The Crossword Answers NYT - August 23, 2026

across

• "Awesome!" Crossword Clue

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  RAD

• Many profs Crossword Clue

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  PHDS

• What a crush might make you do Crossword Clue

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  FLIRT

• Predator with dermal denticles Crossword Clue

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  SHARK

• Silent film actor Jannings Crossword Clue

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  EMIL

• Reclined Crossword Clue

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  LAIN

• More intense, as an emotion Crossword Clue

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  RAWER

• Early stage of a drug trial Crossword Clue

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  PHASEI

• Peace symbol Crossword Clue

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  DOVE

• Adage promoting thrift Crossword Clue

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  APENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED

• Itty-bitty Crossword Clue

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  TEENSY

• Return filers, for short Crossword Clue

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  CPAS

• Barely keeps going, with "along" Crossword Clue

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  LIMPS

• Fish with leaf-shaped larvae Crossword Clue

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  EELS

• Image on one side of this puzzle's subject Crossword Clue

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  ABRAHAMLINCOLN

• Start of a historic triple boast Crossword Clue

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  ICAME

• Seminole's rival, in college athletics Crossword Clue

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  GATOR

• Liturgical singer Crossword Clue

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  CANTOR

• Quick cut Crossword Clue

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  SNIP

• Subtitle alternative Crossword Clue

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  DUB

• Yogurt drink in Delhi Crossword Clue

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  LASSI

• Monklike, in a way Crossword Clue

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  ASCETIC

• Angle variable in geometry Crossword Clue

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  THETA

• Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025) Crossword Clue

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  USMINT

• Periodical, informally Crossword Clue

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  MAG

• Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees Crossword Clue

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  GOTH

• Duck known for its insulating feathers Crossword Clue

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  EIDER

• Make smelly Crossword Clue

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  STINKUP

• One of 12, astrologically Crossword Clue

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  LEO

• "Balderdash!" Crossword Clue

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  ROT

• "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short Crossword Clue

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  WSJ

• "Omigosh!" Crossword Clue

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  EEK

• Drug enforcer, informally Crossword Clue

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  NARC

• "When We Were Young" singer, 2015 Crossword Clue

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  ADELE

• Its capital is Roma Crossword Clue

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  ITALIA

• Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry Crossword Clue

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  ONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS

• A failed transaction Crossword Clue

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  NOSALE

• Good, but not great, grade Crossword Clue

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  BPLUS

• Tennis great Arthur Crossword Clue

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  ASHE

• ___ King Cole Crossword Clue

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  NAT

• Fall asleep, with "off" Crossword Clue

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  NOD

• Word with constrictor or feather Crossword Clue

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  BOA

• Goddess of the dawn Crossword Clue

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  EOS

• Car-pooling convenience Crossword Clue

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  HOVLANE

• Taco bar adjective Crossword Clue

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  ASADA

• ___ Féin Crossword Clue

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  SINN

• ___ room Crossword Clue

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  REC

• Showing less bias Crossword Clue

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  FAIRER

• Musical staff symbol Crossword Clue

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  CCLEF

• Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing Crossword Clue

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  KNEEING

• "Sounds like a blast!" Crossword Clue

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  OHFUN

• Mini-gulp Crossword Clue

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  SIP

• Some Ivy Leaguers Crossword Clue

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  ELIS

• Meeting that goes above and beyond? Crossword Clue

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  SEANCE

• Intimate Crossword Clue

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  GETAT

• Bitter Crossword Clue

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  ACRID

• Image on one side of this puzzle's subject Crossword Clue

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  THEUNIONSHIELD

• Badge-pinning site Crossword Clue

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  SASH

• Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment Crossword Clue

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  BODHI

• Spanish for "wealthy" Crossword Clue

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  RICO

• Get in the game? Crossword Clue

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  ANTEUP

• Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across Crossword Clue

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  PUTINYOURTWOCENTS

• D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon" Crossword Clue

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  EMMA

• Paradise Crossword Clue

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  UTOPIA

• Pucker producer, perhaps Crossword Clue

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  LEMON

• Modernists, informally Crossword Clue

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  NEOS

• Department store department Crossword Clue

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  MENS

• Vikings, for example Crossword Clue

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  NORSE

• Long members of the onion family Crossword Clue

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  LEEKS

• Nervous Crossword Clue

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  EDGY

• Slam Crossword Clue

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  DIS