NYT Crossword August 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Sound like heaven 4 5A Game of observation for travel 6 11A Ad free 3 14A Brief in pants 4 15A Correct thoroughly 6 16A Bad feel 3 17A Try to place connoisseurs? 11 19A Cells in compound 3 20A Checks with style 5 21A To cop 3 22A Competition, for starters 5 24A York ___ 5 26A Place recording 6 27A Signals over game 5 29A Maturity approaching 5 31A Crows to relatives 6 32A Free booze 3 33A Confidentiality of letters? 4 37A "Done well" 5 38A Short for "info flight" 3 39A Sponge bath 5 40A Nothing doing 4 41A Say "minus C" 3 42A Set off 6 43A Practice Japanese 5 45A Equal roughly 5 46A Into light 6 49A Nags about noise? 5 51A Land of Spot 5 52A On-off signs 3 53A Lines some over draw 5 57A For repentance some feel 3 58A Details insignificant contests 11 61A Spending limits it 3 62A Forum discussion, popular once 6 63A Cut short 4 64A Rock-___ 3 65A Out with ate, ate, ate 6 66A Website gift custom 4

Down

1D URL starter 4 2D Asian sea currently undergoing replenishment efforts 4 3D Civil rights icon Parks 4 4D Shift the gears of, in a way ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues 12 5D ID in some data breaches 3 6D Elite H.S. class covering the Constitution 5 7D Visionary … or what you'll need to return to when solving this puzzle's Down clues 15 8D Loads 4 9D Babe in the Hundred Acre Wood 3 10D One advocated for by the National Prison Project 6 11D Whittled (down) 5 12D Biblical mount 5 13D It's worth remembering! 5 18D "No idea" 6 23D Distinctive expression ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues 12 25D Feature of San Francisco's Lombard Street 3 26D Mole, e.g. 3 27D Firm 4 28D Like many cricket fields 4 30D Plan to contribute to, for short 3 31D One of 1,909 for Willie Mays, for short 3 34D "___ the Explorer" 4 35D Some distance away 4 36D Declare 3 38D "Oh no! A mouse!" 3 39D What the second number indicates in men's jeans sizes 6 41D Univ. with an annual Mystery Hunt 3 42D Eager response to "Wanna join?" 3 44D Goes nuts for 6 46D Around 5 47D Garden-variety 5 48D Wasn't paying attention 5 50D Lauder of cosmetics 5 52D Designer Cassini 4 54D "I don't really care / If ya think I'm strange / I ___ gonna change": Joan Jett 4 55D N.F.L. commentator Collinsworth 4 56D Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g. 4 59D Letter after chi 3 60D The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr. 3