NYT Crossword August 16 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on August 16 2026.

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Clues Across (64 total)

(1)
Work parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita"
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Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
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One's opponents
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Uncool
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Untold
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Down Under runners
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Caramel-filled candy
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Word following bear or honey
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_ATSO_ and _EKYL_
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Astonished, informally
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With 45-Across, many a correspondent
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Do business
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Uncle, in Uruguay
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Water nymph of Greek myth
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Poet's Muse
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Memorial ___ Kettering (New York City medical facility)
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_RAVES
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It may be petrified
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Acknowledge
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El ___, Tex.
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Sass
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See 28-Across
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Eggy quaff
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Trudge
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Approaching
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Some funerary selections
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SAG_
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Stands for speakers
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Preserver of freshness
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Sent
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Place for a sailor's anchor, informally
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Hunk
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Disapproving syllables
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It may be mental
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Out, in a way
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"That's cool, man"
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Words that may open doors
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_NIGHT
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Learning method
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Guard, as a goal
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Get rid of
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"Yadda, yadda"
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Squeaker … or squealer
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Home improvement initials
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Italian wine city
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Fiber also known as viscose
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Toddler's jumping spot on a rainy day
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FRAN_
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More reasonable
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Interprets
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Suspended musical instruments
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Vein contents
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Calm
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Title that becomes loftier when an E is added
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Escort to a penthouse, say
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_IALO_
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Even
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Carry on
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Tender cut
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Pie portions, shapewise
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Crones
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Gas brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet
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Invention originally developed as a yellow dye
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Refuse to budge
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Clues Down (76 total)

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Striplings
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Texter's "Then again …"
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Bananas
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Chants
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Briefly swam
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Home to more than 1,500 languages: Abbr.
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Affixed, as a patch
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"Let's do this!"
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Macadamia, for one
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Closely following
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Racing vehicle
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Napoleon exile site
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No longer relevant
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Inc., abroad
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Childish comeback
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Maid of Sherwood Forest
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Many a printer
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Consequences of supply chain problems
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Cross
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Dizzying gallery works
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Pauses while playing
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Treasure or desert follower
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Ewoks' home moon
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Job that may involve jumping through hoops
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Form of detective fiction
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Channel for gaming enthusiasts?
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Actress Skye
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Words after check, follow or catch
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Bum
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Reason to take a shot
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Some odoriferous gifts
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Smartphone predecessors, for short
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Female rapper with a longtime feud with Foxy Brown
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"Diminutive" Greek letter
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Nickname that omits "-ory"
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London park
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Chemistry test?
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Travel bag
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Bag
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Not very favorable, as some 84-Down
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Car with a stylized lightning bolt logo
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Thai money
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"Gotcha"
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Group with a tartan
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It may drive one to distraction, in brief
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Thumbnail, maybe
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A-lister
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Sauce traditionally made in a mortar
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Steal
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Attach with a click
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Carpenter's spacer
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Ophthalmology concerns
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Green sci.
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2 to 5, say
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Infraction at an arcade
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___ of Horus (Egyptian symbol of healing)
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Element used in bulb filaments
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"Shoo!"
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Display some emotion, perhaps
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Member of the N.F.L.'s "Big Blue," in brief
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Prepares to puree, perhaps, as papayas
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Fantasy realm ruled by King Caspian
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Feature of Anthony Robles, a 2011 N.C.A.A. national champion wrestler
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Shows pride in one's appearance, in a way
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Result in
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Producer of a call to arms
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Go ___ (fail)
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Poop
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School grps.
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Hide
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Vet
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Western Indians
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Subtle summons
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Fingers
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Park place?
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Road recklessness of a sort, for short
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