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NYT Crossword August 7 2026 Answers

All 70 clues from the Friday 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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1AWhat suggests that relief is at hand?10 lettersSee answer ›11ASome4 lettersSee answer ›15A"News to me"10 lettersSee answer ›16AShankar who co-composed the score for 1982's "Gandhi"4 lettersSee answer ›17A"Well, now everyone will know"15 lettersSee answer ›19AFamily nickname3 lettersSee answer ›20ASpot for a light punishment5 lettersSee answer ›21AEponym of U.S. track and field's Male Athlete of the Year Award5 lettersSee answer ›22AMember of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan base4 lettersSee answer ›23AAcronymic weapon5 lettersSee answer ›25ATree whose name has multiple pronunciations5 lettersSee answer ›27ALaugh, laugh, laugh8 lettersSee answer ›30AGeneticist's finding5 lettersSee answer ›31AWasteful government spending, informally4 lettersSee answer ›32ABig name in sandals4 lettersSee answer ›33A"It's ___ or nothin'!" (classic kids' commercial slogan)4 lettersSee answer ›34AMany of the characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"5 lettersSee answer ›35AWord with block or platform4 lettersSee answer ›36ATangy hybrid4 lettersSee answer ›37AGobsmacks4 lettersSee answer ›38AElephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide5 lettersSee answer ›39AElf, say8 lettersSee answer ›41AThey may be covered5 lettersSee answer ›42AOpportunity on Mars, say5 lettersSee answer ›43APiece of ice in the drink?4 lettersSee answer ›44AName of "the other reindeer" in a common Christmas mondegreen5 lettersSee answer ›46AWaffle patterns5 lettersSee answer ›48AWhere baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›51AField you make tracks in15 lettersSee answer ›54ABlue rasp-"brr!"-y treat?4 lettersSee answer ›55AFlying nuisance10 lettersSee answer ›56ABesmirches4 lettersSee answer ›57AWhat someone might get quickly around lunchtime10 lettersSee answer ›
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1DSets (on)4 lettersSee answer ›2DCuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" poll4 lettersSee answer ›3DIntruders in urban trash cans4 lettersSee answer ›4DOnes who might cut the line, in brief?3 lettersSee answer ›5DSki slope vehicle7 lettersSee answer ›6DLose affection for6 lettersSee answer ›7DWiped out, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›8DFusses4 lettersSee answer ›9DNo-nos at some highway intersections9 lettersSee answer ›10DTrap neighbor3 lettersSee answer ›11DRelationship-defining question11 lettersSee answer ›12DBejeweled target of a heist in "Ocean's Twelve"10 lettersSee answer ›13DMcMullin of Utah politics4 lettersSee answer ›14DFeatures of some early presidential portraits4 lettersSee answer ›18DWhole lot4 lettersSee answer ›22DFilms in which many stars might appear11 lettersSee answer ›24DGrills, say4 lettersSee answer ›25DCompetitor of Rao's5 lettersSee answer ›26DOne likely to be "healthy, wealthy and wise," per Benjamin Franklin10 lettersSee answer ›27DVocal critic5 lettersSee answer ›28DIris settings5 lettersSee answer ›29DLofty4 lettersSee answer ›30DBit of threaded hardware4 lettersSee answer ›31DAttempt to seize control9 lettersSee answer ›34DPerspective4 lettersSee answer ›38DOne dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinner7 lettersSee answer ›40DFaire ___ (get by with, in French)4 lettersSee answer ›41DCharm6 lettersSee answer ›43DEuropean fixture5 lettersSee answer ›44DSkip over4 lettersSee answer ›45DTitle boy in a 2021 Pixar film4 lettersSee answer ›47DWord that comes from Sanskrit for "bread"4 lettersSee answer ›48DScore somewhat akin to an A-4 lettersSee answer ›49DFlexible practice?4 lettersSee answer ›50DWebsite associated with the domain www.news.com4 lettersSee answer ›52DTour org.3 lettersSee answer ›53DFields Medal winner Terence3 lettersSee answer ›
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