New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/22/2026. The August 22 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Dish such as Germany’s hasenpfefferRABBITSTEW
- 11a Set of 24 for a box jellyfishEYES
- 15a “Hello?” followerANYONEHOME
- 16a Straight-upREAL
- 17a Beset by impossible circumstancesINEXTREMIS
- 18a ___ noche (tonight, in Spanish)ESTA
- 19a “Let’s talk about it afterward”NOSPOILERS
- 20a From scratchANEW
- 21a HaulLUG
- 22a Convinced ofSOLDON
- 24a Benjamin Franklin invention of the 1780sBIFOCALS
- 29a Hardly a luxuryNEED
- 30a Fellow fellowsBRETHREN
- 31a Net alternativeGROSS
- 34a Mideast shrub with leaves that are chewed as a stimulantQAT
- 35a It includes a series of stationsROUTE
- 38a “Lemme think ?”UHH
- 39a Irreverence, of a sortSNARK
- 42a Name shared by the locales of University of South Carolina and the University of MissouriCOLUMBIA
- 45a What might wind up in your mattress?COIL
- 47a Refrain from foul language, sayKEEPITPG
- 48a Follow aroundSHADOW
- 50a Portal released concurrently with Windows 95MSN
- 51a Many a guest writer’s pieceOPED
- 52a Genetically rare feline that represents autumn in Chinese astronomyWHITETIGER
- 58a Tied up with?DREW
- 59a It’s commonly made upside downBANANACAKE
- 60a ___ Lydic of “The Daily Show”DESI
- 61a “This is a travesty!”IMOUTRAGED
- 62a AcknowledgedSEEN
- 63a “Relax, it’ll be fine”DONTSTRESS
- Down
- 1d “Into each life some ___ must fall”: LongfellowRAIN
- 2d Common word in Latin datingANNO
- 3d Tournament passes?BYES
- 4d Analytical graphic that divides data into quartilesBOXPLOT
- 5d Having communicationINTOUCH
- 6d She played Sandy Lester in “Tootsie”TERIGARR
- 7d Author SilversteinSHEL
- 8d “As I see it …”TOME
- 9d Many members of Kuwait’s al-Sabah royal lineEMIRS
- 10d Crisco competitorWESSON
- 11d Volume control device?EREADER
- 12d “Absolutely, positively!”YESNODOUBT
- 13d Down the hatch, perhapsEATEN
- 14d Popular topping for fish tacosSLAW
- 23d SegmentLEG
- 24d Smoking events, for shortBBQS
- 25d Major exporter of pistachiosIRAN
- 26d Tidbits of Greek culture?FETACHEESE
- 27d Francis’s successorLEO
- 28d Dipped (out)SNUCK
- 32d Icebreaker, e.g.SHIP
- 33d Iconic hairstyle of Jane Fonda and Stevie NicksSHAG
- 36d Support while “en pointe”TOE
- 37d I, O, U and Y, but not A or EELEMENTS
- 40d Success in another’s field, sayROADWIN
- 41d Engage in tomfooleryKID
- 43d ArrivisteUPSTART
- 44d Subcompact vehicleMINICAR
- 46d Contract winner, typicallyLOWBID
- 48d BingeSPREE
- 49d Maker of the Hacky Sack and Hula-HoopWHAMO
- 51d The longer they are, the harder they’ll be to beatODDS
- 53d Part ofINON
- 54d Lacking slackTAUT
- 55d Greenish plum varietyGAGE
- 56d Barely makes (out)EKES
- 57d Wine list headerREDS