NYT Crossword August 9, 2026 Answers

Across

1A One bit 5 6A Bad jobs 6 12A Target of an annual vaccine 3 15A x or y 4 19A Swimmer's invitation 21 23A One of two in Hawaii 21 24A Father of the river gods, in Greek myth 7 25A Overwhelm 5 26A Jamaican folk song about dock work 4 27A Ones who've made the team 6 28A One at the U.S. mint? 4 29A Long-handled tool 3 31A What might pile up during a digital detox 5 35A Show great fondness, in a way 4 36A In the lead 5 38A Cow 5 40A Oscar winner Hathaway 4 41A Foxlike 3 42A Winter pellets 5 43A ___ forgiveness 4 44A Say without saying 6 46A Godsends 5 47A Up to 150 years, for a tortoise 8 49A The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C. 3 50A Beaver's home 5 51A Communicate through a disagreement 13 53A Counterpart of 53-Down 5 54A Display perfect timing, much like dancers 9 55A Agcy. that protects the right to unionize 4 56A Some Indian flatbreads 5 57A First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league 9 58A Bond between Lazenby and Dalton 5 59A "Let's do it" 4 60A Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah" 9 61A Like a lion's coat 5 62A Reprimand that might be biting, ironically 13 64A Group of partridges 5 65A "www" string 3 66A Honey boo-boo? 8 67A Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally 5 68A Up for the day 6 70A Named names 4 71A [Oh God ...] 5 72A Nurse 3 75A Many a spacious apartment 4 76A Stand-up comic ___ Wang 5 78A Where a band might go 5 79A "Gimme!" 4 80A Go undefeated 5 82A Enterprise letters 3 83A "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain 4 84A Lover of Tristan 6 86A Combine, as resources 4 88A Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap 5 90A Bothersome recurrence 7 91A Controversial business oversight 21 96A Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground 21 97A Lip 4 98A "___ bodkins!" (bygone oath) 3 99A Comes clean, with "up" 6 100A Old Bulgarian rulers 5

Down

1D Results of some peace talks 7 2D "Wow!" 7 3D Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness" 7 4D Papal representative 6 5D Michaels of "Saturday Night Live" 5 6D Angry cat's "greeting" 4 7D Nav. rank 3 8D Retort of denial 7 9D Offer emotional support (for) 6 10D Time that's an artist's name backward 5 11D Did the butterfly, e.g. 4 12D Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers 3 13D Dutch city with a namesake jar 6 14D ___ Major 4 15D "Because I Got High" rapper 7 16D 12 letters? 3 17D Magazine for entrepreneurs 3 18D Good to go 3 20D Branch with a stem? 9 21D Number of letters? 12 22D Ocular affliction 4 28D Uintah and Ouray reservation people 4 30D Surpassed 8 32D Group in support of a queen 9 33D Rushing around 8 34D Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure 7 37D Reality TV icon ___ Leakes 4 38D Edging, e.g. 9 39D Title for Macbeth 5 42D Parts of many combo meals 5 43D Selling off, as stocks 9 45D Big inits. in Dutch banking 3 46D Foretelling of 6 47D Bestowing extravagantly (on) 9 48D Source of fragrant cones 4 50D Destiny 9 51D Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?" 12 52D Was flaky? 6 53D Counterpart of 53-Across 8 54D It's not exactly fast food 8 56D Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two 7 57D Bit of folklore 4 58D Wonk 5 60D Hammer parts 5 61D Main ingredient in salsa verde 9 63D Purple yam in Filipino desserts 3 64D Sounds from pigeons 4 67D Simple coffee brewing method 4 69D Treeless tracts 7 71D Pleasing rhythms 7 72D Diamond component? 7 73D Gene-activating substance 7 74D Eyes, informally 7 77D Danced at a luau 6 78D Eddies 6 79D Very complicated situation, so to speak 6 81D ___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement) 4 83D Self-congratulatory declaration 5 85D One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer 5 87D "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet 4 89D Since 4 90D Some fan-made literary works, informally 4 91D Prefix with normative 3 92D ___ shoestring 3 93D They're parked in parks 3 94D Some OT enders 3 95D Before, poetically 3