NYT Crossword August 15, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Began 6 7A Show faces? 8 15A Bring back into the fold, so to speak 6 16A Worth looking back on 8 17A One from "Japan's kitchen" 6 18A Appeal 8 19A Bit of ceramic ware 3 20A Cast off 7 22A 7/ 3 23A "Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python 4 25A Rose Bowl Stadium athlete 5 26A Big ring 4 27A Patient privacy law, in brief 5 29A World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr. 3 30A Say "Hey," say 5 31A "Speak up" 12 34A Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially 15 38A Hoedown get-down? 12 39A Long-___ squid 5 42A "Wayne's World" exclamation 3 43A Christina of "Buffalo ’66" 5 44A Ring location 4 45A Oil wells? 5 47A Nickname for Eleanor 4 48A Eye-catching stage prop 3 49A "Got it?" 7 51A Thru 3 52A Underlining, e.g. 8 54A Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oil 6 56A Some back-and-forth 8 57A Big name in fashion 6 58A Go in the wrong way? 8 59A "I beg you!" 6

Down

1D Cut out the middleman, for delivery 8 2D Fabulous collection 8 3D "You're the best!" 8 4D No-good ending? 3 5D Diamond figs. 4 6D Leftmost star of the Summer Triangle 5 7D Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover 15 8D Dressing group 12 9D Gamgee player in "Lord of the Rings" 5 10D ___-C 4 11D The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one 3 12D Toothache care option 6 13D Communion, e.g. 6 14D Charybdis' man-eating opposite, in myth 6 21D Upper regions of forests 12 24D Sea cow 7 26D French Baroque artist Nicolas 7 28D Challenged on X, say 5 30D Scout's follower? 5 32D Bad spell 3 33D Partner of pitch and roll 3 35D "You get the point" 8 36D Kicks back, in a way 8 37D Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories 8 39D Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005 6 40D Certain tenant 6 41D French soccer superstar Kylian 6 45D Some bow ties 5 46D Where roots take hold 5 49D Complain 4 50D Citation shortener 4 53D Tricks 3 55D Orange or lime 3