NYT Crossword August 23, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Awesome!" 3 4A Many profs 4 8A What a crush might make you do 5 13A Predator with dermal denticles 5 18A Silent film actor Jannings 4 20A Reclined 4 21A More intense, as an emotion 5 22A Early stage of a drug trial 6 23A Peace symbol 4 24A Adage promoting thrift 25 27A Itty-bitty 6 29A Return filers, for short 4 30A Barely keeps going, with "along" 5 31A Fish with leaf-shaped larvae 4 32A Image on one side of this puzzle's subject 14 35A Start of a historic triple boast 5 37A Seminole's rival, in college athletics 5 38A Liturgical singer 6 39A Quick cut 4 40A Subtitle alternative 3 43A Yogurt drink in Delhi 5 45A Monklike, in a way 7 48A Angle variable in geometry 5 50A Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025) 6 53A Periodical, informally 3 55A Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees 4 56A Duck known for its insulating feathers 5 57A Make smelly 7 59A One of 12, astrologically 3 61A "Balderdash!" 3 62A "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short 3 63A "Omigosh!" 3 64A Drug enforcer, informally 4 66A "When We Were Young" singer, 2015 5 68A Its capital is Roma 6 72A Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry 30 77A A failed transaction 6 78A Good, but not great, grade 5 79A Tennis great Arthur 4 80A ___ King Cole 3 81A Fall asleep, with "off" 3 82A Word with constrictor or feather 3 83A Goddess of the dawn 3 85A Car-pooling convenience 7 88A Taco bar adjective 5 91A ___ Féin 4 92A ___ room 3 94A Showing less bias 6 95A Musical staff symbol 5 96A Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing 7 99A "Sounds like a blast!" 5 101A Mini-gulp 3 102A Some Ivy Leaguers 4 104A Meeting that goes above and beyond? 6 106A Intimate 5 110A Bitter 5 112A Image on one side of this puzzle's subject 14 115A Badge-pinning site 4 117A Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment 5 119A Spanish for "wealthy" 4 120A Get in the game? 6 121A Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across 17 125A D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon" 4 126A Paradise 6 127A Pucker producer, perhaps 5 128A Modernists, informally 4 129A Department store department 4 130A Vikings, for example 5 131A Long members of the onion family 5 132A Nervous 4 133A Slam 3

Down

1D Discount merchandise indicator 6 2D Organism that moves using pseudopodia 6 3D Change the course of 6 4D ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort) 5 5D Two farthings, informally 7 6D Deny responsibility for 8 7D Like certain easy-to-install hardware components 6 8D Much of Diego Rivera's work 7 9D Young Scot 3 10D "You can count on me" 5 11D It can become amber 5 12D Streetcar 4 13D Doo-wop's ___ Na Na 3 14D Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire 5 15D If necessary 8 16D Scottish dance 4 17D Offspring 4 19D "Enemies, a Love Story" actress 8 22D "GoodFellas" Oscar winner 5 25D Perspective 7 26D Demonstrate frugality, in a way 10 28D Got tinier 6 33D Hosts, in brief 3 34D Tolkien monster 3 36D Exams for ambitious H.S. students 7 39D Date night bookings 7 41D Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau 3 42D Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon 3 44D Having impeded growth 7 46D Bird with an S-shaped neck 5 47D Place for pliers 8 49D Muslim head scarf 5 50D Target with, as a pickup line 5 51D Scribe in a courtroom, in brief 5 52D Prepares for an interview, say 5 54D Notorious Chicago bootlegger 8 58D What a dog uses to shake 3 60D Island location of Iolani Palace 4 62D Say something fresh 7 65D Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" 7 67D Information in a prescription 4 69D Out of this world? 5 70D Silly 5 71D Fall bloomer 5 73D "Hoarders" network 5 74D Shoe originally known as a "Weejun" 11 75D Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song 9 76D "Wow!" 3 84D Like many farm stand purchases 7 86D "Dodgeball" star Vince 6 87D Specific charge on an invoice 8 88D Cooling units, in brief 3 89D Poli-___ 3 90D Pork-based taco option 8 91D Snowmobile brand 6 93D Made cozy 8 97D Suffix in British English 3 98D Makeup of a nervous system, largely 7 100D Layer of a farm 3 103D Locale for camel racing 5 105D Christians' ___ Creed 6 107D Overflowed (with) 6 108D Reunion attendees 6 109D Cause for a QB's celebration 6 111D Fries in England 5 112D Deuce topper 5 113D "I'll take another card" 5 114D Cheeky 5 115D Like cotton candy 4 116D Lead-in to pilot or pay 4 118D Grayish, say 4 122D Emphatic refusal in Germany 3 123D Stir-fry staple 3 124D Dress (up) 3