenny pincher5 lettersSee answer ›99DIntrinsically5 lettersSee answer ›101DJazz singer Carmen5 lettersSee answer ›103DPart of a plot, at times4 lettersSee answer ›104DThe third one is dangerous4 lettersSee answer ›106DOnce-common fish in the Thames4 lettersSee answer ›107DVeal cordon ___4 lettersSee answer ›109DSmidgen3 lettersSee answer ›111DInits. at sea3 lettersSee answer ›
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