Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, August 11, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "FLAMINGLIPS".
Total Clues
78
Longest
FLAMINGLIPS
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
ESC
Featured Clue
"Psychedelic rock band with the 2003 tune "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1," with "the""
11 Letters
FLAMINGLIPS
ALLComplete Solution List
Popular tablets
5IPADS
Big name in food wholesale
5SYSCO
Exit full screen key
3ESC
Still in bed
5NOTUP
Just peachy
5AOKAY
By way of
3VIA
Psychedelic rock band with the 2003 tune "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1," with "the"
11FLAMINGLIPS
Sam- ___: Seuss character
3IAM
No rookie
6OLDPRO
Missions, in brief
3OPS
Red denizen of Sesame Street
4ELMO
Problem for a plumber
4LEAK
Lollygag
4IDLE
Against
4ANTI
German film composer who wrote "Cornfield Chase" and "Time"
10HANSZIMMER
Things to be mowed
5LAWNS
Passage ceremonies
5RITES
Word with cutie or sweetie
3PIE
Mario's video game brother
5LUIGI
Goat's bleat
3MAA
Scold
5CHIDE
Hosp. areas with gurneys
3ORS
In a cheery manner
5GAILY
Tender spots
5SORES
Hip-hop group that wrote "C.R.E.A.M." and "Protect Ya Neck"
10WUTANGCLAN
Trifling
4MERE
Or ___ (threat)
4ELSE
Opinion, informally
4TAKE
Alternative to truth
4DARE
Abso-freakin'-lutely!
3DOI
Big export of Myanmar
6RUBIES
Ingredient in a Dark 'n' Stormy
3RUM
First Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy ... or a hint to 17-, 30- and 47-Across
11SONGDYNASTY
Portfolio portion, in brief
3IRA
Peripheral
5OUTER
Religion of the Maldives
5ISLAM
There, there accompanier
3PAT
Stash away
5STORE
Prey for polar bears
5SEALS
Deets
4INFO
Opinion survey
4POLL
Ever so slightly
4ATAD
Bit of Chinese food
8DUMPLING
Steeple topper
5SPIRE
Droop
3SAG
This is probably dumb but I'm doing it anyway hashtag
4YOLO
Go past
4SKIP
Flip over, as a boat
7CAPSIZE
Yiddish laments
3OYS
The Soviet Union, to Reagan
10EVILEMPIRE
Thailand, before 1939
4SIAM
Military wear, for short
4CAMO
Head of a noted animal rescue project
4NOAH
Stately tree
3ELM
Like a comeuppance, perhaps
6KARMIC
LPs and 45s
5DISCS
I'll ___ it
5ALLOW
Island that's the world's third-smallest country, after Vatican City and Monaco
5NAURU
People hold complicated positions on it
10TWISTERMAT
Singer Horan of One Direction
5NIALL
Patronize, as a hotel
6STAYAT
Duck down
5EIDER
Angel ___, holder of the W.N.B.A. single-season record for offensive rebounds
5REESE
STOP and YIELD
5SIGNS
Headquarters
8HOMEBASE
Got too old
7AGEDOUT
Pub drink
3ALE
___ a soul
4NARY
Mila of "That '70s Show"
5KUNIS
What icicles do
4DRIP
Field you can feel, maybe
4AURA
You're something ___!
4ONTO
Longtime Disney boss Bob
4IGER
Cuba, por ejemplo
4ISLA
And other authors: Abbr.
4ETAL
Jazz singer Sylvia
4SYMS
Castaway's call
3SOS
Dr. from Compton
3DRE