New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/07/2026. The August 07 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a What suggests that relief is at hand?STRESSBALL
- 11a SomeAFEW
- 15a “News to me”IHADNOIDEA
- 16a Shankar who co-composed the score for 1982’s “Gandhi”RAVI
- 17a “Well, now everyone will know”CATSOUTOFTHEBAG
- 19a Family nicknameSIS
- 20a Spot for a light punishmentWRIST
- 21a Eponym of U.S. track and field’s Male Athlete of the Year AwardOWENS
- 22a Member of the World Cup’s “Tartan Army” fan baseSCOT
- 23a Acronymic weaponTASER
- 25a Tree whose name has multiple pronunciationsPECAN
- 27a Laugh, laugh, laughBUSTAGUT
- 30a Geneticist’s findingTRAIT
- 31a Wasteful government spending, informallyPORK
- 32a Big name in sandalsTEVA
- 33a “It’s ___ or nothin’!” (classic kids’ commercial slogan)NERF
- 34a Many of the characters in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”TOONS
- 35a Word with block or platformHEEL
- 36a Tangy hybridUGLI
- 37a GobsmacksAWES
- 38a Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson TideBIGAL
- 39a Elf, sayTOYMAKER
- 41a They may be coveredSONGS
- 42a Opportunity on Mars, sayROVER
- 43a Piece of ice in the drink?BERG
- 44a Name of “the other reindeer” in a common Christmas mondegreenOLIVE
- 46a Waffle patternsGRIDS
- 48a Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr.NYC
- 51a Field you make tracks inMUSICPRODUCTION
- 54a Blue rasp-“brr!”-y treat?ICEE
- 55a Flying nuisanceGATECHANGE
- 56a BesmirchesTARS
- 57a What someone might get quickly around lunchtimeABITETOEAT
- Down
- 1d Sets (on)SICS
- 2d Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN “World’s 50 Best Foods” pollTHAI
- 3d Intruders in urban trash cansRATS
- 4d Ones who might cut the line, in brief?EDS
- 5d Ski slope vehicleSNOWCAT
- 6d Lose affection forSOURON
- 7d Wiped out, in slangBITIT
- 8d FussesADOS
- 9d No-nos at some highway intersectionsLEFTTURNS
- 10d Trap neighborLAT
- 11d Relationship-defining questionAREWEATHING
- 12d Bejeweled target of a heist in “Ocean’s Twelve”FABERGEEGG
- 13d McMullin of Utah politicsEVAN
- 14d Features of some early presidential portraitsWIGS
- 18d Whole lotHOST
- 22d Films in which many stars might appearSCIFIMOVIES
- 24d Grills, sayASKS
- 25d Competitor of Rao’sPREGO
- 26d One likely to be “healthy, wealthy and wise,” per Benjamin FranklinEARLYRISER
- 27d Vocal criticBOOER
- 28d Iris settingsUVEAS
- 29d LoftyTALL
- 30d Bit of threaded hardwareTNUT
- 31d Attempt to seize controlPOWERGRAB
- 34d PerspectiveTAKE
- 38d One dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinnerBORSCHT
- 40d Faire ___ (get by with, in French)AVEC
- 41d CharmSEDUCE
- 43d European fixtureBIDET
- 44d Skip overOMIT
- 45d Title boy in a 2021 Pixar filmLUCA
- 47d Word that comes from Sanskrit for “bread”ROTI
- 48d Score somewhat akin to an A-NINE
- 49d Flexible practice?YOGA
- 50d Website associated with the domain www.news.comCNET
- 52d Tour org.PGA
- 53d Fields Medal winner TerenceTAO