New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/08/2026. The August 08 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a FlingTOSS
- 5a Garment with a loose, flowing end known as a “pallu”SARI
- 9a Longtime airer of “The Young and the Restless”CBS
- 12a Nocturnal sounds in the woodsHOOTS
- 14a WaffleHEMANDHAW
- 16a Woodard with multiple EmmysALFRE
- 17a Author and illustrator of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”ERICCARLE
- 18a Slippery slopeWATERSLIDE
- 20a Crowd (in)PILE
- 21a Summertime topSLEEVELESST
- 23a Group of repsSET
- 24a Kind of coating applied to metalANTIRUST
- 25a Go for againRETRY
- 27a Load from the dockSTEEVE
- 28a University of California campus siteDAVIS
- 29a Locals call it Mongibello (“the mountain of mountains”)ETNA
- 30a O. Henry’s “The Gift of the ___”MAGI
- 31a Braided rope made of rawhideRIATA
- 33a LimitedFINITE
- 35a “Comprende?”GETME
- 36a They’re taken off for boudoir photosLENSCAPS
- 38a Relieved responseAAH
- 39a Greek dish made with an abundance of spinachSPANAKOPITA
- 42a La ___ Tar PitsBREA
- 44a Instrument measuring liquid densityHYDROMETER
- 45a French beautyBELLEAMIE
- 47a Section of a golf bagIRONS
- 48a Pawn-capturing moveENPASSANT
- 49a Hard French cheeseCOMTE
- 50a Map lines: Abbr.RDS
- 51a Giant bird of Chinese mythology that is transformed from a fish called KunPENG
- 52a Capone’s foeNESS
- Down
- 1d Warms upTHAWS
- 2d “Fancy!”OOLALA
- 3d Warms up, saySOFTENS
- 4d Word-of-mouth promotersSTREETTEAM
- 5d Investment bond in W.W. IISERIESE
- 6d DuringAMIDST
- 7d Tries to outrunRACES
- 8d Forbes competitorINC
- 9d Corpus ___CHRISTI
- 10d Ostentatious spenders, in slangBALLERS
- 11d Term of endearment, in one spellingSWEETY
- 13d Napkins, to BritsSERVIETTES
- 14d Damn fineHELLUVA
- 15d Repeated greeting in the Key & Peele sketch “Obama Meet & Greet”DAP
- 19d Court nameSERENA
- 22d Displaying a wide range of emotions, sayTRAGICOMIC
- 26d Founder of Argentina’s first female-led political party, familiarlyEVITAPERON
- 28d Big name in comfortable footwearDANSKO
- 30d Tower with daily calls to prayerMINARET
- 31d Hit from behindREAREND
- 32d Words following a suggestion to try somethingITHELPS
- 33d Warding (off)FENDING
- 34d Perfect exampleEPITOME
- 35d Person you practically have to drag out of a party, sayGABBER
- 36d One requesting simpler terms?LAYMAN
- 37d Channel insertsSTENTS
- 40d Short-lived interestPHASE
- 41d Parliamentary seats?ARSES
- 43d PerALA
- 46d For a medium, it’s easy!ESP