Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, August 23, 2026 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on August 23?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for August 23, 2026
The full solution for the August 23 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Sunday, August 23.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for August 23, 2026
Every clue from the August 23 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | "Awesome!" | RAD |
| 4 | Many profs | PHDS |
| 8 | What a crush might make you do | FLIRT |
| 13 | Predator with dermal denticles | SHARK |
| 18 | Silent film actor Jannings | EMIL |
| 20 | Reclined | LAIN |
| 21 | More intense, as an emotion | RAWER |
| 22 | Early stage of a drug trial | PHASEI |
| 23 | Peace symbol | DOVE |
| 24 | Adage promoting thrift | APSAVEDISAPEARNED |
| 27 | Itty-bitty | TEENSY |
| 29 | Return filers, for short | CPAS |
| 30 | Barely keeps going, with "along" | LIMPS |
| 31 | Fish with leaf-shaped larvae | EELS |
| 32 | Image on one side of this puzzle's subject | ABRAHAMLINCOLN |
| 35 | Start of a historic triple boast | ICAME |
| 37 | Seminole's rival, in college athletics | GATOR |
| 38 | Liturgical singer | CANTOR |
| 39 | Quick cut | SNIP |
| 40 | Subtitle alternative | DUB |
| 43 | Yogurt drink in Delhi | LASSI |
| 45 | Monklike, in a way | ASCETIC |
| 48 | Angle variable in geometry | THETA |
| 50 | Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025) | USMINT |
| 53 | Periodical, informally | MAG |
| 55 | Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees | GOTH |
| 56 | Duck known for its insulating feathers | EIDER |
| 57 | Make smelly | STINKUP |
| 59 | One of 12, astrologically | LEO |
| 61 | "Balderdash!" | ROT |
| 62 | "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short | WSJ |
| 63 | "Omigosh!" | EEK |
| 64 | Drug enforcer, informally | NARC |
| 66 | "When We Were Young" singer, 2015 | ADELE |
| 68 | Its capital is Roma | ITALIA |
| 72 | Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry | ONEAPTWOAPHOTCROSSBUNS |
| 77 | A failed transaction | NOSALE |
| 78 | Good, but not great, grade | BPLUS |
| 79 | Tennis great Arthur | ASHE |
| 80 | ___ King Cole | NAT |
| 81 | Fall asleep, with "off" | NOD |
| 82 | Word with constrictor or feather | BOA |
| 83 | Goddess of the dawn | EOS |
| 85 | Car-pooling convenience | HOVLANE |
| 88 | Taco bar adjective | ASADA |
| 91 | ___ Féin | SINN |
| 92 | ___ room | REC |
| 94 | Showing less bias | FAIRER |
| 95 | Musical staff symbol | CCLEF |
| 96 | Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing | KNEEING |
| 99 | "Sounds like a blast!" | OHFUN |
| 101 | Mini-gulp | SIP |
| 102 | Some Ivy Leaguers | ELIS |
| 104 | Meeting that goes above and beyond? | SEANCE |
| 106 | Intimate | GETAT |
| 110 | Bitter | ACRID |
| 112 | Image on one side of this puzzle's subject | THEUNIONSHIELD |
| 115 | Badge-pinning site | SASH |
| 117 | Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment | BODHI |
| 119 | Spanish for "wealthy" | RICO |
| 120 | Get in the game? | ANTEUP |
| 121 | Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across | PUTINYOURTWOCENTS |
| 125 | D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon" | EMMA |
| 126 | Paradise | UTOPIA |
| 127 | Pucker producer, perhaps | LEMON |
| 128 | Modernists, informally | NEOS |
| 129 | Department store department | MENS |
| 130 | Vikings, for example | NORSE |
| 131 | Long members of the onion family | LEEKS |
| 132 | Nervous | EDGY |
| 133 | Slam | DIS |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Discount merchandise indicator | REDTAG |
| 2 | Organism that moves using pseudopodia | AMOEBA |
| 3 | Change the course of | DIVERT |
| 4 | ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort) | PLAYA |
| 5 | Two farthings, informally | HAP |
| 6 | Deny responsibility for | DISCLAIM |
| 7 | Like certain easy-to-install hardware components | SNAPIN |
| 8 | Much of Diego Rivera's work | FRESCOS |
| 9 | Young Scot | LAD |
| 10 | "You can count on me" | IWILL |
| 11 | It can become amber | RESIN |
| 12 | Streetcar | TRAM |
| 13 | Doo-wop's ___ Na Na | SHA |
| 14 | Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire | HAREM |
| 15 | If necessary | ASNEEDED |
| 16 | Scottish dance | REEL |
| 17 | Offspring | KIDS |
| 19 | "Enemies, a Love Story" actress | LENAOLIN |
| 22 | "GoodFellas" Oscar winner | PESCI |
| 25 | Perspective | VANTAGE |
| 26 | Demonstrate frugality, in a way | PPINCH |
| 28 | Got tinier | SHRANK |
| 33 | Hosts, in brief | MCS |
| 34 | Tolkien monster | ORC |
| 36 | Exams for ambitious H.S. students | APTESTS |
| 39 | Date night bookings | SITTERS |
| 41 | Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau | UTE |
| 42 | Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon | BAR |
| 44 | Having impeded growth | STUNTED |
| 46 | Bird with an S-shaped neck | EGRET |
| 47 | Place for pliers | TOOLCASE |
| 49 | Muslim head scarf | HIJAB |
| 50 | Target with, as a pickup line | USEON |
| 51 | Scribe in a courtroom, in brief | STENO |
| 52 | Prepares for an interview, say | MIKES |
| 54 | Notorious Chicago bootlegger | ALCAPONE |
| 58 | What a dog uses to shake | PAW |
| 60 | Island location of Iolani Palace | OAHU |
| 62 | Say something fresh | WISEOFF |
| 65 | Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" | ROBBINS |
| 67 | Information in a prescription | DOSE |
| 69 | Out of this world? | LUNAR |
| 70 | Silly | INANE |
| 71 | Fall bloomer | ASTER |
| 73 | "Hoarders" network | AANDE |
| 74 | Shoe originally known as a "Weejun" | PLOAFER |
| 75 | Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song | PLANE |
| 76 | "Wow!" | OHH |
| 84 | Like many farm stand purchases | ORGANIC |
| 86 | "Dodgeball" star Vince | VAUGHN |
| 87 | Specific charge on an invoice | LINEITEM |
| 88 | Cooling units, in brief | ACS |
| 89 | Poli-___ | SCI |
| 90 | Pork-based taco option | ALPASTOR |
| 91 | Snowmobile brand | SKIDOO |
| 93 | Made cozy | COCOONED |
| 97 | Suffix in British English | ISE |
| 98 | Makeup of a nervous system, largely | NEURONS |
| 100 | Layer of a farm | HEN |
| 103 | Locale for camel racing | LIBYA |
| 105 | Christians' ___ Creed | NICENE |
| 107 | Overflowed (with) | TEEMED |
| 108 | Reunion attendees | ALUMNI |
| 109 | Cause for a QB's celebration | TDPASS |
| 111 | Fries in England | CHIPS |
| 112 | Deuce topper | THREE |
| 113 | "I'll take another card" | HITME |
| 114 | Cheeky | SASSY |
| 115 | Like cotton candy | SPUN |
| 116 | Lead-in to pilot or pay | AUTO |
| 118 | Grayish, say | DULL |
| 122 | Emphatic refusal in Germany | NIE |
| 123 | Stir-fry staple | WOK |
| 124 | Dress (up) | TOG |
Hints for the August 23 puzzle
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