NYT Crossword August 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Leader in a robe called a kasaya 4 5A Some malty offerings 9 14A Jejune 4 15A Coupling rings? 10 17A Come (together) 4 18A One sharing gold 10 19A Remy's brother in "Ratatouille" 5 21A High tea treat 5 22A Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields Medal 3 23A ___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year 6 25A Key for getting out 3 26A Gave temporarily 4 27A One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records 3 28A ___ tov (Jewish festival) 3 30A Advantageous 5 32A Losing control emotionally, in slang 11 36A Drama club enthusiast 11 38A Italian hero? 11 40A Bold 5 42A Étendue bleue 3 43A Hindi for "reign" 3 45A Focus of a concussion protocol 4 46A N.L. East team, on scoreboards 3 49A Especially ornate 6 51A Mass. summer setting 3 52A Jack up 5 54A School units 5 55A In place? 10 58A Stuff in shakers 4 59A "Aww!" 10 60A Target of a search party 4 61A Is canned 9 62A Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poem 4

Down

1D Names 6 2D Language spoken by Jesus 7 3D Place for a quick stop 8 4D Puzzle 5 5D La ti do, musically 3 6D Bovine sounds 4 7D Sport similar to pétanque 5 8D Character 5 9D "Sinners" director, 2025 11 10D Apogee 4 11D Where a serviette is laid 3 12D Haut monde 6 13D ___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" 6 16D Impudent sort 4 20D Paris's Champs-___ 7 24D Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactions 11 26D Some baroque instruments 5 29D Diamond wear 4 31D Metal tube in a nuclear reactor 7 33D Jazz musician Jamal 5 34D Neighbor of Colo. 3 35D Mass unit 4 37D First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan 8 39D Unprocessed inventory 7 40D One might leave you unprotected at night 6 41D What kid-friendly games typically are 6 44D What big crowds do 6 45D Fells 4 47D Hang-up 5 48D Something raised in a meeting 5 50D Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend) 5 52D Possessive pronoun 4 53D "Cheerio" 4 56D Snitch 3 57D Neighbor of Ark. 3