New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/15/2026. The August 15 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a BeganDAWNED
- 7a Show faces?TVACTORS
- 15a Bring back into the fold, so to speakREHIRE
- 16a Worth looking back onHISTORIC
- 17a One from “Japan’s kitchen”OSAKAN
- 18a AppealENTREATY
- 19a Bit of ceramic warePOT
- 20a Cast offSETSAIL
- 22a 7/JUL
- 23a “Lovely” and “wonderful” food, per Monty PythonSPAM
- 25a Rose Bowl Stadium athleteBRUIN
- 26a Big ringPEAL
- 27a Patient privacy law, in briefHIPAA
- 29a World Cup team nicknamed “The Three Lions”: Abbr.ENG
- 30a Say “Hey,” sayHOLLA
- 31a “Speak up”ICANTHEARYOU
- 34a Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentiallyPALATECLEANSERS
- 38a Hoedown get-down?TEXASTWOSTEP
- 39a Long-___ squidARMED
- 42a “Wayne’s World” exclamationNOT
- 43a Christina of “Buffalo ?66”RICCI
- 44a Ring locationLOBE
- 45a Oil wells?PORES
- 47a Nickname for EleanorNELL
- 48a Eye-catching stage propBOA
- 49a “Got it?”CAPISCE
- 51a ThruTIL
- 52a Underlining, e.g.EMPHASIS
- 54a Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oilATHENA
- 56a Some back-and-forthREPARTEE
- 57a Big name in fashionLAUREN
- 58a Go in the wrong way?TRESPASS
- 59a “I beg you!”PLEASE
- Down
- 1d Cut out the middleman, for deliveryDROPSHIP
- 2d Fabulous collectionAESOPICA
- 3d “You’re the best!”WHATAPAL
- 4d No-good ending?NIK
- 5d Diamond figs.ERAS
- 6d Leftmost star of the Summer TriangleDENEB
- 7d Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its coverTHESUNALSORISES
- 8d Dressing groupVINAIGRETTES
- 9d Gamgee player in “Lord of the Rings”ASTIN
- 10d ___-CCTRL
- 11d The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first oneTOE
- 12d Toothache care optionORAJEL
- 13d Communion, e.g.RITUAL
- 14d Charybdis’ man-eating opposite, in mythSCYLLA
- 21d Upper regions of forestsTREECANOPIES
- 24d Sea cowMANATEE
- 26d French Baroque artist NicolasPOUSSIN
- 28d Challenged on X, sayATTED
- 30d Scout’s follower?HONOR
- 32d Bad spellHEX
- 33d Partner of pitch and rollYAW
- 35d “You get the point”ETCETERA
- 36d Kicks back, in a wayRECLINES
- 37d Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer storiesSPILLANE
- 39d Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005ALBERT
- 40d Certain tenantROOMER
- 41d French soccer superstar KylianMBAPPE
- 45d Some bow tiesPASTA
- 46d Where roots take holdSCALP
- 49d ComplainCARP
- 50d Citation shortenerETAL
- 53d TricksHAS
- 55d Orange or limeHUE