NYT Crossword August 24 2026 Answers

All 78 clues from the Monday 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.

Constructed by Steven JopekEdited by Will Shortz
PUZZLE GRID15×15 · SPOILERS HIDDEN
1A2C3M4E5C6U7M8I9N10B11A12L13E14POEM15ASADA16ORES17UNDE18RWORLD19WANT20IRIS21DEI22FOE23O24MEGA25TIDA26L27WAVE28REVEN29GE30ONTO31CMA32AC33L34REB35HEL36L37ORHI38GHWA39T40E41R42ALB43POE44ELA45Z46ANG47RA48C49EDBY50PURGA51T52O53RY54ACTAS55IRE56EWE57ELLA58PIT59H60ANG61ELFAL62L63S64ECHO65SEALS66IKEA67SHAG68ERNIE69RSVP

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

ALL CLUES78 CLUES
ACROSS
1AApex4 lettersACME
5ACurry ingredient5 lettersCUMIN
10AHay unit4 lettersBALE
14ARobert Frost creation4 lettersPOEM
15AGrilled, at a taqueria5 lettersASADA
16AMined metals4 lettersORES
17ACriminals' sphere10 lettersUNDERWORLD
19AHave a hankering for4 lettersWANT
20AFloral Van Gogh subject4 lettersIRIS
21ALatin gods3 lettersDEI
22AEnemy3 lettersFOE
23AEnd of the Greek alphabet5 lettersOMEGA
25ATsunami9 lettersTIDALWAVE
28ACommon motive in a murder case7 lettersREVENGE
31ANashville honor, briefly3 lettersCMA
42AClerical vestment3 lettersALB
43AWriter Edgar Allan ___3 lettersPOE
44AShe, in Portuguese3 lettersELA
47AZoomed past7 lettersRACEDBY
50AStop in the afterlife9 lettersPURGATORY
54AFill in for5 lettersACTAS
55AFury3 lettersIRE
56ASource of fleece3 lettersEWE
57AJazz great Fitzgerald4 lettersELLA
58AWhite part of an orange4 lettersPITH
60ANatural wonder in Venezuela10 lettersANGELFALLS
68AGolfer Els5 lettersERNIE
69ALetters on an invitation4 lettersRSVP
DOWN
2DTrick3 lettersCON
4DLeave the cocoon6 lettersEMERGE
7DTuesday, in Lyon5 lettersMARDI
8DSat at a red light5 lettersIDLED
9DGymnast Comaneci5 lettersNADIA
10DCousin of a curtsy3 lettersBOW
11DYasir of the P.L.O.6 lettersARAFAT
12DChinese computer giant6 lettersLENOVO
13DLauder of cosmetics5 lettersESTEE
23DPhilharmonic grp.4 lettersORCH
24DMany a viral post4 lettersMEME
27DCaitlin Clark's league4 lettersWNBA
29DApparel4 lettersGARB
33DPlace for gloss3 lettersLIP
36D"Auld ___ Syne"4 lettersLANG
37D"Three Sisters" sister4 lettersOLGA
38DLike many horror flicks4 lettersGORY
40DActor Idris4 lettersELBA
41DTampa Bay players4 lettersRAYS
48DBaby bovine4 lettersCALF
49DFilled pastry6 lettersECLAIR
50DPlumbing conduits5 lettersPIPES
51DNeedle mischievously5 lettersTEASE
52DRenter's counterpart5 lettersOWNER
53DDaughter of King Lear5 lettersREGAN
59DNon-sharer3 lettersHOG
63DMaple syrup base3 lettersSAP
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