NYT Crossword August 24, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Apex 4 5A Curry ingredient 5 10A Hay unit 4 14A Robert Frost creation 4 15A Grilled, at a taqueria 5 16A Mined metals 4 17A Criminals' sphere 10 19A Have a hankering for 4 20A Floral Van Gogh subject 4 21A Latin gods 3 22A Enemy 3 23A End of the Greek alphabet 5 25A Tsunami 9 28A Common motive in a murder case 7 30A Follower of latch or catch 4 31A Nashville honor, briefly 3 32A Oft-torn knee part, in brief 3 34A Confederate soldier, informally 3 35A Any foreseeable difficulty ... with a hint to 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across 15 42A Clerical vestment 3 43A Writer Edgar Allan ___ 3 44A She, in Portuguese 3 45A Zing ___ (brand of Bloody Mary mix) 4 47A Zoomed past 7 50A Stop in the afterlife 9 54A Fill in for 5 55A Fury 3 56A Source of fleece 3 57A Jazz great Fitzgerald 4 58A White part of an orange 4 60A Natural wonder in Venezuela 10 64A Sound in a cavernous empty room 4 65A Arctic creatures with flippers 5 66A International retailer with a three-syllable name 4 67A Dance whose name is also a hairstyle 4 68A Golfer Els 5 69A Letters on an invitation 4

Down

1D Storekeeper on "The Simpsons" 3 2D Trick 3 3D Like the period known as the Middle Ages 8 4D Leave the cocoon 6 5D Sparrows : cheeps :: crows : ___ 4 6D Grp. that entertains troops 3 7D Tuesday, in Lyon 5 8D Sat at a red light 5 9D Gymnast Comaneci 5 10D Cousin of a curtsy 3 11D Yasir of the P.L.O. 6 12D Chinese computer giant 6 13D Lauder of cosmetics 5 18D "Knives Out" director Johnson 4 23D Philharmonic grp. 4 24D Many a viral post 4 25D Word after Georgia, Virginia or low 4 26D Big name in movie theaters 4 27D Caitlin Clark's league 4 29D Apparel 4 33D Place for gloss 3 34D Actress Perlman of "Cheers" 4 36D "Auld ___ Syne" 4 37D "Three Sisters" sister 4 38D Like many horror flicks 4 39D Presentations with an 18-minute limit 8 40D Actor Idris 4 41D Tampa Bay players 4 45D Financial center of Switzerland 6 46D Franklin who sang "Chain of Fools" 6 48D Baby bovine 4 49D Filled pastry 6 50D Plumbing conduits 5 51D Needle mischievously 5 52D Renter's counterpart 5 53D Daughter of King Lear 5 57D Coder's counterpart to "if" 4 59D Non-sharer 3 61D One of football's Mannings 3 62D "The Magicians" novelist Grossman 3 63D Maple syrup base 3