The full solution for the NY Times August 19 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Kareem Ayas and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Sahara-esque ARID
- 5A Exams for high school jrs. PSATS
- 10A Private sleeping accommodations? COTS
- 14A “Didn’t you get the ___?” MEMO
- 15A Wipe from one’s memory, so to speak UNSEE
- 16A Section in a textbook UNIT
- 17A “___ She Lovely” (Stevie Wonder hit) ISNT
- 18A Deceptive move in fencing FEINT
- 19A Depend (on) RELY
- 20A Natural pillow filling GOOSEFEATHERS
- 23A Graffiti, to some ART
- 24A Three unnamed things, in shorthand XYZ
- 25A Quinceañeras, e.g. RITES
- 28A Lifted STOLE
- 30A Services for senior citizens ELDERCARE
- 34A Hybrid tennis attire SKORT
- 36A Word with pan, pump or paint OIL
- 37A ___ Minor URSA
- 38A Unofficial vote STRAWPOLL
- 41A President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college TAFT
- 44A “___ got it!” IVE
- 45A Cats and dogs, for example NOUNS
- 48A Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies BLACKBART
- 51A Excludes OMITS
- 53A Mount ___ Health System SINAI
- 54A Immature high score initials on an arcade game ASS
- 56A Something to trust GUT
- 57A Hides one’s central point, in a way … with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across BURIESTHELEDE
- 62A They offer support BRAS
- 64A Speak at a political convention, perhaps ORATE
- 65A Field AREA
- 66A Facility EASE
- 67A 2008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot WALLE
- 68A Semiaquatic relative of a weasel MINK
- 69A Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6 DYES
- 70A Fall bloom ASTER
- 71A Cave wall hangings? BATS
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Female friends from Fuenlabrada AMIGAS
- 2D Some vacation destinations RESORTS
- 3D “My mood is pretty low” IMNOTOK
- 4D Top three sights in Fiji? DOTS
- 5D Like eyes during an allergy attack PUFFY
- 6D “Bless you!” elicitor SNEEZE
- 7D ___ Minor ASIA
- 8D Something that’s pitched TENT
- 9D “Family Guy” creator MacFarlane SETH
- 10D Set of courses offered CURRICULUM
- 11D Miserable rating ONESTAR
- 12D “___ death do us part” TIL
- 13D What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to STY
- 21D Put forth EXERT
- 22D Drop the ball ERR
- 26D Verbal hesitations ERS
- 27D Neptune’s territory SEA
- 29D Situations one might no longer put effort into LOSTCAUSES
- 31D Drop LOWER
- 32D Drop DIP
- 33D North Carolina university ELON
- 35D Chicago paper, with “the” TRIB
- 39D ___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit “Sweet but Psycho” AVA
- 40D Not taut LOOSE
- 41D Longtime “American Dad!” airer TBS
- 42D 2001 biopic starring Will Smith ALI
- 43D The “Beyhive” for Beyoncé, e.g. FANBASE
- 46D Country bordering Chad and Benin NIGERIA
- 47D Lecture attendee STUDENT
- 49D ___ royale (Champagne cocktail) KIR
- 50D Rat (on) TATTLE
- 52D They can be well-done STEAKS
- 55D See-through SHEER
- 58D Part of the Corn Belt IOWA
- 59D Important stretches ERAS
- 60D The word “salary” derives from the Latin for this SALT
- 61D What a shepherd may shepherd LAMB
- 62D Bouncy part of a trampoline BED
- 63D “A drop of golden sun,” in song RAY
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