NYT Crossword August 13 2026 Answers

All 78 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES78 CLUES

ACROSS

1ATake a quick turn3 lettersZAG

4ASound from a monitor4 lettersBEEP

8AOne who's definitely not being invited to the party6 lettersPARIAH

14ALetters indicating a texter's P.O.V.3 lettersIMO

15AFried side dish with catfish, perhaps4 lettersOKRA

16ACough drop brand whose name is yodeled in its commercials6 lettersRICOLA

17AMafia members, e.g.8 lettersLOBSTERS

19AGave a talking to?6 lettersORATED

20ATiptoed, say5 lettersCREPT

21ABamboozle5 lettersSTUMP

23AMichigan, in Chicago: Abbr.3 lettersAVE

24AMessenger6 lettersHERALD

26AAlimony recipients, say8 lettersESPOUSES

28ABoil … or a sign of boiling5 lettersSTEAM

30AImportant travel info, in brief4 lettersETDS

31ADessert often eaten before the ides of March3 lettersPIE

33AHold up5 lettersSTALL

35A"Light" weapon5 lettersSABER

39AVerbalized shivers4 lettersBRRS

41ADrinks at a pub5 lettersAXLES

43AKind of bean used in Egyptian falafel4 lettersFAVA

44A___ Ingebrigtsen, track gold medalist at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics5 lettersJAKOB

46ATeary-eyed expression5 lettersIMSAD

48AIn need of training, say3 lettersNEW

49ACollect over and over, as resources in a video game4 lettersFARM

51APass, as time doing something5 lettersSPEND

53A11th of a noted 128 lettersAQUARIUM

57AWas especially wintry6 lettersSNOWED

60APart of a slider3 lettersBUN

61A___ Roy, "Succession" role for which Kieran Culkin won an Emmy5 lettersROMAN

63A"It is not enough to be industrious; ___ the ants": Henry David Thoreau5 lettersSOARE

64ASmallest member of the genus Lynx6 lettersBOBCAT

66AEvaluating, as an opponent … or a hint to "fitting" the answers to the italicized clues into the grid8 lettersSIZINGUP

68AUncommon color on the red carpet6 lettersORANGE

69ADraw together, as brows4 lettersKNIT

70ADecline cookies, say, with "out"3 lettersOPT

71ASoaked up the sun6 lettersTANNED

72A___ Pictures (media giant)4 lettersSONY

73ALast term in a math lecture series?3 lettersNTH

DOWN

1D05 lettersZILCH

2DLove of Bologna5 lettersAMORE

3DFly off the handle9 lettersGOBERSERK

4DThey might have deposits7 lettersBOTTLES

5DPull (out), as a narrow victory3 lettersEKE

6DMakes an oopsie4 lettersERRS

7DSticky stuff5 lettersPASTE

8DQuery for Claude, e.g.6 lettersPROMPT

9DApple accessory announced alongside the removal of the iPhone's headphone jack7 lettersAIRPODS

10DRecord label owned by 72-Across3 lettersRCA

11DLittlest bits5 lettersIOTAS

12DMotrin alternative5 lettersALEVE

13DEpitome of a hot place5 lettersHADES

18DReacted to a bad taste, perhaps4 lettersSPAT

22DLike a bike without wheels7 lettersUSELESS

25D"Gold" of the 21st century4 lettersDATA

27DOrg. focused on cloud security?4 lettersUSAF

29DFive stars on a scale, typically7 lettersMAXIMUM

31DSandwich that may be a bit crunchy, for short3 lettersPBJ

32DApt name for an investor3 lettersIRA

34DA.I. that has been trained with massive amounts of text, in brief3 lettersLLM

36DSomething to jump on9 lettersBANDWAGON

37DMany a sleepless night3 lettersEVE

38DUntapped, as talent3 lettersRAW

40DCasual gaming site?4 lettersSOFA

42DDrains the life out of4 lettersSAPS

45DOverwhelming stream7 lettersBARRAGE

47DCompactness7 lettersDENSITY

50DRan amok6 lettersRIOTED

52DLunchtime, say4 lettersNOON

53DMonastic superior5 lettersABBOT

54DWebsite that describes itself as "a place to share knowledge and better understand the world"5 lettersQUORA

55DAllow to post on a forum again, e.g.5 lettersUNBAN

56DUses caution while in public during flu season, say5 lettersMASKS

58DGo off with a bang5 lettersERUPT

59DConsideration when diving5 lettersDEPTH

62DEl ___4 lettersNINO

65DChannel that pioneered 24-hour TV reporting3 lettersCNN

67DGrape whose "white" wine is actually pink, informally3 lettersZIN

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