New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/05/2026. The August 05 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a With 6-Across, #1 hitCHART
- 6a ?TOPPER
- 12a With 14-Across, ultimately fruitlessLEADING
- 14a ?NOWHERE
- 15a With 16-Across, beverage sold in pastel-colored cansARIZONA
- 16a ?ICEDTEA
- 17a With 18-Across, measures of search engine optimizationPAGE
- 18a ?RANKS
- 20a With 22-Across, pocket ID holderCARD
- 22a ?CASE
- 26a With 28-Across, temple services?HEAD
- 28a ?MASSAGES
- 32a With 34-Across, sequestration of a greenhouse gasCARBON
- 34a ?STORAGE
- 35a With 36-Across, sparsely populated African landWESTERN
- 36a ?SAHARA
- 37a With 39-Across, web crawlers, e.g.INTERNET
- 39a ?BOTS
- 40a With 41-Across, loses all one’s doughGOES
- 41a ?BUST
- 43a With 46-Across, Starbuck vis-à-vis Captain AhabFIRST
- 46a ?MATE
- 50a With 54-Across, math that underpins computer logicBOOLEAN
- 54a ?ALGEBRA
- 57a With 58-Across, member of the last undefeated N.C.A.A. Division I men’s basketball team (1976)INDIANA
- 58a ?HOOSIER
- 59a With 60-Across, tallies attendeesCOUNTS
- 60a ?NOSES
- Down
- 1d Michael of “Barbie”CERA
- 2d Alexander who served under Reagan, Nixon and FordHAIG
- 3d Axlike tool depicted in hieroglyphsADZE
- 4d City on Guanabara Bay, familiarlyRIO
- 5d Paramount ancestor, in briefTNN
- 6d Apt rhyme of “clock”TOCK
- 7d Isn’t settled upOWES
- 8d High degreePHD
- 9d Word with project or peevePET
- 10d Before, in a hymnbookERE
- 11d Stephen of “V for Vendetta”REA
- 12d One of 25 in a track 10KLAP
- 13d Actress TeriGARR
- 14d Writer Anaïs whose name is hidden in this clueNIN
- 19d Capt.’s superiorADM
- 20d Pole tossed in a Scottish gameCABER
- 21d BeautifyADORN
- 22d Stone figure?CARAT
- 23d Petri dish gelsAGARS
- 24d Company that debuted Sonic the HedgehogSEGA
- 25d Legal termination?ESE
- 26d Proverbial waste makerHASTE
- 27d Some Deco worksERTES
- 29d “Well, I have to save my ___” (Shrek line)ASS
- 30d Total guessesSTABS
- 31d “Ooh-la-la!”SOHOT
- 32d Our “-zoic”CENO
- 33d Florence-to-Venice dir.NNE
- 35d Part of a George Washington costume (though he rarely wore one)WIG
- 38d Cable channel with many rerunsTBS
- 42d Site of the 2002 and 2034 Winter OlympicsUTAH
- 43d Big successFEAT
- 44d Actors McKellen and McShaneIANS
- 45d Messenger ___RNA
- 46d ImbroglioMESS
- 47d Rose’s lover of 1920s BroadwayABIE
- 48d Número de Caballeros in a 1944 filmTRES
- 49d Something that may be lent or bentEAR
- 50d Pen letters?BIC
- 51d Musical YokoONO
- 52d Sch. in Norfolk, Va.ODU
- 53d “Hamilton” star ___-Manuel MirandaLIN
- 55d Apt name for a groundskeeper?LON
- 56d Word that becomes its own synonym when “p” is added to the endGOO