The Crossword Answers NYT - August 02, 2026

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• Caption below the first of two photos Crossword Clue

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  BEFORE

• Opposite of exodus Crossword Clue

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  INFLUX

• Dumbbell exercises Crossword Clue

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  CURLS

• Giant or dwarf Crossword Clue

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  STAR

• ___-de-camp Crossword Clue

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  AIDE

• Backs out, say Crossword Clue

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  REVERSES

• Indignation Crossword Clue

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  IRE

• Ninnies Crossword Clue

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  TWITS

• What someone flat-footed lacks Crossword Clue

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  ARCH

• Like an honorable knight Crossword Clue

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  GALLANT

• They might be on one's radar Crossword Clue

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  SPEEDERS

• Pet Crossword Clue

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  CARESS

• Porters, for example Crossword Clue

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  ALES

• Race prior to a race? Crossword Clue

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  REV

• Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts Crossword Clue

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  PREFECT

• Barely runs? Crossword Clue

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  STREAKS

• Fruit snack brand Crossword Clue

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  MOTTS

• Excites Crossword Clue

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  SENDS

• Again and again, in verse Crossword Clue

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  OFTTIMES

• Over-the-top performers Crossword Clue

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  HAMS

• Item on a rack Crossword Clue

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  TOWEL

• Mercedes alternative Crossword Clue

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  AUDI

• Idly doodling, maybe Crossword Clue

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  BORED

• How the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold Crossword Clue

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  ASIS

• Blog feed letters Crossword Clue

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  RSS

• Disrelishes and then some Crossword Clue

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  HATES

• Hands (out) Crossword Clue

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  METES

• Linguistic suffix Crossword Clue

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  ESE

• "Fabulous!" Crossword Clue

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  LOVEIT

• It has a rind but supposedly no rhyme Crossword Clue

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  ORANGE

• Deliberately malicious Crossword Clue

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  WANTON

• Opposite of "You'll pay for that!"? Crossword Clue

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  ONME

• God who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid" Crossword Clue

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  NEPTUNE

• Long stories have them Crossword Clue

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  ARCS

• Runs out of gas Crossword Clue

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  DIES

• Divinely elect Crossword Clue

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  ANOINT

• Old yeller? Crossword Clue

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  CODGER

• Faddish Crossword Clue

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  TRENDY

• California's Big ___ Crossword Clue

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  SUR

• Keeps in the loop, electronically Crossword Clue

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  CCS

• Similar (to) Crossword Clue

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  AKIN

• Pioneering astronaut Jemison Crossword Clue

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  MAE

• "The Good Wife" figure: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  ATT

• Declares off limits Crossword Clue

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  BANS

• Fix a litter problem? Crossword Clue

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  SPAY

• Show signs Crossword Clue

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  NEONS

• Palm off (on) Crossword Clue

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  FOIST

• Mooch Crossword Clue

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  FREELOAD

• Hangs on a clothesline Crossword Clue

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  DRIES

• Isis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice Crossword Clue

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  AKA

• Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" Crossword Clue

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  ISLA

• Kick out Crossword Clue

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  EVICT

• Planned detour Crossword Clue

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  SIDETRIP

• "Shark Tank" shark Greiner Crossword Clue

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  LORI

• Horror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness" Crossword Clue

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  EVILDEAD

• It all adds up to this Crossword Clue

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  SUM

• "West Side Story" conflict Crossword Clue

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  TURFWAR

• Edmund who wrote "View From the Summit" Crossword Clue

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  HILLARY

• "Now, wait just one minute!" Crossword Clue

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  SEEHERE

• Suppress Crossword Clue

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  QUASH

• Like cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake Crossword Clue

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  RICHER

• "That was a close one!" Crossword Clue

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  PHEW

• What wets the appetite? Crossword Clue

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  SALIVA

• "The idea!" Crossword Clue

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  INEVER

• Penny pincher Crossword Clue

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  MISER

• Intrinsically Crossword Clue

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  PERSE

• Jazz singer Carmen Crossword Clue

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  MCRAE

• Part of a plot, at times Crossword Clue

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  ACRE

• The third one is dangerous Crossword Clue

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  RAIL

• Once-common fish in the Thames Crossword Clue

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  EELS

• Veal cordon ___ Crossword Clue

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  BLEU

• Smidgen Crossword Clue

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  TAD

• Inits. at sea Crossword Clue

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  HMS