New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/21/2026. The August 21 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Leader in a robe called a kasayaLAMA
- 5a Some malty offeringsAMBERALES
- 14a JejuneARID
- 15a Coupling rings?BOOTYCALLS
- 17a Come (together)BAND
- 18a One sharing goldCOCHAMPION
- 19a Remy’s brother in “Ratatouille”EMILE
- 21a High tea treatSCONE
- 22a Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields MedalTAO
- 23a ___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the YearLAMELO
- 25a Key for getting outESC
- 26a Gave temporarilyLENT
- 27a One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle RecordsSIA
- 28a ___ tov (Jewish festival)YOM
- 30a AdvantageousOFUSE
- 32a Losing control emotionally, in slangCRASHINGOUT
- 36a Drama club enthusiastTHEATERGEEK
- 38a Italian hero?MEATBALLSUB
- 40a BoldBRASH
- 42a Étendue bleueMER
- 43a Hindi for “reign”RAJ
- 45a Focus of a concussion protocolHEAD
- 46a N.L. East team, on scoreboardsPHI
- 49a Especially ornateROCOCO
- 51a Mass. summer settingEDT
- 52a Jack upHOIST
- 54a School unitsDESKS
- 55a In place?WHEREITSAT
- 58a Stuff in shakersSALT
- 59a “Aww!”SODARNCUTE
- 60a Target of a search partyAWOL
- 61a Is cannedGETSTHEAX
- 62a Word repeated before “against the dying of the light” in a Dylan Thomas poemRAGE
- Down
- 1d NamesLABELS
- 2d Language spoken by JesusARAMAIC
- 3d Place for a quick stopMINIMART
- 4d PuzzleADDLE
- 5d La ti do, musicallyABC
- 6d Bovine soundsMOOS
- 7d Sport similar to pétanqueBOCCE
- 8d CharacterETHOS
- 9d “Sinners” director, 2025RYANCOOGLER
- 10d ApogeeACME
- 11d Where a serviette is laidLAP
- 12d Haut mondeELITES
- 13d ___ Crosley, author of 2008’s “I Was Told There’d Be Cake”SLOANE
- 16d Impudent sortSNOT
- 20d Paris’s Champs-___ELYSEES
- 24d Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors’ reactionsOOHAAHPOINT
- 26d Some baroque instrumentsLUTES
- 29d Diamond wearMITT
- 31d Metal tube in a nuclear reactorFUELROD
- 33d Jazz musician JamalAHMAD
- 34d Neighbor of Colo.NEB
- 35d Mass unitGRAM
- 37d First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in JapanKUROSAWA
- 39d Unprocessed inventoryBACKLOG
- 40d One might leave you unprotected at nightBEDHOG
- 41d What kid-friendly games typically areRATEDE
- 44d What big crowds doJOSTLE
- 45d FellsHEWS
- 47d Hang-upHITCH
- 48d Something raised in a meetingISSUE
- 50d Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend)CESAR
- 52d Possessive pronounHERS
- 53d “Cheerio”TATA
- 56d SnitchRAT
- 57d Neighbor of Ark.TEX