New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/23/2026. The August 23 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “Awesome!”RAD
- 4a Many profsPHDS
- 8a What a crush might make you doFLIRT
- 13a Predator with dermal denticlesSHARK
- 18a Silent film actor JanningsEMIL
- 20a ReclinedLAIN
- 21a More intense, as an emotionRAWER
- 22a Early stage of a drug trialPHASEI
- 23a Peace symbolDOVE
- 24a Adage promoting thriftAPENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED
- 27a Itty-bittyTEENSY
- 29a Return filers, for shortCPAS
- 30a Barely keeps going, with “along”LIMPS
- 31a Fish with leaf-shaped larvaeEELS
- 32a Image on one side of this puzzle’s subjectABRAHAMLINCOLN
- 35a Start of a historic triple boastICAME
- 37a Seminole’s rival, in college athleticsGATOR
- 38a Liturgical singerCANTOR
- 39a Quick cutSNIP
- 40a Subtitle alternativeDUB
- 43a Yogurt drink in DelhiLASSI
- 45a Monklike, in a wayASCETIC
- 48a Angle variable in geometryTHETA
- 50a Where this puzzle’s subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)USMINT
- 53a Periodical, informallyMAG
- 55a Genre for Siouxsie and the BansheesGOTH
- 56a Duck known for its insulating feathersEIDER
- 57a Make smellySTINKUP
- 59a One of 12, astrologicallyLEO
- 61a “Balderdash!”ROT
- 62a “It’s Your Business” sloganeer, for shortWSJ
- 63a “Omigosh!”EEK
- 64a Drug enforcer, informallyNARC
- 66a “When We Were Young” singer, 2015ADELE
- 68a Its capital is RomaITALIA
- 72a Nursery rhyme street vendor’s cryONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS
- 77a A failed transactionNOSALE
- 78a Good, but not great, gradeBPLUS
- 79a Tennis great ArthurASHE
- 80a ___ King ColeNAT
- 81a Fall asleep, with “off”NOD
- 82a Word with constrictor or featherBOA
- 83a Goddess of the dawnEOS
- 85a Car-pooling convenienceHOVLANE
- 88a Taco bar adjectiveASADA
- 91a ___ FéinSINN
- 92a ___ roomREC
- 94a Showing less biasFAIRER
- 95a Musical staff symbolCCLEF
- 96a Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxingKNEEING
- 99a “Sounds like a blast!”OHFUN
- 101a Mini-gulpSIP
- 102a Some Ivy LeaguersELIS
- 104a Meeting that goes above and beyond?SEANCE
- 106a IntimateGETAT
- 110a BitterACRID
- 112a Image on one side of this puzzle’s subjectTHEUNIONSHIELD
- 115a Badge-pinning siteSASH
- 117a Tree where the Buddha found enlightenmentBODHI
- 119a Spanish for “wealthy”RICO
- 120a Get in the game?ANTEUP
- 121a Offer advice … or a hint to 24- and 72-AcrossPUTINYOURTWOCENTS
- 125a D’Arcy of “House of the Dragon”EMMA
- 126a ParadiseUTOPIA
- 127a Pucker producer, perhapsLEMON
- 128a Modernists, informallyNEOS
- 129a Department store departmentMENS
- 130a Vikings, for exampleNORSE
- 131a Long members of the onion familyLEEKS
- 132a NervousEDGY
- 133a SlamDIS
- Down
- 1d Discount merchandise indicatorREDTAG
- 2d Organism that moves using pseudopodiaAMOEBA
- 3d Change the course ofDIVERT
- 4d ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)PLAYA
- 5d Two farthings, informallyHAPENNY
- 6d Deny responsibility forDISCLAIM
- 7d Like certain easy-to-install hardware componentsSNAPIN
- 8d Much of Diego Rivera’s workFRESCOS
- 9d Young ScotLAD
- 10d “You can count on me”IWILL
- 11d It can become amberRESIN
- 12d StreetcarTRAM
- 13d Doo-wop’s ___ Na NaSHA
- 14d Protected space for women in the Ottoman EmpireHAREM
- 15d If necessaryASNEEDED
- 16d Scottish danceREEL
- 17d OffspringKIDS
- 19d “Enemies, a Love Story” actressLENAOLIN
- 22d “GoodFellas” Oscar winnerPESCI
- 25d PerspectiveVANTAGE
- 26d Demonstrate frugality, in a wayPENNYPINCH
- 28d Got tinierSHRANK
- 33d Hosts, in briefMCS
- 34d Tolkien monsterORC
- 36d Exams for ambitious H.S. studentsAPTESTS
- 39d Date night bookingsSITTERS
- 41d Indigenous people of the Colorado PlateauUTE
- 42d Setting for many a New Yorker cartoonBAR
- 44d Having impeded growthSTUNTED
- 46d Bird with an S-shaped neckEGRET
- 47d Place for pliersTOOLCASE
- 49d Muslim head scarfHIJAB
- 50d Target with, as a pickup lineUSEON
- 51d Scribe in a courtroom, in briefSTENO
- 52d Prepares for an interview, sayMIKES
- 54d Notorious Chicago bootleggerALCAPONE
- 58d What a dog uses to shakePAW
- 60d Island location of Iolani PalaceOAHU
- 62d Say something freshWISEOFF
- 65d Tom who wrote “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”ROBBINS
- 67d Information in a prescriptionDOSE
- 69d Out of this world?LUNAR
- 70d SillyINANE
- 71d Fall bloomerASTER
- 73d “Hoarders” networkAANDE
- 74d Shoe originally known as a “Weejun”PENNYLOAFER
- 75d Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in songPENNYLANE
- 76d “Wow!”OHH
- 84d Like many farm stand purchasesORGANIC
- 86d “Dodgeball” star VinceVAUGHN
- 87d Specific charge on an invoiceLINEITEM
- 88d Cooling units, in briefACS
- 89d Poli-___SCI
- 90d Pork-based taco optionALPASTOR
- 91d Snowmobile brandSKIDOO
- 93d Made cozyCOCOONED
- 97d Suffix in British EnglishISE
- 98d Makeup of a nervous system, largelyNEURONS
- 100d Layer of a farmHEN
- 103d Locale for camel racingLIBYA
- 105d Christians’ ___ CreedNICENE
- 107d Overflowed (with)TEEMED
- 108d Reunion attendeesALUMNI
- 109d Cause for a QB’s celebrationTDPASS
- 111d Fries in EnglandCHIPS
- 112d Deuce topperTHREE
- 113d “I’ll take another card”HITME
- 114d CheekySASSY
- 115d Like cotton candySPUN
- 116d Lead-in to pilot or payAUTO
- 118d Grayish, sayDULL
- 122d Emphatic refusal in GermanyNIE
- 123d Stir-fry stapleWOK
- 124d Dress (up)TOG