The NY Times Mini Crossword August 19, 2026 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Instrument with an iconic solo in Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” DRUM
- 5 It’s in a pickle BRINE
- 6 Elevators, in British English LIFTS
- 7 Certain choir voices ALTOS
- 8 Sports org. for the Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls: Abbr. MLS
Down
- 1 Carpentry tool DRILL
- 2 Personal fallouts RIFTS
- 3 “Do ___ others …” (start of the Golden Rule) UNTO
- 4 Pickle MESS
- 5 “Kapow!” BLAM
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