Like a cherub

Crossword Answer — August 04, 2026

Answer

Describes a sweet, heavenly-looking little figure often pictured with wings 😇

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NYT Crossword

Tuesday, August 04, 2026

By Vasu Seralathan

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Across

  1. 1"Handy" kitchen item
  2. 5Smears with goo
  3. 11Music genre with offbeat rhythms
  4. 14So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially
  5. 15Action on the front lines
  6. 16Hunk of cash
  7. 17Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding?
  8. 19Word aptly hidden in "moldy"
  9. 20Some marksmen
  10. 21Stringed instruments of old
  11. 23Inc. alternative
  12. 24Kind of whale
  13. 27Wedding feast delivery from India's capital?
  14. 31Unwelcome responsibility
  15. 33Rawboned
  16. 34"Deadline" for a rush order
  17. 35Bit of tailoring
  18. 36Writer Rand
  19. 38Great Leap Forward leader
  20. 39Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards
  21. 40Celestial sphere
  22. 41Hold power, as a ruler
  23. 43"You said it!"
  24. 44Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival?
  25. 48One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface
  26. 49Part of NATO: Abbr.
  27. 50When repeated, "You get the gist"
  28. 52Enter furtively
  29. 56Mysterious sight at night
  30. 57"Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.?
  31. 61Scratch the surface of, say
  32. 62Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe
  33. 63Stock market unveilings, for short
  34. 64"___ you done?"
  35. 65Luxury transports
  36. 66Common workout target

Down

  1. 1The "m" in many a physics equation
  2. 2Self-assured words
  3. 3Actress Polo
  4. 4Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball
  5. 5Sear
  6. 6"___ of luck!"
  7. 7Quick communications, in brief
  8. 8Postgraduate deg. with management courses
  9. 9Musician's asset
  10. 10Stylish shoe feature
  11. 11Someone you will never stop despising
  12. 12Green smoothie staple
  13. 13Tosses in
  14. 18"Little" Dickens girl
  15. 22Up to this point
  16. 24___-free (plastics label)
  17. 25Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live"
  18. 26Singer ___ Del Rey
  19. 27Longtime Hogwarts headmaster
  20. 28Set aflame
  21. 29Wander
  22. 30Graceful bird
  23. 31"Pick me! Pick me!"
  24. 32Infamous Roman ruler
  25. 36Attractive plus-one
  26. 37"You said it!"
  27. 42Canine warning
  28. 43Like a cherub
  29. 45"___ be a real honor"
  30. 46Transforms
  31. 47Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K.
  32. 50Arizona city or county
  33. 51At a distance
  34. 52Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes
  35. 53Cops, in slang
  36. 54Iconic lab assistant of film
  37. 55Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD"
  38. 58Battery for a mouse
  39. 59Anti-apartheid org.
  40. 60U.S. medical research agcy.

