Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "INTERNETTRAFFIC".
Total Clues
76
Longest
INTERNETTRAFFIC
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
DMS
Featured Clue
"Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across"
15 Letters
INTERNETTRAFFIC
ALLComplete Solution List
Mentions by username, on social media
4TAGS
High range?
6TREBLE
Hits up on Insta, say
3DMS
__ vez (again, in Spanish)
4OTRA
Torment
6HARROW
On the sea, it's akin to "Sí"
3AYE
Where Docs and Sheets are stored
11GOOGLEDRIVE
Jordan joined it in 1984, for short
3NBA
Pal
5AMIGO
Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence
3ONE
Rip off
4SCAM
Measurements of Wi-Fi performance
13NETWORKSPEEDS
Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say
4DREW
Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo
3ARO
Identity prefix
3CIS
Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host
4ALEC
Unwanted divisions
5RIFTS
Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across
15INTERNETTRAFFIC
2024 film that won Best Picture
5ANORA
Boba tea flavor
4TARO
Word with run or resort
3SKI
Throw, for instance
3RUG
Buddhist leader
4LAMA
Major consequence of a virus, perhaps
13COMPUTERCRASH
Extreme craving
4LUST
OK, in Osaka
3HAI
"Like ___!" ("Whatever!")
5ICARE
Sorry, it's __ from me
3ANO
Cause of some slow data transfers
11SERVERDELAY
Highly monitored area, for short
3ICU
Flowery
6ORNATE
Affinity for something, so to speak
4NOSE
Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the"
3MET
Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump"
6WESLEY
Baking amts.
4TSPS
Party wrap?
4TOGA
Bit of chemistry
4ATOM
Bad thing to pull while running
5GROIN
Failed under pressure, in a way
6SAGGED
Hot French beverage
3THE
Sick, dude!
3RAD
What a bug may cause
5ERROR
Cusp
5BRINK
Is gaga for
5LOVES
Farm female
3EWE
"Battles" of those busting moves
9DANCEOFFS
I messed up!
5MYBAD
Lines in mines
5SEAMS
Tolkien fantasy series inits.
4LOTR
Little flourish on a letter
5SERIF
Break off gradually
4WEAN
Barn nestling
5OWLET
Lawyer's aide, informally
4PARA
Org. in the Jack Ryan movies
3CIA
Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales"
3INN
Leaves in a huff
9STORMSOUT
Greek letter representing elasticity in economics
3ETA
PC "copy" shortcut
5CTRLC
___ Tok
3TIK
STEM part: Abbr.
3SCI
Go ballistic
5ERUPT
Big name in pasta sauce
4RAGU
Pride sound
4ROAR
___ Marian (English folklore heroine)
4MAID
It's on the up and up
6ASCENT
Fraud victim's filing
5CLAIM
Perfumery unit
5OUNCE
"And ... voilà!"
5THERE
Comes to deserve
5EARNS
Measure up to, as in competition
5RIVAL
Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels
5HALOS
Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say
4RASP
Potato discards
4EYES
Farm female
3SOW
It ends in septembre
3ETE
Singer Lana Del __
3REY