NYT Crossword Answers for Thursday, August 20, 2026
NYT Crossword
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Thursday puzzle · 78 answers · Tricky (often a gimmick). Hints first; every answer is behind a button.
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17A TASTINGROOM58A SPLITSHAIRS
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 3; here are their numbers and answers.
- 17AAcross clue ending in “?” (11)
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TASTINGROOM - 33AAcross clue ending in “?” (4)
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NDAS - 49AAcross clue ending in “?” (5)
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NEIGH
Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)
Answers in this NYT Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 280 puzzles since November 2025:
ETA ×19SSN ×16IDLE ×9IRA ×9PSI ×9AFAR ×8ALT ×8OVAL ×8
The full NYT Crossword solution
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All 39 Across answers
1A HARP5A SAFARI11A PSA14A TROU15A SPOTON16A AIL17A TASTINGROOM19A RNA20A PLAID21A OWN22A ATEAM24A NUEVA26A STUDIO27A HORNS29A RIPER31A RAVENS32A DRY33A NDAS37A BRAVO38A ETA39A LOOFA40A IDLE41A MEH42A DEFRAY43A REIKI45A ONPAR46A CUSSAT49A NEIGH51A ISLET52A OKS53A TRACE57A RUE58A SPLITSHAIRS61A CAP62A USENET63A SNIP64A ALT65A PIGGED66A ETSY
All 39 Down answers
1D HTTP2D ARAL3D ROSA4D PUTINREVERSE5D SSN6D APGOV7D FORWARDTHINKING8D ATON9D ROO10D INMATE11D PARED12D SINAI13D ALAMO18D IDUNNO23D TURNOFPHRASE25D ESS26D SPY27D HARD28D OVAL30D IRA31D RBI34D DORA35D AFAR36D SAY38D EEK39D LENGTH41D MIT42D DOI44D EATSUP46D CIRCA47D USUAL48D SLEPT50D ESTEE52D OLEG54D AINT55D CRIS56D ESPY59D PSI60D STD
About This NYT Crossword
The NYT Crossword for Thursday, August 20, 2026 was a 15×15 grid by Hoang-Kim Vu, edited by Will Shortz. It had 78 answers and 38 black squares; the longest answer ran 11 letters. That is 2 more than the average Thursday before it (76.5). 3 clues ended in a question mark.
Also on Aug 20: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Midi Crossword.
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