NYT Crossword August 20 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on August 20 2026.
- 78
- Total Clues
- 39
- Total Across
- 39
- Total Down
Clues Across (39 total)
(1)
Sound like heaven
The answer is: harp
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Game of observation for travel
The answer is: safari
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Ad free
The answer is: psa
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Brief in pants
The answer is: trou
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Correct thoroughly
The answer is: spoton
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Bad feel
The answer is: ail
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Try to place connoisseurs?
The answer is: tastingroom
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Cells in compound
The answer is: rna
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Checks with style
The answer is: plaid
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To cop
The answer is: own
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Competition, for starters
The answer is: ateam
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York ___
The answer is: nueva
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Place recording
The answer is: studio
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Signals over game
The answer is: horns
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Maturity approaching
The answer is: riper
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Crows to relatives
The answer is: ravens
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Free booze
The answer is: dry
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Confidentiality of letters?
The answer is: ndas
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"Done well"
The answer is: bravo
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Short for "info flight"
The answer is: eta
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Sponge bath
The answer is: loofa
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Nothing doing
The answer is: idle
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Say "minus C"
The answer is: meh
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Set off
The answer is: defray
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Practice Japanese
The answer is: reiki
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Equal roughly
The answer is: onpar
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Into light
The answer is: cussat
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Nags about noise?
The answer is: neigh
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Land of Spot
The answer is: islet
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On-off signs
The answer is: oks
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Lines some over draw
The answer is: trace
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For repentance some feel
The answer is: rue
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Details insignificant contests
The answer is: splitshairs
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Spending limits it
The answer is: cap
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Forum discussion, popular once
The answer is: usenet
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Cut short
The answer is: snip
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Rock-___
The answer is: alt
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Out with ate, ate, ate
The answer is: pigged
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Website gift custom
The answer is: etsy
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Clues Down (39 total)
(1)
URL starter
The answer is: http
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Asian sea currently undergoing replenishment efforts
The answer is: aral
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Civil rights icon Parks
The answer is: rosa
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Shift the gears of, in a way ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues
The answer is: putinreverse
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ID in some data breaches
The answer is: ssn
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Elite H.S. class covering the Constitution
The answer is: apgov
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Visionary … or what you'll need to return to when solving this puzzle's Down clues
The answer is: forwardthinking
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(8)
Loads
The answer is: aton
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Babe in the Hundred Acre Wood
The answer is: roo
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One advocated for by the National Prison Project
The answer is: inmate
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Whittled (down)
The answer is: pared
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Biblical mount
The answer is: sinai
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It's worth remembering!
The answer is: alamo
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"No idea"
The answer is: idunno
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Distinctive expression ... or a hint to this puzzle's Across clues
The answer is: turnofphrase
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Feature of San Francisco's Lombard Street
The answer is: ess
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Mole, e.g.
The answer is: spy
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Firm
The answer is: hard
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Like many cricket fields
The answer is: oval
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Plan to contribute to, for short
The answer is: ira
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One of 1,909 for Willie Mays, for short
The answer is: rbi
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"___ the Explorer"
The answer is: dora
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Some distance away
The answer is: afar
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Declare
The answer is: say
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"Oh no! A mouse!"
The answer is: eek
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What the second number indicates in men's jeans sizes
The answer is: length
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Univ. with an annual Mystery Hunt
The answer is: mit
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Eager response to "Wanna join?"
The answer is: doi
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Goes nuts for
The answer is: eatsup
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Around
The answer is: circa
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Garden-variety
The answer is: usual
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Wasn't paying attention
The answer is: slept
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Lauder of cosmetics
The answer is: estee
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Designer Cassini
The answer is: oleg
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"I don't really care / If ya think I'm strange / I ___ gonna change": Joan Jett
The answer is: aint
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N.F.L. commentator Collinsworth
The answer is: cris
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Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.
The answer is: espy
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Letter after chi
The answer is: psi
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The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr.
The answer is: std
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