NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 7, 2026
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorJesse Cohn
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
What suggests that relief is at hand? (10)
Starts with S, ends with LSTRESSBALL→
15A
"News to me" (10)
Starts with I, ends with AIHADNOIDEA→
16A
Shankar who co-composed the score for 1982's "Gandhi" (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAVI→
17A
"Well, now everyone will know" (15)
Starts with C, ends with GCATSOUTOFTHEBAG→
19A
Family nickname (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSIS→
20A
Spot for a light punishment (5)
Starts with W, ends with TWRIST→
21A
Eponym of U.S. track and field's Male Athlete of the Year Award (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOWENS→
22A
Member of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan base (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
23A
Acronymic weapon (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTASER→
25A
Tree whose name has multiple pronunciations (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPECAN→
27A
Laugh, laugh, laugh (8)
Starts with B, ends with TBUSTAGUT→
30A
Geneticist's finding (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRAIT→
31A
Wasteful government spending, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with KPORK→
32A
Big name in sandals (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATEVA→
33A
"It's ___ or nothin'!" (classic kids' commercial slogan) (4)
Starts with N, ends with FNERF→
34A
Many of the characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (5)
Starts with T, ends with STOONS→
35A
Word with block or platform (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHEEL→
36A
Tangy hybrid (4)
Starts with U, ends with IUGLI→
37A
Gobsmacks (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAWES→
38A
Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide (5)
Starts with B, ends with LBIGAL→
39A
Elf, say (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTOYMAKER→
41A
They may be covered (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSONGS→
42A
Opportunity on Mars, say (5)
Starts with R, ends with RROVER→
43A
Piece of ice in the drink? (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBERG→
44A
Name of "the other reindeer" in a common Christmas mondegreen (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOLIVE→
46A
Waffle patterns (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGRIDS→
48A
Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr. (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNYC→
51A
Field you make tracks in (15)
Starts with M, ends with NMUSICPRODUCTION→
54A
Blue rasp-"brr!"-y treat? (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
55A
Flying nuisance (10)
Starts with G, ends with EGATECHANGE→
56A
Besmirches (4)
Starts with T, ends with STARS→
57A
What someone might get quickly around lunchtime (10)
Starts with A, ends with TABITETOEAT→
Down
1D
Sets (on) (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSICS→
2D
Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" poll (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITHAI→
3D
Intruders in urban trash cans (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
4D
Ones who might cut the line, in brief? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEDS→
5D
Ski slope vehicle (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSNOWCAT→
6D
Lose affection for (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSOURON→
7D
Wiped out, in slang (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBITIT→
8D
Fusses (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADOS→
9D
No-nos at some highway intersections (9)
Starts with L, ends with SLEFTTURNS→
10D
Trap neighbor (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLAT→
11D
Relationship-defining question (11)
Starts with A, ends with GAREWEATHING→
12D
Bejeweled target of a heist in "Ocean's Twelve" (10)
Starts with F, ends with GFABERGEEGG→
13D
McMullin of Utah politics (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEVAN→
14D
Features of some early presidential portraits (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWIGS→
18D
Whole lot (4)
Starts with H, ends with THOST→
22D
Films in which many stars might appear (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSCIFIMOVIES→
24D
Grills, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASKS→
25D
Competitor of Rao's (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPREGO→
26D
One likely to be "healthy, wealthy and wise," per Benjamin Franklin (10)
Starts with E, ends with REARLYRISER→
27D
Vocal critic (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBOOER→
28D
Iris settings (5)
Starts with U, ends with SUVEAS→
30D
Bit of threaded hardware (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTNUT→
31D
Attempt to seize control (9)
Starts with P, ends with BPOWERGRAB→
34D
Perspective (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAKE→
38D
One dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinner (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBORSCHT→
40D
Faire ___ (get by with, in French) (4)
Starts with A, ends with CAVEC→
43D
European fixture (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBIDET→
44D
Skip over (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOMIT→
45D
Title boy in a 2021 Pixar film (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALUCA→
47D
Word that comes from Sanskrit for "bread" (4)
Starts with R, ends with IROTI→
48D
Score somewhat akin to an A- (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
49D
Flexible practice? (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYOGA→
50D
Website associated with the domain www.news.com (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCNET→
52D
Tour org. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APGA→
53D
Fields Medal winner Terence (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTAO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 7, 2026?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jesse Cohn and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: What suggests that relief is at hand? (STRESSBALL); Some (AFEW); "News to me" (IHADNOIDEA).
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