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NYT Crossword answers for August 12, 2026

NYT Crossword · August 12, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Wednesday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with T
  • 5 starts with T
  • 11 starts with D
  • 14 starts with O
  • 15 starts with H
  • 16 starts with A
  • 17 starts with G
  • 19 starts with N
  • 20 starts with A
  • 21 starts with O
  • 22 starts with S
  • 23 starts with N
  • 27 starts with D
  • 28 starts with A
  • 29 starts with C
  • 32 starts with A
  • 35 starts with R
  • 38 starts with I
  • 42 starts with A
  • 43 starts with T
  • 44 starts with S
  • 45 starts with R
  • 46 starts with L
  • 49 starts with C
  • 55 starts with L
  • 56 starts with H
  • 57 starts with I
  • 60 starts with A
  • 61 starts with S
  • 64 starts with I
  • 65 starts with O
  • 66 starts with N
  • 67 starts with M
  • 68 starts with W
  • 69 starts with T
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Mentions by username, on social media TAGS
  • 5 Across: High range TREBLE
  • 11 Across: Hits up on Insta, say DMS
  • 14 Across: ___ vez (again, in Spanish) OTRA
  • 15 Across: Torment HARROW
  • 16 Across: On the sea, it's akin to "Sí" AYE
  • 17 Across: Where Docs and Sheets are stored GOOGLEDRIVE
  • 19 Across: Jordan joined it in 1984, for short NBA
  • 20 Across: Pal AMIGO
  • 21 Across: Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence ONE
  • 22 Across: Rip-off SCAM
  • 23 Across: Measurements of Wi-Fi performance NETWORKSPEEDS
  • 27 Across: Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say DREW
  • 28 Across: Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo ARO
  • 29 Across: Identity prefix CIS
  • 32 Across: Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host ALEC
  • 35 Across: Unwanted divisions RIFTS
  • 38 Across: Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across INTERNETTRAFFIC
  • 42 Across: 2024 film that won Best Picture ANORA
  • 43 Across: Boba tea flavor TARO
  • 44 Across: Word with run or resort SKI
  • 45 Across: Throw, for instance RUG
  • 46 Across: Buddhist leader LAMA
  • 49 Across: Major consequence of a virus, perhaps COMPUTERCRASH
  • 55 Across: Extreme craving LUST
  • 56 Across: "OK," in Osaka HAI
  • 57 Across: "Like ___!" ("Whatever!") ICARE
  • 60 Across: "Sorry, it's ___ from me" ANO
  • 61 Across: Cause of some slow data transfers SERVERDELAY
  • 64 Across: Highly monitored area, for short ICU
  • 65 Across: Flowery ORNATE
  • 66 Across: Affinity for something, so to speak NOSE
  • 67 Across: Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the" MET
  • 68 Across: Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump" WESLEY
  • 69 Across: Baking amts. TSPS
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with T
  • 2 starts with A
  • 3 starts with G
  • 4 starts with S
  • 5 starts with T
  • 6 starts with R
  • 7 starts with E
  • 8 starts with B
  • 9 starts with L
  • 10 starts with E
  • 11 starts with D
  • 12 starts with M
  • 13 starts with S
  • 18 starts with L
  • 22 starts with S
  • 24 starts with W
  • 25 starts with O
  • 26 starts with P
  • 29 starts with C
  • 30 starts with I
  • 31 starts with S
  • 33 starts with E
  • 34 starts with C
  • 36 starts with T
  • 37 starts with S
  • 39 starts with E
  • 40 starts with R
  • 41 starts with R
  • 47 starts with M
  • 48 starts with A
  • 49 starts with C
  • 50 starts with O
  • 51 starts with T
  • 52 starts with E
  • 53 starts with R
  • 54 starts with H
  • 58 starts with R
  • 59 starts with E
  • 61 starts with S
  • 62 starts with E
  • 63 starts with R
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Party wrap TOGA
  • 2 Down: Bit of chemistry ATOM
  • 3 Down: Bad thing to pull while running GROIN
  • 4 Down: Failed under pressure, in a way SAGGED
  • 5 Down: Hot French beverage THE
  • 6 Down: "Sick, dude!" RAD
  • 7 Down: What a bug may cause ERROR
  • 8 Down: Cusp BRINK
  • 9 Down: Is gaga for LOVES
  • 10 Down: Farm female EWE
  • 11 Down: "Battles" of those busting moves DANCEOFFS
  • 12 Down: "I messed up" MYBAD
  • 13 Down: Lines in mines SEAMS
  • 18 Down: Tolkien fantasy series inits. LOTR
  • 22 Down: Little flourish on a letter SERIF
  • 24 Down: Break off gradually WEAN
  • 25 Down: Barn nestling OWLET
  • 26 Down: Lawyer's aide, informally PARA
  • 29 Down: Org. in the Jack Ryan movies CIA
  • 30 Down: Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales" INN
  • 31 Down: Leaves in a huff STORMSOUT
  • 33 Down: Greek letter representing elasticity in economics ETA
  • 34 Down: PC "copy" shortcut CTRLC
  • 36 Down: ___Tok TIK
  • 37 Down: STEM part: Abbr. SCI
  • 39 Down: Go ballistic ERUPT
  • 40 Down: Big name in pasta sauce RAGU
  • 41 Down: Pride sound ROAR
  • 47 Down: ___ Marian (English folklore heroine) MAID
  • 48 Down: It's on the up and up ASCENT
  • 49 Down: Fraud victim's filing CLAIM
  • 50 Down: Perfumery unit OUNCE
  • 51 Down: "And … voilà!" THERE
  • 52 Down: Comes to deserve EARNS
  • 53 Down: Measure up to, as in competition RIVAL
  • 54 Down: Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels HALOS
  • 58 Down: Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say RASP
  • 59 Down: Potato discards EYES
  • 61 Down: Farm female SOW
  • 62 Down: It ends in septembre ETE
  • 63 Down: Singer Lana Del ___ REY
Show the solved grid
1T2A3G4S5T6R7E8B9L10E11D12M13S14OTRA15HARROW16AYE17GOOG18LEDRIVE19NBA20AMIGO21ONE22SCAM23NET24W25ORKS26PEEDS27DREW28ARO29C30I31S32AL33E34C35RIF36T37S38INT39E40RNETT41RAFFIC42ANORA43TARO44SKI45RUG46LA47M48A49C50OMPU51T52E53RCRAS54H55LUST56HAI57ICA58R59E60ANO61SERV62E63RDELAY64ICU65ORNATE66NOSE67MET68WESLEY69TSPS

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