NYT Crossword Answers for Saturday, August 8, 2026
NYT Crossword
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Saturday puzzle · 62 answers · Hardest (themeless). Hints first; every answer is behind a button.
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14A HEMANDHAW17A ERICCARLE18A WATERSLIDE21A SLEEVELESST39A SPANAKOPITA44A HYDROMETER
The question-mark clues
A “?” at the end of an NYT clue means wordplay: a pun, a double meaning or a trick. This grid had 2; here are their numbers and answers.
- 36DDown clue ending in “?” (6)
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LAYMAN - 41DDown clue ending in “?” (5)
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ARSES
Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)
Answers in this NYT Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 268 puzzles since November 2025:
SET ×19ALA ×17ESP ×10ETNA ×8NESS ×7PHASE ×4SARI ×4GETME ×3
The full NYT Crossword solution
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All 32 Across answers
1A TOSS5A SARI9A CBS12A HOOTS14A HEMANDHAW16A ALFRE17A ERICCARLE18A WATERSLIDE20A PILE21A SLEEVELESST23A SET24A ANTIRUST25A RETRY27A STEEVE28A DAVIS29A ETNA30A MAGI31A RIATA33A FINITE35A GETME36A LENSCAPS38A AAH39A SPANAKOPITA42A BREA44A HYDROMETER45A BELLEAMIE47A IRONS48A ENPASSANT49A COMTE50A RDS51A PENG52A NESS
All 30 Down answers
1D THAWS2D OOLALA3D SOFTENS4D STREETTEAM5D SERIESE6D AMIDST7D RACES8D INC9D CHRISTI10D BALLERS11D SWEETY13D SERVIETTES14D HELLUVA15D DAP19D SERENA22D TRAGICOMIC26D EVITAPERON28D DANSKO30D MINARET31D REAREND32D ITHELPS33D FENDING34D EPITOME35D GABBER36D LAYMAN37D STENTS40D PHASE41D ARSES43D ALA46D ESP
About This NYT Crossword
The NYT Crossword for Saturday, August 8, 2026 was a 15×15 grid by Kameron Austin Collins, edited by Will Shortz. It had 62 answers and 35 black squares; the longest answer ran 11 letters. That is 6 fewer than the average Saturday before it (67.7). 2 clues ended in a question mark.
Also on Aug 8: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Midi Crossword.
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