NYT Crossword Answers for Tuesday, August 11, 2026
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Tuesday puzzle · 78 answers · Easy. Hints first; every answer is behind a button.
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17A FLAMINGLIPS30A HANSZIMMER47A WUTANGCLAN64A SONGDYNASTY
Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)
Answers in this NYT Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 271 puzzles since November 2025:
ALE ×17ELSE ×10AURA ×8IDLE ×8OPS ×8SOS ×8ANTI ×7DRE ×7
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All 39 Across answers
1A IPADS6A SYSCO11A ESC14A NOTUP15A AOKAY16A VIA17A FLAMINGLIPS19A IAM20A OLDPRO21A OPS22A ELMO23A LEAK25A IDLE27A ANTI30A HANSZIMMER35A LAWNS37A RITES38A PIE39A LUIGI40A MAA41A CHIDE43A ORS44A GAILY46A SORES47A WUTANGCLAN50A MERE51A ELSE52A TAKE54A DARE56A DOI59A RUBIES63A RUM64A SONGDYNASTY66A IRA67A OUTER68A ISLAM69A PAT70A STORE71A SEALS
All 39 Down answers
1D INFO2D POLL3D ATAD4D DUMPLING5D SPIRE6D SAG7D YOLO8D SKIP9D CAPSIZE10D OYS11D EVILEMPIRE12D SIAM13D CAMO18D NOAH22D ELM24D KARMIC26D DISCS27D ALLOW28D NAURU29D TWISTERMAT31D NIALL32D STAYAT33D EIDER34D REESE36D SIGNS42D HOMEBASE45D AGEDOUT48D ALE49D NARY53D KUNIS54D DRIP55D AURA57D ONTO58D IGER60D ISLA61D ETAL62D SYMS64D SOS65D DRE
About This NYT Crossword
The NYT Crossword for Tuesday, August 11, 2026 was a 15×15 grid by Wade Bednar, edited by Will Shortz. It had 78 answers and 36 black squares; the longest answer ran 11 letters. That is 2 more than the average Tuesday before it (76.1). No clue ended in a question mark.
Also on Aug 11: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Midi Crossword.
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