NYT Crossword August 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Fling 4 5A Garment with a loose, flowing end known as a "pallu" 4 9A Longtime airer of "The Young and the Restless" 3 12A Nocturnal sounds in the woods 5 14A Waffle 9 16A Woodard with multiple Emmys 5 17A Author and illustrator of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 9 18A Slippery slope 10 20A Crowd (in) 4 21A Summertime top 11 23A Group of reps 3 24A Kind of coating applied to metal 8 25A Go for again 5 27A Load from the dock 6 28A University of California campus site 5 29A Locals call it Mongibello ("the mountain of mountains") 4 30A O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" 4 31A Braided rope made of rawhide 5 33A Limited 6 35A "Comprende?" 5 36A They're taken off for boudoir photos 8 38A Relieved response 3 39A Greek dish made with an abundance of spinach 11 42A La ___ Tar Pits 4 44A Instrument measuring liquid density 10 45A French beauty 9 47A Section of a golf bag 5 48A Pawn-capturing move 9 49A Hard French cheese 5 50A Map lines: Abbr. 3 51A Giant bird of Chinese mythology that is transformed from a fish called Kun 4 52A Capone's foe 4

Down

1D Warms up 5 2D "Fancy!" 6 3D Warms up, say 7 4D Word-of-mouth promoters 10 5D Investment bond in W.W. II 7 6D During 6 7D Tries to outrun 5 8D Forbes competitor 3 9D Corpus ___ 7 10D Ostentatious spenders, in slang 7 11D Term of endearment, in one spelling 6 13D Napkins, to Brits 10 14D Damn fine 7 15D Repeated greeting in the Key & Peele sketch "Obama Meet & Greet" 3 19D Court name 6 22D Displaying a wide range of emotions, say 10 26D Founder of Argentina's first female-led political party, familiarly 10 28D Big name in comfortable footwear 6 30D Tower with daily calls to prayer 7 31D Hit from behind 7 32D Words following a suggestion to try something 7 33D Warding (off) 7 34D Perfect example 7 35D Person you practically have to drag out of a party, say 6 36D One requesting simpler terms? 6 37D Channel inserts 6 40D Short-lived interest 5 41D Parliamentary seats? 5 43D Per 3 46D For a medium, it's easy! 3