New York Times Crossword August 5 2026 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on August 5 2026, constructed by Daniel Bodily. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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- 1AWith 6-Across, #1 hit›
- 6A–›
- 12AWith 14-Across, ultimately fruitless›
- 14A–›
- 15AWith 16-Across, beverage sold in pastel-colored cans›
- 16A–›
- 17AWith 18-Across, measures of search engine optimization›
- 18A–›
- 20AWith 22-Across, pocket ID holder›
- 22A–›
- 26AWith 28-Across, temple services?›
- 28A–›
- 32AWith 34-Across, sequestration of a greenhouse gas›
- 34A–›
- 35AWith 36-Across, sparsely populated African land›
- 36A–›
- 37AWith 39-Across, web crawlers, e.g.›
- 39A–›
- 40AWith 41-Across, loses all one's dough›
- 41A–›
- 43AWith 46-Across, Starbuck vis-à-vis Captain Ahab›
- 46A–›
- 50AWith 54-Across, math that underpins computer logic›
- 54A–›
- 57AWith 58-Across, member of the last undefeated N.C.A.A. Division I men's basketball team (1976)›
- 58A–›
- 59AWith 60-Across, tallies attendees›
- 60A–›
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- 1DMichael of "Barbie"›
- 2DAlexander who served under Reagan, Nixon and Ford›
- 3DAxlike tool depicted in hieroglyphs›
- 4DCity on Guanabara Bay, familiarly›
- 5DParamount ancestor, in brief›
- 6DApt rhyme of "clock"›
- 7DIsn't settled up›
- 8DHigh degree›
- 9DWord with project or peeve›
- 10DBefore, in a hymnbook›
- 11DStephen of "V for Vendetta"›
- 12DOne of 25 in a track 10K›
- 13DActress Teri›
- 14DWriter Anaïs whose name is hidden in this clue›
- 19DCapt.'s superior›
- 20DPole tossed in a Scottish game›
- 21DBeautify›
- 22DStone figure?›
- 23DPetri dish gels›
- 24DCompany that debuted Sonic the Hedgehog›
- 25DLegal termination?›
- 26DProverbial waste maker›
- 27DSome Deco works›
- 29D"Well, I have to save my ___" (Shrek line)›
- 30DTotal guesses›
- 31D"Ooh-la-la!"›
- 32DOur "-zoic"›
- 33DFlorence-to-Venice dir.›
- 35DPart of a George Washington costume (though he rarely wore one)›
- 38DCable channel with many reruns›
- 42DSite of the 2002 and 2034 Winter Olympics›
- 43DBig success›
- 44DActors McKellen and McShane›
- 45DMessenger ___›
- 46DImbroglio›
- 47DRose's lover of 1920s Broadway›
- 48DNúmero de Caballeros in a 1944 film›
- 49DSomething that may be lent or bent›
- 50DPen letters?›
- 51DMusical Yoko›
- 52DSch. in Norfolk, Va.›
- 53D"Hamilton" star ___-Manuel Miranda›
- 55DApt name for a groundskeeper?›
- 56DWord that becomes its own synonym when "p" is added to the end›
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