NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 19, 2026
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorKareem Ayas
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Sahara-esque (4)
Starts with A, ends with DARID→
5A
Exams for high school jrs. (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPSATS→
10A
Private sleeping accommodations? (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCOTS→
14A
"Didn't you get the ___?" (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
15A
Wipe from one's memory, so to speak (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUNSEE→
16A
Section in a textbook (4)
Starts with U, ends with TUNIT→
17A
"___ She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder hit) (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
18A
Deceptive move in fencing (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFEINT→
19A
Depend (on) (4)
Starts with R, ends with YRELY→
20A
Natural pillow filling (13)
Starts with G, ends with SGOOSEFEATHERS→
23A
Graffiti, to some (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
24A
Three unnamed things, in shorthand (3)
Starts with X, ends with ZXYZ→
25A
Quinceañeras, e.g. (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRITES→
28A
Lifted (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTOLE→
30A
Services for senior citizens (9)
Starts with E, ends with EELDERCARE→
34A
Hybrid tennis attire (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSKORT→
36A
Word with pan, pump or paint (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
37A
___ Minor (4)
Starts with U, ends with AURSA→
38A
Unofficial vote (9)
Starts with S, ends with LSTRAWPOLL→
41A
President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTAFT→
44A
"___ got it!" (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIVE→
45A
Cats and dogs, for example (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOUNS→
48A
Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies (9)
Starts with B, ends with TBLACKBART→
51A
Excludes (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOMITS→
53A
Mount ___ Health System (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISINAI→
54A
Immature high score initials on an arcade game (3)
Starts with A, ends with SASS→
56A
Something to trust (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGUT→
57A
62A
They offer support (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAS→
64A
Speak at a political convention, perhaps (5)
Starts with O, ends with EORATE→
66A
Facility (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
67A
2008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot (5)
Starts with W, ends with EWALLE→
68A
Semiaquatic relative of a weasel (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMINK→
69A
Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6 (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDYES→
70A
Fall bloom (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTER→
71A
Cave wall hangings? (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBATS→
Down
1D
Female friends from Fuenlabrada (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAMIGAS→
2D
Some vacation destinations (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRESORTS→
3D
"My mood is pretty low" (7)
Starts with I, ends with KIMNOTOK→
4D
Top three sights in Fiji? (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDOTS→
5D
Like eyes during an allergy attack (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPUFFY→
6D
"Bless you!" elicitor (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESNEEZE→
7D
___ Minor (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
8D
Something that's pitched (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTENT→
9D
"Family Guy" creator MacFarlane (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSETH→
10D
Set of courses offered (10)
Starts with C, ends with MCURRICULUM→
11D
Miserable rating (7)
Starts with O, ends with RONESTAR→
12D
"___ death do us part" (3)
Starts with T, ends with LTIL→
13D
What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSTY→
21D
Put forth (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEXERT→
22D
Drop the ball (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
26D
Verbal hesitations (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
27D
Neptune's territory (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
29D
Situations one might no longer put effort into (10)
Starts with L, ends with SLOSTCAUSES→
33D
North Carolina university (4)
Starts with E, ends with NELON→
35D
Chicago paper, with "the" (4)
Starts with T, ends with BTRIB→
39D
___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAVA→
40D
Not taut (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELOOSE→
41D
Longtime "American Dad!" airer (3)
Starts with T, ends with STBS→
42D
2001 biopic starring Will Smith (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
43D
The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g. (7)
Starts with F, ends with EFANBASE→
46D
Country bordering Chad and Benin (7)
Starts with N, ends with ANIGERIA→
47D
Lecture attendee (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSTUDENT→
49D
___ royale (Champagne cocktail) (3)
Starts with K, ends with RKIR→
50D
Rat (on) (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETATTLE→
52D
They can be well-done (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEAKS→
55D
See-through (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSHEER→
58D
Part of the Corn Belt (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOWA→
59D
Important stretches (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
60D
The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSALT→
61D
What a shepherd may shepherd (4)
Starts with L, ends with BLAMB→
62D
Bouncy part of a trampoline (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBED→
63D
"A drop of golden sun," in song (3)
Starts with R, ends with YRAY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 19, 2026?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kareem Ayas and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Sahara-esque (ARID); Exams for high school jrs. (PSATS); Private sleeping accommodations? (COTS).
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