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. "Handy" kitchen item — Answer: MITT. Hint: This kitchen helper keeps your hand safe from hot pots and pans. 🧤
  2. 5. Smears with goo — Answer: SLIMES. Hint: Covers something in a sticky, gooey substance 🤢
  3. 11. Music genre with offbeat rhythms — Answer: SKA. Hint: Think of a lively Jamaican style known for upbeat guitar chops and dancing horns. 🎺
  4. 14. So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially — Answer: ACER. Hint: Think of a tennis player whose powerful serves regularly leave opponents unable to return the ball 🎾
  5. 15. Action on the front lines — Answer: COMBAT. Hint: It’s what opposing forces engage in during a battle ⚔️
  6. 16. Hunk of cash — Answer: WAD. Hint: Think of a thick bundle of bills you might carry in your pocket 💵
  7. 17. Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding? — Answer: SARINOTSARI. Hint: Think of a playful phrase deciding whether a traditional Indian outfit makes the cut. 👗
  8. 19. Word aptly hidden in "moldy" — Answer: OLD. Hint: Look for a familiar age-related word tucked inside the clue itself. 🔍
  9. 20. Some marksmen — Answer: SNIPERS. Hint: These sharpshooters rely on patience, distance, and precision. 🎯
  10. 21. Stringed instruments of old — Answer: LYRES. Hint: Ancient Greek poets often accompanied their songs with these plucked instruments. 🎵
  11. 23. Inc. alternative — Answer: LLC. Hint: A small business might choose this legal structure instead of incorporating. 🏢
  12. 24. Kind of whale — Answer: BALEEN. Hint: This kind of whale filters tiny meals from seawater rather than biting them with teeth. 🐋
  13. 27. Wedding feast delivery from India's capital? — Answer: DELHIPLATTERS. Hint: Think of a playful phrase pairing India’s capital with dishes served at a festive celebration 🍽️
  14. 31. Unwelcome responsibility — Answer: ONUS. Hint: A burdensome obligation that lands in your lap is this. 😓
  15. 33. Rawboned — Answer: GAUNT. Hint: Describes someone strikingly thin and bony. 💀
  16. 34. "Deadline" for a rush order — Answer: NOW. Hint: A rush order is needed immediately, with no time to spare! ⏱️
  17. 35. Bit of tailoring — Answer: HEM. Hint: A folded and sewn edge gives a garment this finishing touch 🧵
  18. 36. Writer Rand — Answer: AYN. Hint: This author is known for her philosophy of objectivism and wrote a famous novel about a dystopian society. 📚
  19. 38. Great Leap Forward leader — Answer: MAO. Hint: Think of the Chinese Communist leader behind this ambitious 1950s campaign. 🏭
  20. 39. Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild awards — Answer: EVA. Hint: Think of the actress’s familiar first name, also shared by fellow performer Mendes. 🎬
  21. 40. Celestial sphere — Answer: ORB. Hint: Think of a perfectly round shape representing the heavens overhead. 🌌
  22. 41. Hold power, as a ruler — Answer: REIGN. Hint: A monarch does this when exercising authority over a kingdom. 👑
  23. 43. "You said it!" — Answer: AMEN. Hint: A brief word of agreement often heard at the end of a prayer 🙏
  24. 44. Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival? — Answer: HOLIMATRIMONY. Hint: Think of a wedding celebrated amid India’s exuberant festival of colors. 🎨
  25. 48. One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface — Answer: ETCHER. Hint: Think of an artist who creates permanent designs by carving or engraving shallow lines. 🖊️
  26. 49. Part of NATO: Abbr. — Answer: ORG. Hint: Think of the short abbreviation for what NATO is: an organized group of nations. 🌍
  27. 50. When repeated, "You get the gist" — Answer: YADDA. Hint: This casual expression is often doubled to mean “and so on” or “you know the rest.” 🔁
  28. 52. Enter furtively — Answer: CREEPIN. Hint: Slip inside quietly without attracting attention 🐈
  29. 56. Mysterious sight at night — Answer: UFO. Hint: Think of an unexplained object spotted overhead after dark 🛸
  30. 57. "Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.? — Answer: NAANAPOLOGY. Hint: Think of a formal apology whose punchline hinges on a catered bread shortage. 🫓
  31. 61. Scratch the surface of, say — Answer: MAR. Hint: Think of what a careless fingernail might do to a polished table. 🪵
  32. 62. Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe — Answer: DANISH. Hint: Both scientists hailed from the same Scandinavian country 🇩🇰
  33. 63. Stock market unveilings, for short — Answer: IPOS. Hint: These are abbreviated events when companies first offer shares to the public. 📈
  34. 64. "___ you done?" — Answer: ARE. Hint: A short verb completes this casual question asking whether something is finished. 🏁
  35. 65. Luxury transports — Answer: YACHTS. Hint: These opulent vessels are more likely to cruise past a marina than a highway. 🛥️
  36. 66. Common workout target — Answer: CORE. Hint: Think of the central muscles that help stabilize your whole body during exercise! 💪

