NYT Crossword August 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Sahara-esque 4 5A Exams for high school jrs. 5 10A Private sleeping accommodations? 4 14A "Didn't you get the ___?" 4 15A Wipe from one's memory, so to speak 5 16A Section in a textbook 4 17A "___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit) 4 18A Deceptive move in fencing 5 19A Depend (on) 4 20A Natural pillow filling 13 23A Graffiti, to some 3 24A Three unnamed things, in shorthand 3 25A Quinceañeras, e.g. 5 28A Lifted 5 30A Services for senior citizens 9 34A Hybrid tennis attire 5 36A Word with pan, pump or paint 3 37A ___ Minor 4 38A Unofficial vote 9 41A President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college 4 44A "___ got it!" 3 45A Cats and dogs, for example 5 48A Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies 9 51A Excludes 5 53A Mount ___ Health System 5 54A Immature high score initials on an arcade game 3 56A Something to trust 3 57A Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across 13 62A They offer support 4 64A Speak at a political convention, perhaps 5 65A Field 4 66A Facility 4 67A 2008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot 5 68A Semiaquatic relative of a weasel 4 69A Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6 4 70A Fall bloom 5 71A Cave wall hangings? 4

Down

1D Female friends from Fuenlabrada 6 2D Some vacation destinations 7 3D "My mood is pretty low" 7 4D Top three sights in Fiji? 4 5D Like eyes during an allergy attack 5 6D "Bless you!" elicitor 6 7D ___ Minor 4 8D Something that's pitched 4 9D "Family Guy" creator MacFarlane 4 10D Set of courses offered 10 11D Miserable rating 7 12D "___ death do us part" 3 13D What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to 3 21D Put forth 5 22D Drop the ball 3 26D Verbal hesitations 3 27D Neptune's territory 3 29D Situations one might no longer put effort into 10 31D Drop 5 32D Drop 3 33D North Carolina university 4 35D Chicago paper, with "the" 4 39D ___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" 3 40D Not taut 5 41D Longtime "American Dad!" airer 3 42D 2001 biopic starring Will Smith 3 43D The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g. 7 46D Country bordering Chad and Benin 7 47D Lecture attendee 7 49D ___ royale (Champagne cocktail) 3 50D Rat (on) 6 52D They can be well-done 6 55D See-through 5 58D Part of the Corn Belt 4 59D Important stretches 4 60D The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this 4 61D What a shepherd may shepherd 4 62D Bouncy part of a trampoline 3 63D "A drop of golden sun," in song 3