NYT Crossword August 2 2026 Answers

All 140 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

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1B2I3C4S5A6R7I8T9A10G11S12C13A14R15P16S17MENU18TIER19WRAP20ALERT21S22OFFR23OADVE24HICLE25REVERE26TOLLFREE27ATHLE28TES29FEN30TRUST31R32AMS33ADOS34BEAD35SEX36T37A38RSUS39NEWS40HOCKS41MISSED42ETRE43ARTS44L45O46WEMISSI47O48NS49SL50ATE51ORATES52NEE53D54RED55A56C57T58VANES59S60C61AMP62I63M64ACS65NOR66ENTS67BUCKET68SEATS69NODE70IGO71FARSI72UPSET73FEIGN74TEN75DON76N77ANA78IRONED79RIS80E81S82KEY83L84E85SSENTRY86T87HIS88VI89SA90OVULES91QUIET92RIDE93PRIMAL94S95I96M97URLS98ICEE99PHIL100O101MANI102AFL103ACTTH104REE105D106E107BACLES108SWA109TCH110REARW111HEELDRIVE112HARARE113IRIS114MALE115AVER116RYDER117PELE118SDSU119EAR

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES140 CLUES

ACROSS

1APen name3 lettersBIC

4AGarment whose name is a homophone for a board game4 lettersSARI

8AKeywords accompanying a YouTube video, say4 lettersTAGS

12ABellyaches5 lettersCARPS

17AListing of what's on tap4 lettersMENU

18AStory4 lettersTIER

19AIt's right around the present4 lettersWRAP

20APhone notifications6 lettersALERTS

22A"For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?"14 lettersOFFROADVEHICLE

25AMassachusetts city named for a colonial patriot6 lettersREVERE

26ALike phone numbers in infomercials8 lettersTOLLFREE

27ATeam players8 lettersATHLETES

29ABoggy place3 lettersFEN

30ARightmost word on the front of a penny5 lettersTRUST

31ATheir horns don't honk4 lettersRAMS

33AKerfuffles4 lettersADOS

34AMoccasin decoration4 lettersBEAD

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 lettersSEX

36AAnkle part6 lettersTARSUS

39A"… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?"9 lettersNEWSHOCKS

41A"You will be ___"6 lettersMISSED

42AWhat's to be with Québec?4 lettersETRE

43AFocus of many a small private college4 lettersARTS

44A"… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?"12 lettersLOWEMISSIONS

49A19th-century school item5 lettersSLATE

51AEmulates Cicero6 lettersORATES

52AFood or water4 lettersNEED

54ACover with a black rectangle, say6 lettersREDACT

58AUseful pointers?5 lettersVANES

59ARascal5 lettersSCAMP

62ATech models since 19985 lettersIMACS

65ACountry with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr.3 lettersNOR

66AQuickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy4 lettersENTS

67A"… and what about the leaky roof?"11 lettersBUCKETSEATS

69APoint of intersection4 lettersNODE

70A"Here ___!"3 lettersIGO

71AMideast language5 lettersFARSI

72ASurprising result5 lettersUPSET

73APretend5 lettersFEIGN

74AAchilles, e.g.6 lettersTENDON

76AFamily nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe"4 lettersNANA

78ASmooth, now6 lettersIRONED

79AGains prominence5 lettersRISES

82A"… and the broken door locks?"12 lettersKEYLESSENTRY

86A"___ just in …"4 lettersTHIS

88ABig name in plastic4 lettersVISA

90ARudimentary seeds6 lettersOVULES

91A"… and the defective speaker system?"9 lettersQUIETRIDE

93ARudimentary6 lettersPRIMAL

94ACalling card, for short?3 lettersSIM

97ASafari destinations?4 lettersURLS

98ADrink in a red, white and blue cup4 lettersICEE

99ADonahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"4 lettersPHIL

100AYemeni neighbor5 lettersOMANI

102AOld gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots3 lettersAFL

103AEnd of "Our Town" or "A Doll's House"8 lettersACTTHREE

105ASpectacular flops8 lettersDEBACLES

108AUpholsterer's sample6 lettersSWATCH

110A"… and finally, the missing front tires?"14 lettersREARWHEELDRIVE

112ACapital of Zimbabwe6 lettersHARARE

113APupil's surroundings4 lettersIRIS

114ALike toms and drakes4 lettersMALE

115AState as fact4 lettersAVER

116AU-Haul alternative5 lettersRYDER

117ALegend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness4 lettersPELE

118ASoCal sch.4 lettersSDSU

119APink part of a Mr. Potato Head set3 lettersEAR

DOWN

1DCaption below the first of two photos6 lettersBEFORE

2DOpposite of exodus6 lettersINFLUX

3DDumbbell exercises5 lettersCURLS

4DGiant or dwarf4 lettersSTAR

5D___-de-camp4 lettersAIDE

6DBacks out, say8 lettersREVERSES

7DIndignation3 lettersIRE

8DNinnies5 lettersTWITS

9DWhat someone flat-footed lacks4 lettersARCH

10DLike an honorable knight7 lettersGALLANT

11DThey might be on one's radar8 lettersSPEEDERS

12DPet6 lettersCARESS

13DPorters, for example4 lettersALES

14DRace prior to a race?3 lettersREV

15DFifth-year student leader at Hogwarts7 lettersPREFECT

16DBarely runs?7 lettersSTREAKS

17DFruit snack brand5 lettersMOTTS

21DExcites5 lettersSENDS

23DAgain and again, in verse8 lettersOFTTIMES

24DOver-the-top performers4 lettersHAMS

28DItem on a rack5 lettersTOWEL

32DMercedes alternative4 lettersAUDI

34DIdly doodling, maybe5 lettersBORED

37DHow the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold4 lettersASIS

38DBlog feed letters3 lettersRSS

40DDisrelishes and then some5 lettersHATES

41DHands (out)5 lettersMETES

42DLinguistic suffix3 lettersESE

44D"Fabulous!"6 lettersLOVEIT

45DIt has a rind but supposedly no rhyme6 lettersORANGE

46DDeliberately malicious6 lettersWANTON

47DOpposite of "You'll pay for that!"?4 lettersONME

48DGod who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid"7 lettersNEPTUNE

50DLong stories have them4 lettersARCS

53DRuns out of gas4 lettersDIES

55DDivinely elect6 lettersANOINT

56DOld yeller?6 lettersCODGER

57DFaddish6 lettersTRENDY

59DCalifornia's Big ___3 lettersSUR

60DKeeps in the loop, electronically3 lettersCCS

61DSimilar (to)4 lettersAKIN

63DPioneering astronaut Jemison3 lettersMAE

64D"The Good Wife" figure: Abbr.3 lettersATT

67DDeclares off limits4 lettersBANS

68DFix a litter problem?4 lettersSPAY

69DShow signs5 lettersNEONS

71DPalm off (on)5 lettersFOIST

73DMooch8 lettersFREELOAD

75DHangs on a clothesline5 lettersDRIES

77DIsis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice3 lettersAKA

78DMadonna's "La ___ Bonita"4 lettersISLA

80DKick out5 lettersEVICT

81DPlanned detour8 lettersSIDETRIP

83D"Shark Tank" shark Greiner4 lettersLORI

84DHorror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness"8 lettersEVILDEAD

85DIt all adds up to this3 lettersSUM

86D"West Side Story" conflict7 lettersTURFWAR

87DEdmund who wrote "View From the Summit"7 lettersHILLARY

89D"Now, wait just one minute!"7 lettersSEEHERE

91DSuppress5 lettersQUASH

92DLike cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake6 lettersRICHER

93D"That was a close one!"4 lettersPHEW

94DWhat wets the appetite?6 lettersSALIVA

95D"The idea!"6 lettersINEVER

96DPenny pincher5 lettersMISER

99DIntrinsically5 lettersPERSE

101DJazz singer Carmen5 lettersMCRAE

103DPart of a plot, at times4 lettersACRE

104DThe third one is dangerous4 lettersRAIL

106DOnce-common fish in the Thames4 lettersEELS

107DVeal cordon ___4 lettersBLEU

109DSmidgen3 lettersTAD

111DInits. at sea3 lettersHMS

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