NYT Crossword August 9 2026 Answers

All 128 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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1A2T3A4L5L6H7E8I9S10T11S12F13L14U15A16X17I18S19COMEO20NINTHEW21ATER22SFINE23CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT24OCEANUS25SWAMP26DAYO27ROSTER28UNUM29H30OE31EM32A33I34L35DOTE36O37NTOP38DAUN39T40ANNE41SLY42SLEET43DEBT44H45INTAT46BOONS47LIFES48PAN49CHI50LODGE51HAVETHING52SOUT53TODAY54MOVEASONE55NLRB56ROTIS57TONISTONE58MOORE59IMIN60PALESTINE61TAWNY62TONG63UELASHING64COVEY65URL66BEESTING67DOMED68ARI69SEN70SANG71GROAN72S73I74P75LOFT76S77HENG78WRIST79MINE80SWEE81P82USS83IHOP84I85SOLDE86PO87OL88W89ARIO90FLAREUP91C92O93RPORA94TESURV95EILLANCE96INVERTEDROLLERCOASTER97SASS98ODS99FESSES100TSARS

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

ALL CLUES128 CLUES

ACROSS

1AOne bit5 lettersATALL

6ABad jobs6 lettersHEISTS

12ATarget of an annual vaccine3 lettersFLU

15Ax or y4 lettersAXIS

19ASwimmer's invitation21 lettersCOMEONINTHEWATERSFINE

23AOne of two in Hawaii21 lettersCONGRESSIONALDISTRICT

24AFather of the river gods, in Greek myth7 lettersOCEANUS

25AOverwhelm5 lettersSWAMP

26AJamaican folk song about dock work4 lettersDAYO

27AOnes who've made the team6 lettersROSTER

28AOne at the U.S. mint?4 lettersUNUM

29ALong-handled tool3 lettersHOE

31AWhat might pile up during a digital detox5 lettersEMAIL

35AShow great fondness, in a way4 lettersDOTE

36AIn the lead5 lettersONTOP

38ACow5 lettersDAUNT

40AOscar winner Hathaway4 lettersANNE

41AFoxlike3 lettersSLY

42AWinter pellets5 lettersSLEET

43A___ forgiveness4 lettersDEBT

44ASay without saying6 lettersHINTAT

46AGodsends5 lettersBOONS

47AUp to 150 years, for a tortoise8 lettersLIFESPAN

49AThe first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C.3 lettersCHI

50ABeaver's home5 lettersLODGE

51ACommunicate through a disagreement13 lettersHAVETHINGSOUT

53ACounterpart of 53-Down5 lettersTODAY

54ADisplay perfect timing, much like dancers9 lettersMOVEASONE

55AAgcy. that protects the right to unionize4 lettersNLRB

56ASome Indian flatbreads5 lettersROTIS

57AFirst woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league9 lettersTONISTONE

58ABond between Lazenby and Dalton5 lettersMOORE

59A"Let's do it"4 lettersIMIN

60ASetting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah"9 lettersPALESTINE

61ALike a lion's coat5 lettersTAWNY

62AReprimand that might be biting, ironically13 lettersTONGUELASHING

64AGroup of partridges5 lettersCOVEY

65A"www" string3 lettersURL

66AHoney boo-boo?8 lettersBEESTING

67ALike the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally5 lettersDOMED

68AUp for the day6 lettersARISEN

70ANamed names4 lettersSANG

71A[Oh God ...]5 lettersGROAN

72ANurse3 lettersSIP

75AMany a spacious apartment4 lettersLOFT

76AStand-up comic ___ Wang5 lettersSHENG

78AWhere a band might go5 lettersWRIST

79A"Gimme!"4 lettersMINE

80AGo undefeated5 lettersSWEEP

82AEnterprise letters3 lettersUSS

83A"Let's put a smile on your plate" chain4 lettersIHOP

84ALover of Tristan6 lettersISOLDE

86ACombine, as resources4 lettersPOOL

88ANintendo villain with a "W" on his cap5 lettersWARIO

90ABothersome recurrence7 lettersFLAREUP

91AControversial business oversight21 lettersCORPORATESURVEILLANCE

96AAmusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground21 lettersINVERTEDROLLERCOASTER

