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NYT Crossword August 5 2026 Answers

All 72 clues from the Wednesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES72 CLUES
ACROSS
1AWith 6-Across, #1 hit5 lettersSee answer ›12AWith 14-Across, ultimately fruitless7 lettersSee answer ›15AWith 16-Across, beverage sold in pastel-colored cans7 lettersSee answer ›17AWith 18-Across, measures of search engine optimization4 lettersSee answer ›20AWith 22-Across, pocket ID holder4 lettersSee answer ›26AWith 28-Across, temple services?4 lettersSee answer ›32AWith 34-Across, sequestration of a greenhouse gas6 lettersSee answer ›35AWith 36-Across, sparsely populated African land7 lettersSee answer ›37AWith 39-Across, web crawlers, e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›40AWith 41-Across, loses all one's dough4 lettersSee answer ›43AWith 46-Across, Starbuck vis-à-vis Captain Ahab5 lettersSee answer ›50AWith 54-Across, math that underpins computer logic7 lettersSee answer ›57AWith 58-Across, member of the last undefeated N.C.A.A. Division I men's basketball team (1976)7 lettersSee answer ›59AWith 60-Across, tallies attendees6 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DMichael of "Barbie"4 lettersSee answer ›2DAlexander who served under Reagan, Nixon and Ford4 lettersSee answer ›3DAxlike tool depicted in hieroglyphs4 lettersSee answer ›4DCity on Guanabara Bay, familiarly3 lettersSee answer ›5DParamount ancestor, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›6DApt rhyme of "clock"4 lettersSee answer ›7DIsn't settled up4 lettersSee answer ›8DHigh degree3 lettersSee answer ›9DWord with project or peeve3 lettersSee answer ›10DBefore, in a hymnbook3 lettersSee answer ›11DStephen of "V for Vendetta"3 lettersSee answer ›12DOne of 25 in a track 10K3 lettersSee answer ›13DActress Teri4 lettersSee answer ›14DWriter Anaïs whose name is hidden in this clue3 lettersSee answer ›19DCapt.'s superior3 lettersSee answer ›20DPole tossed in a Scottish game5 lettersSee answer ›21DBeautify5 lettersSee answer ›22DStone figure?5 lettersSee answer ›23DPetri dish gels5 lettersSee answer ›24DCompany that debuted Sonic the Hedgehog4 lettersSee answer ›25DLegal termination?3 lettersSee answer ›26DProverbial waste maker5 lettersSee answer ›27DSome Deco works5 lettersSee answer ›29D"Well, I have to save my ___" (Shrek line)3 lettersSee answer ›30DTotal guesses5 lettersSee answer ›31D"Ooh-la-la!"5 lettersSee answer ›32DOur "-zoic"4 lettersSee answer ›33DFlorence-to-Venice dir.3 lettersSee answer ›35DPart of a George Washington costume (though he rarely wore one)3 lettersSee answer ›38DCable channel with many reruns3 lettersSee answer ›42DSite of the 2002 and 2034 Winter Olympics4 lettersSee answer ›43DBig success4 lettersSee answer ›44DActors McKellen and McShane4 lettersSee answer ›45DMessenger ___3 lettersSee answer ›46DImbroglio4 lettersSee answer ›47DRose's lover of 1920s Broadway4 lettersSee answer ›48DNúmero de Caballeros in a 1944 film4 lettersSee answer ›49DSomething that may be lent or bent3 lettersSee answer ›50DPen letters?3 lettersSee answer ›51DMusical Yoko3 lettersSee answer ›52DSch. in Norfolk, Va.3 lettersSee answer ›53D"Hamilton" star ___-Manuel Miranda3 lettersSee answer ›55DApt name for a groundskeeper?3 lettersSee answer ›56DWord that becomes its own synonym when "p" is added to the end3 lettersSee answer ›
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