The full solution for the NY Times August 09 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Erik Agard and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is Freestyle Exercise.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A One bit ATALL
- 6A Bad jobs HEISTS
- 12A Target of an annual vaccine FLU
- 15A x or y AXIS
- 19A Swimmer’s invitation COMEONINTHEWATERSFINE
- 23A One of two in Hawaii CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT
- 24A Father of the river gods, in Greek myth OCEANUS
- 25A Overwhelm SWAMP
- 26A Jamaican folk song about dock work DAYO
- 27A Ones who’ve made the team ROSTER
- 28A One at the U.S. mint? UNUM
- 29A Long-handled tool HOE
- 31A What might pile up during a digital detox EMAIL
- 35A Show great fondness, in a way DOTE
- 36A In the lead ONTOP
- 38A Cow DAUNT
- 40A Oscar winner Hathaway ANNE
- 41A Foxlike SLY
- 42A Winter pellets SLEET
- 43A ___ forgiveness DEBT
- 44A Say without saying HINTAT
- 46A Godsends BOONS
- 47A Up to 150 years, for a tortoise LIFESPAN
- 49A The first “C” of Vietnam’s H.C.M.C. CHI
- 50A Beaver’s home LODGE
- 51A Communicate through a disagreement HAVETHINGSOUT
- 53A Counterpart of 53-Down TODAY
- 54A Display perfect timing, much like dancers MOVEASONE
- 55A Agcy. that protects the right to unionize NLRB
- 56A Some Indian flatbreads ROTIS
- 57A First woman to play regularly in a major American men’s pro baseball league TONISTONE
- 58A Bond between Lazenby and Dalton MOORE
- 59A “Let’s do it” IMIN
- 60A Setting for Ghassan Kanafani’s “All That’s Left to You” and Mourid Barghouti’s “I Saw Ramallah” PALESTINE
- 61A Like a lion’s coat TAWNY
- 62A Reprimand that might be biting, ironically TONGUELASHING
- 64A Group of partridges COVEY
- 65A “www” string URL
- 66A Honey boo-boo? BEESTING
- 67A Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally DOMED
- 68A Up for the day ARISEN
- 70A Named names SANG
- 71A [Oh God …] GROAN
- 72A Nurse SIP
- 75A Many a spacious apartment LOFT
- 76A Stand-up comic ___ Wang SHENG
- 78A Where a band might go WRIST
- 79A “Gimme!” MINE
- 80A Go undefeated SWEEP
- 82A Enterprise letters USS
- 83A “Let’s put a smile on your plate” chain IHOP
- 84A Lover of Tristan ISOLDE
- 86A Combine, as resources POOL
- 88A Nintendo villain with a “W” on his cap WARIO
- 90A Bothersome recurrence FLAREUP
- 91A Controversial business oversight CORPORATESURVEILLANCE
- 96A Amusement park ride in which one’s legs dangle high off the ground INVERTEDROLLERCOASTER
- 97A Lip SASS
- 98A “___ bodkins!” (bygone oath) ODS
- 99A Comes clean, with “up” FESSES
- 100A Old Bulgarian rulers TSARS
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Results of some peace talks ACCORDS
- 2D “Wow!” TOOCOOL
- 3D Government act whose name comes from the Greek for “forgetfulness” AMNESTY
- 4D Papal representative LEGATE
- 5D Michaels of “Saturday Night Live” LORNE
- 6D Angry cat’s “greeting” HISS
- 7D Nav. rank ENS
- 8D Retort of denial ITISNOT
- 9D Offer emotional support (for) SHOWUP
- 10D Time that’s an artist’s name backward TENAM
- 11D Did the butterfly, e.g. SWAM
- 12D Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers FTD
- 13D Dutch city with a namesake jar LEIDEN
- 14D ___ Major URSA
- 15D “Because I Got High” rapper AFROMAN
- 16D 12 letters? XII
- 17D Magazine for entrepreneurs INC
- 18D Good to go SET
- 20D Branch with a stem? NEUROLOGY
- 21D Number of letters? ALPHABETSONG
- 22D Ocular affliction STYE
- 28D Uintah and Ouray reservation people UTES
- 30D Surpassed OUTSHONE
- 32D Group in support of a queen ANTCOLONY
- 33D Rushing around INAHURRY
- 34D Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney’s departure LETITBE
- 37D Reality TV icon ___ Leakes NENE
- 38D Edging, e.g. DEFEATING
- 39D Title for Macbeth THANE
- 42D Parts of many combo meals SODAS
- 43D Selling off, as stocks DIVESTING
- 45D Big inits. in Dutch banking ING
- 46D Foretelling of BODING
- 47D Bestowing extravagantly (on) LAVISHING
- 48D Source of fragrant cones PINE
- 50D Destiny LOTINLIFE
- 51D Something that might not be well received when someone asks “How do I look?” HONESTANSWER
- 52D Was flaky? SNOWED
- 53D Counterpart of 53-Across TOMORROW
- 54D It’s not exactly fast food MOLASSES
- 56D Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two RITUALS
- 57D Bit of folklore TALE
- 58D Wonk MAVEN
- 60D Hammer parts PEENS
- 61D Main ingredient in salsa verde TOMATILLO
- 63D Purple yam in Filipino desserts UBE
- 64D Sounds from pigeons COOS
- 67D Simple coffee brewing method DRIP
- 69D Treeless tracts STEPPES
- 71D Pleasing rhythms GROOVES
- 72D Diamond component? SILENTA
- 73D Gene-activating substance INDUCER
- 74D Eyes, informally PEEPERS
- 77D Danced at a luau HULAED
- 78D Eddies WHIRLS
- 79D Very complicated situation, so to speak MORASS
- 81D ___ People’s Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement) POOR
- 83D Self-congratulatory declaration IRULE
- 85D One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer SALAT
- 87D “___ take arms against a sea of troubles”: Hamlet ORTO
- 89D Since ASOF
- 90D Some fan-made literary works, informally FICS
- 91D Prefix with normative CIS
- 92D ___ shoestring ONA
- 93D They’re parked in parks RVS
- 94D Some OT enders TDS
- 95D Before, poetically ERE
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