Down

  1. 1. The "m" in many a physics equation — Answer: MASS. Hint: Think of the quantity of matter that gives objects inertia and appears in physics formulas. ⚛️
  2. 2. Self-assured words — Answer: ICAN. Hint: A confident little phrase expressing belief in your own ability might fit here. 💪
  3. 3. Actress Polo — Answer: TERI. Hint: This actress starred as Pam’s sister in the Meet the Parents films and in the TV series The Fosters. 🎬
  4. 4. Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball — Answer: TRIPLES. Hint: These three-base hits are often the hardest part of completing baseball’s cycle. ⚾
  5. 5. Sear — Answer: SCORCH. Hint: To sear something is to burn or char its surface intensely. 🔥
  6. 6. "___ of luck!" — Answer: LOTS. Hint: A cheerful phrase wishing someone plenty of good fortune. 🍀
  7. 7. Quick communications, in brief — Answer: IMS. Hint: Think of the compact shorthand for sending instant messages. 💬
  8. 8. Postgraduate deg. with management courses — Answer: MBA. Hint: This advanced business degree is a popular choice for aspiring managers. 🎓
  9. 9. Musician's asset — Answer: EAR. Hint: A good one helps you catch every note and stay in tune 🎵
  10. 10. Stylish shoe feature — Answer: STILETTO. Hint: Think of the slender, sky-high heel often seen on glamorous footwear. 👠
  11. 11. Someone you will never stop despising — Answer: SWORNENEMY. Hint: Think of the archrival you can never forgive. ⚔️
  12. 12. Green smoothie staple — Answer: KALE. Hint: This leafy green is a popular base for nutrient-packed blended drinks 🥤
  13. 13. Tosses in — Answer: ADDS. Hint: Think of putting something extra into the mix. ➕
  14. 18. "Little" Dickens girl — Answer: NELL. Hint: Think of the young heroine from Dickens’s *The Old Curiosity Shop*. 📖
  15. 22. Up to this point — Answer: YET. Hint: Used to mark a time before now, as in “not ___” 😏
  16. 24. ___-free (plastics label) — Answer: BPA. Hint: Look for the three-letter chemical whose absence is advertised on many reusable bottles. 🧴
  17. 25. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live" — Answer: ALUMNI. Hint: Think of the term for people who were once members of the show’s cast 🎭
  18. 26. Singer ___ Del Rey — Answer: LANA. Hint: This dreamy pop singer is known for “Summertime Sadness” and “Video Games.” 🎤
  19. 27. Longtime Hogwarts headmaster — Answer: DUMBLEDORE. Hint: Think of Harry Potter’s wise, white-bearded school leader before Snape took over 🧙
  20. 28. Set aflame — Answer: IGNITE. Hint: What you do when you light a candle or start a fire 🔥
  21. 29. Wander — Answer: ROVE. Hint: To move about aimlessly, like a little explorer with no fixed destination. 🚶
  22. 30. Graceful bird — Answer: SWAN. Hint: This elegant waterfowl is famous for gliding across ponds like royalty. 🦢
  23. 31. "Pick me! Pick me!" — Answer: OHOH. Hint: A playful repeated cry from someone eagerly seeking attention 📣
  24. 32. Infamous Roman ruler — Answer: NERO. Hint: This emperor is remembered for tyranny and, according to legend, fiddling while Rome burned. 🔥
  25. 36. Attractive plus-one — Answer: ARMCANDY. Hint: A glamorous companion who adds extra sparkle to your evening ✨
  26. 37. "You said it!" — Answer: YEAH. Hint: A casual way to agree with or confirm what someone just said. 👍
  27. 42. Canine warning — Answer: GRR. Hint: It’s the low, threatening sound a displeased dog might make. 🐕
  28. 43. Like a cherub — Answer: ANGELIC. Hint: Describes a sweet, heavenly-looking little figure often pictured with wings 😇
  29. 45. "___ be a real honor" — Answer: ITD. Hint: Look for a contraction expressing that something would be a real honor 😊
  30. 46. Transforms — Answer: MORPHS. Hint: Changes form or appearance, as a caterpillar eventually does 🦋
  31. 47. Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K. — Answer: OREO. Hint: Think of the iconic sandwich cookie whose U.K. version gets a chocolate coating 🍪
  32. 50. Arizona city or county — Answer: YUMA. Hint: This southwestern Arizona place is known for its desert heat and winter lettuce fields 🌵
  33. 51. At a distance — Answer: AFAR. Hint: A word describing something that happens far away. 🌌
  34. 52. Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes — Answer: CAST. Hint: Check the listing for the actors who appear in the movie 🎬
  35. 53. Cops, in slang — Answer: POPO. Hint: A casual slang nickname for the police. 👮
  36. 54. Iconic lab assistant of film — Answer: IGOR. Hint: Think of the famously hunchbacked helper often seen beside Frankenstein in classic films. 🧪
  37. 55. Where Anheuser-Busch is "BUD" — Answer: NYSE. Hint: Think of the major exchange where this beer giant’s stock symbol appears. 📈
  38. 58. Battery for a mouse — Answer: AAA. Hint: This tiny power source is the slim kind commonly used in small wireless accessories. 🔋
  39. 59. Anti-apartheid org. — Answer: ANC. Hint: This South African liberation movement fought against racial segregation and apartheid ✊
  40. 60. U.S. medical research agcy. — Answer: NIH. Hint: This federal agency funds and conducts biomedical research across the United States. 🧬

The answer to “Like a cherub” in the New York Times crossword is ANGELIC — a 7-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on August 4, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 43-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.

“Like a cherub” answer

ANGELIC (7 letters)

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Why the answer is ANGELIC

Describes a sweet, heavenly-looking little figure often pictured with wings 😇

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The answer is ANGELIC, a 7-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 4, 2026.

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7 letters: ANGELIC.

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In the New York Times crossword on August 4, 2026 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 43-Down.

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