NYT Crossword Answers for Saturday, August 22, 2026
NYT Crossword
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Saturday puzzle · 68 answers · Hardest (themeless). Hints first; every answer is behind a button.
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1A RABBITSTEW15A ANYONEHOME17A INEXTREMIS19A NOSPOILERS52A WHITETIGER59A BANANACAKE
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 5; here are their numbers and answers.
- 45AAcross clue ending in “?” (4)
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COIL - 58AAcross clue ending in “?” (4)
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DREW - 3DDown clue ending in “?” (4)
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BYES - 11DDown clue ending in “?” (7)
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EREADER - 26DDown clue ending in “?” (10)
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FETACHEESE
Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)
Answers in this NYT Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 282 puzzles since November 2025:
ODDS ×10EYES ×9TOE ×8IRAN ×7NEED ×7LEO ×6INON ×5SHIP ×5
The full NYT Crossword solution
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All 31 Across answers
1A RABBITSTEW11A EYES15A ANYONEHOME16A REAL17A INEXTREMIS18A ESTA19A NOSPOILERS20A ANEW21A LUG22A SOLDON24A BIFOCALS29A NEED30A BRETHREN31A GROSS34A QAT35A ROUTE38A UHH39A SNARK42A COLUMBIA45A COIL47A KEEPITPG48A SHADOW50A MSN51A OPED52A WHITETIGER58A DREW59A BANANACAKE60A DESI61A IMOUTRAGED62A SEEN63A DONTSTRESS
All 37 Down answers
1D RAIN2D ANNO3D BYES4D BOXPLOT5D INTOUCH6D TERIGARR7D SHEL8D TOME9D EMIRS10D WESSON11D EREADER12D YESNODOUBT13D EATEN14D SLAW23D LEG24D BBQS25D IRAN26D FETACHEESE27D LEO28D SNUCK32D SHIP33D SHAG36D TOE37D ELEMENTS40D ROADWIN41D KID43D UPSTART44D MINICAR46D LOWBID48D SPREE49D WHAMO51D ODDS53D INON54D TAUT55D GAGE56D EKES57D REDS
About This NYT Crossword
The NYT Crossword for Saturday, August 22, 2026 was a 15×15 grid by Adrian Johnson, edited by Will Shortz. It had 68 answers and 34 black squares; the longest answer ran 10 letters. That is about average for a Saturday. 5 clues ended in a question mark.
Also on Aug 22: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Midi Crossword.
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