NYT Crossword August 4, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Handy" kitchen item 4 5A Smears with goo 6 11A Music genre with offbeat rhythms 3 14A So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially 4 15A Action on the front lines 6 16A Hunk of cash 3 17A Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding? 11 19A Word aptly hidden in "moldy" 3 20A Some marksmen 7 21A Stringed instruments of old 5 23A Inc. alternative 3 24A Kind of whale 6 27A Wedding feast delivery from India's capital? 13 31A Unwelcome responsibility 4 33A Rawboned 5 34A "Deadline" for a rush order 3 35A Bit of tailoring 3 36A Writer Rand 3 38A Great Leap Forward leader 3 39A Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards 3 40A Celestial sphere 3 41A Hold power, as a ruler 5 43A "You said it!" 4 44A Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival? 13 48A One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface 6 49A Part of NATO: Abbr. 3 50A When repeated, "You get the gist" 5 52A Enter furtively 7 56A Mysterious sight at night 3 57A "Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.? 11 61A Scratch the surface of, say 3 62A Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe 6 63A Stock market unveilings, for short 4 64A "___ you done?" 3 65A Luxury transports 6 66A Common workout target 4

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1D The "m" in many a physics equation 4 2D Self-assured words 4 3D Actress Polo 4 4D Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball 7 5D Sear 6 6D "___ of luck!" 4 7D Quick communications, in brief 3 8D Postgraduate deg. with management courses 3 9D Musician's asset 3 10D Stylish shoe feature 8 11D Someone you will never stop despising 10 12D Green smoothie staple 4 13D Tosses in 4 18D "Little" Dickens girl 4 22D Up to this point 3 24D ___-free (plastics label) 3 25D Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live" 6 26D Singer ___ Del Rey 4 27D Longtime Hogwarts headmaster 10 28D Set aflame 6 29D Wander 4 30D Graceful bird 4 31D "Pick me! Pick me!" 4 32D Infamous Roman ruler 4 36D Attractive plus-one 8 37D "You said it!" 4 42D Canine warning 3 43D Like a cherub 7 45D "___ be a real honor" 3 46D Transforms 6 47D Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K. 4 50D Arizona city or county 4 51D At a distance 4 52D Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes 4 53D Cops, in slang 4 54D Iconic lab assistant of film 4 55D Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD" 4 58D Battery for a mouse 3 59D Anti-apartheid org. 3 60D U.S. medical research agcy. 3