The full solution for the NY Times August 23 2021 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This Monday’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Bruce Haight.
Clues are grouped in the order they appeared. If the answers below do not solve a specific clue just open the clue link and it will show you all the other possible solutions that we have solved. Along with today's puzzles, you will also find the answers of previous crossword puzzles by NYT, that were published in the recent days or weeks.
Across Clues
- Molten rock in a volcanoMAGMA
- Opposite of tight-fitting, as jeansBAGGY
- Does needleworkSEWS
- Native Americans originally of the PlainsOTOES
- State one’s viewsOPINE
- Welsh “John”EVAN
- “Siskel & Ebert & the Movies” catchphraseTWOTHUMBSUP
- Designer WangVERA
- “There! I did it!”TADA
- Grp. with a Most Wanted listFBI
- Typographical flourishSERIF
- Alternative to .com and .eduORG
- “Seinfeld” catchphraseNOSOUPFORYOU
- ManipulatesUSES
- Break down grammaticallyPARSE
- Lofty ambitionDREAM
- Headdress for the archbishop of CanterburyMITRE
- Relatives, informallyFAM
- “Columbo” catchphraseJUSTONEMORETHING
- Ave. crossersSTS
- The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g.IRONY
- Brings in, as a salaryEARNS
- Vowel sound heard twice in “true blue”LONGU
- What aspirin helps alleviateACHE
- “The Jackie Gleason Show” catchphraseHOWSWEETITIS
- West Coast winter hrs.PST
- Battery terminalANODE
- ScoundrelCAD
- Tiny bitIOTA
- Pond amphibianNEWT
- “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” catchphraseFINALANSWER
- Largest city in the Palestinian stateGAZA
- Aged Grimm characterCRONE
- Opposite of drowsyALERT
- Thick sliceSLAB
- The “99” in $2.99, e.g.CENTS
- Shore birdsTERNS
Vertical Clues
- “Be Prepared,” for Boy ScoutsMOTTO
- BattlingATWAR
- “You were close with that response”GOODGUESS
- Self-referential, in modern lingoMETA
- Campfire wasteASH
- Gets an F on a test, sayBOMBS
- Tough H.S. science courseAPBIO
- Ones with A.P.O. addressesGIS
- WildebeestGNU
- Slangy affirmativeYEP
- Harsh, as a storm or criticismSEVERE
- Each and ___EVERY
- Nintendo antagonist with a “W” on his capWARIO
- Mess of a mistakeSNAFU
- Interplanetary craft, for shortUFOS
- “Help!”SOS
- Verne captainNEMO
- Model KateUPTON
- Ward off, as a swordPARRY
- GratisFREE
- Took a chairSAT
- Record spinners, in briefDJS
- Groove it’s hard to get out ofRUT
- Sign at the end of an entrance rampMERGE
- “See ya!”IMOUT
- Military muscleFIREPOWER
- ___ Arbor, Mich.ANN
- Classic British sports carsMGS
- The sum of the digits of any multiple of ___ is a multiple of ___ (arithmetic curiosity)NINE
- Sleuths, in old slangTECS
- “Fat chance!”HAH
- ’60s drug doseLSDTAB
- Have debtsOWE
- Verdi operaAIDA
- Is suspendedHANGS
- Shaquille of the N.B.A.ONEAL
- “Surprisingly impressive!”WOWZA
- Words from one who’s defeatedICANT
- Many works of Edgar Allan PoeTALES
- Back of a shipSTERN
- Fruit dessertsTARTS
- Castaway’s siteISLE
- TV-monitoring agcy.FCC
- Ill temperIRE
- Parisian denialNON
- ___ King ColeNAT