The full solution for the NY Times August 20 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Sam Buchbinder and edited by Joel Fagliano.
Across Clues
- 1 Largest city in NebraskaOMAHA
- 6 “Excuse me ?”AHEM
- 10 Letters on old Soviet rocketsCCCP
- 14 Eschew the subway, sayCABIT
- 15 BooJEER
- 16 Surrounding glowAURA
- 17 Superscript by a brand nameTRADEMARKSYMBOL
- 20 Ballpark fig.EST
- 21 Losing line in tic-tac-toeOXO
- 22 Major in mass communication?POPE
- 23 “Won’t Get Fooled Again” rockersTHEWHO
- 26 The “F” of FTWFOR
- 27 Actress Wray of “King Kong”FAY
- 30 Fighter jet’s landing spotAIRFORCEBASE
- 34 Neighbor of an UzbekTAJIK
- 37 Longtime Heat coach SpoelstraERIK
- 38 AnnoysIRKS
- 39 Singer with the albums “21,” “25” and “30”ADELE
- 40 Director AngLEE
- 41 Man of MarseillesHOMME
- 42 Not doing muchIDLE
- 43 ___ ringMOOD
- 44 Areas for altarsAPSES
- 45 Investment banking giantGOLDMANSACHS
- 48 Lead-in to “-hoo”ANY
- 49 Apple platformIOS
- 50 Extended period of inactivityLAYOFF
- 54 Final opponent in a video game levelBOSS
- 56 With 57-Down, lacking in varietyONE
- 58 Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo ___ Turk”ALA
- 59 Best Picture winner of 1965 … or a description of the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across?THESOUNDOFMUSIC
- 64 Chef’s creationMEAL
- 65 “Sure, sure …”IBET
- 66 Kick outEVICT
- 67 Greek founder of StoicismZENO
- 68 Stun with a joltTASE
- 69 Things on a to-do listTASKS
Vertical Clues
- 1 Set of white pawns in chess, e.g.OCTET
- 2 Everglades ecosystemMARSH
- 3 SubsideABATE
- 4 Put out of sightHID
- 5 Had a ball … a meatball, that isATE
- 6 Warrior in the “Iliad”AJAX
- 7 Sub sandwichHERO
- 8 “A spider!”EEK
- 9 Logical “Star Trek” characterMRSPOCK
- 10 Setting for “Wet Hot American Summer”CAMP
- 11 Offices with partitioned workspaces, in slangCUBEFARMS
- 12 ___-Magnon manCRO
- 13 BudPAL
- 18 Tie at the dockMOOR
- 19 Days long agoYORE
- 24 Cried loudlyWAILED
- 25 Take to the trailHIKE
- 26 Curly-haired friend of Charlie BrownFRIEDA
- 28 “I’m here if you have questions!”ASKME
- 29 Green lightsYESES
- 31 Certain convicted criminalsFELONS
- 32 Twistable treatsOREOS
- 33 Tissue sample testBIOPSY
- 34 Evergreen forest that covers much of CanadaTAIGA
- 35 ExtraADDON
- 36 Item in a classic guessing contestJELLYBEAN
- 41 “LOL”HAHA
- 43 Iconic outfit for a noted chairmanMAOSUIT
- 46 Japanese soup flavoringMISO
- 47 Staff leader?CLEF
- 51 “Wonderwall” groupOASIS
- 52 Movie, informallyFLICK
- 53 “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own ___”: Daniel Patrick MoynihanFACTS
- 55 1952 Winter Olympics hostOSLO
- 56 Poems of praiseODES
- 57 See 56-AcrossNOTE
- 59 Celebrity gossip websiteTMZ
- 60 ___-hawHEE
- 61 Org. associated with the John Tesh instrumental “Roundball Rock”NBA
- 62 Got togetherMET
- 63 2019 March Madness champs, for shortUVA
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