97ALip4 lettersSASS

98A"___ bodkins!" (bygone oath)3 lettersODS

99AComes clean, with "up"6 lettersFESSES

100AOld Bulgarian rulers5 lettersTSARS

DOWN

1DResults of some peace talks7 lettersACCORDS

2D"Wow!"7 lettersTOOCOOL

3DGovernment act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness"7 lettersAMNESTY

4DPapal representative6 lettersLEGATE

5DMichaels of "Saturday Night Live"5 lettersLORNE

6DAngry cat's "greeting"4 lettersHISS

7DNav. rank3 lettersENS

8DRetort of denial7 lettersITISNOT

9DOffer emotional support (for)6 lettersSHOWUP

10DTime that's an artist's name backward5 lettersTENAM

11DDid the butterfly, e.g.4 lettersSWAM

12DCo. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers3 lettersFTD

13DDutch city with a namesake jar6 lettersLEIDEN

14D___ Major4 lettersURSA

15D"Because I Got High" rapper7 lettersAFROMAN

16D12 letters?3 lettersXII

17DMagazine for entrepreneurs3 lettersINC

18DGood to go3 lettersSET

20DBranch with a stem?9 lettersNEUROLOGY

21DNumber of letters?12 lettersALPHABETSONG

22DOcular affliction4 lettersSTYE

28DUintah and Ouray reservation people4 lettersUTES

30DSurpassed8 lettersOUTSHONE

32DGroup in support of a queen9 lettersANTCOLONY

33DRushing around8 lettersINAHURRY

34DLast Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure7 lettersLETITBE

37DReality TV icon ___ Leakes4 lettersNENE

38DEdging, e.g.9 lettersDEFEATING

39DTitle for Macbeth5 lettersTHANE

42DParts of many combo meals5 lettersSODAS

43DSelling off, as stocks9 lettersDIVESTING

45DBig inits. in Dutch banking3 lettersING

46DForetelling of6 lettersBODING

47DBestowing extravagantly (on)9 lettersLAVISHING

48DSource of fragrant cones4 lettersPINE

50DDestiny9 lettersLOTINLIFE

51DSomething that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?"12 lettersHONESTANSWER

52DWas flaky?6 lettersSNOWED

53DCounterpart of 53-Across8 lettersTOMORROW

54DIt's not exactly fast food8 lettersMOLASSES

56DAlmsgiving and pilgrimage, for two7 lettersRITUALS

57DBit of folklore4 lettersTALE

58DWonk5 lettersMAVEN

60DHammer parts5 lettersPEENS

61DMain ingredient in salsa verde9 lettersTOMATILLO

63DPurple yam in Filipino desserts3 lettersUBE

64DSounds from pigeons4 lettersCOOS

67DSimple coffee brewing method4 lettersDRIP

69DTreeless tracts7 lettersSTEPPES

71DPleasing rhythms7 lettersGROOVES

72DDiamond component?7 lettersSILENTA

73DGene-activating substance7 lettersINDUCER

74DEyes, informally7 lettersPEEPERS

77DDanced at a luau6 lettersHULAED

78DEddies6 lettersWHIRLS

79DVery complicated situation, so to speak6 lettersMORASS

81D___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement)4 lettersPOOR

83DSelf-congratulatory declaration5 lettersIRULE

85DOne of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer5 lettersSALAT

87D"___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet4 lettersORTO

89DSince4 lettersASOF

90DSome fan-made literary works, informally4 lettersFICS

91DPrefix with normative3 lettersCIS

92D___ shoestring3 lettersONA

93DThey're parked in parks3 lettersRVS

94DSome OT enders3 lettersTDS

95DBefore, poetically3 lettersERE

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