Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Sunday, August 16, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, August 16, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS".
Total Clues
140
Longest
DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS
Avg Length
5.3
Shortest
SIN
Featured Clue
"_ATSO_ and _EKYL_"
21 Letters
DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS
ALLComplete Solution List
Work parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita"
6LOLITA
Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
3SIN
One's opponents
4THEM
Uncool
4LAME
Untold
6ATONOF
Down-under runners
4EMUS
Caramel-filled candy
4ROLO
Word following bear or honey
4TRAP
_ATSO_ and _EKYL_
21DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS
Astonished, informally
5SHOOK
With 45-Across, many a correspondent
3PEN
Do business
7OPERATE
Uncle in Uruguay
3TIO
Water nymph of Greek myth
5NAIAD
Poets' Muse
5ERATO
Memorial ___ Kettering (New York City medical facility)
5SLOAN
Raves
19NEEDSNOINTRODUCTION
It may be petrified
6FOSSIL
Acknowledge
5NODAT
El ___, Tex.
4PASO
Sass
3LIP
See 28-Across
3PAL
Eggy quaff
3NOG
Trudge
4PLOD
Approaching
4NIGH
Some funerary selections
4URNS
Sag
16NEVERENDINGSTORY
Stands for speakers
5PODIA
Preserver of freshness
4SEAL
Sent
6ELATED
Place for a sailor's anchor, informally
5BICEP
Hunk
4SLAB
Disapproving syllables
4TSKS
It may be mental
5IMAGE
Out, in a way
6ASLEEP
That's cool, man
4IDIG
Words that may open doors
5ITSME
___ night
16HEADLESSHORSEMAN
Learning method
4ROTE
Guard, as a goal
4TEND
Get rid of
4SHED
Yadda yadda
3ETC
Squeaker or squealer
3RAT
Home improvement initials
3DIY
Italian wine city
4ASTI
Fiber also known as viscose
5RAYON
Toddler's jumping spot on a rainy day
6PUDDLE
FRAN_
19NOTCOMPLETELYHONEST
More reasonable
5SANER
Interprets
5READS
Suspended musical instruments
5GONGS
Vein contents
3ORE
Calm
7ATPEACE
Title that becomes loftier when an E is added
3SIR
Escort to a penthouse, say
5SEEUP
_IALO_
21UNLIMITEDTALKANDTEXTS
Even
4TIED
Carry on
4RANT
Tender cut
4LOIN
Pie portions, shapewise
6WEDGES
Crones
4HAGS
Gas brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet
4ESSO
Invention originally developed as a yellow dye
3TNT
Refuse to budge
6INSIST
Striplings
4LADS
Texter's "Then again ..."
4OTOH
Bananas
4LOCO
Chants
7INTONES
Briefly swam
8TOOKADIP
Home to more than 1,500 languages: Abbr.
3AFR
Affixed, as a patch
7SEWEDON
Let's do this
4IMIN
Macadamia, for one
3NUT
Closely following
6TRUETO
Racing vehicle
6HOTROD
Napoleon exile site
4ELBA
No longer relevant
4MOOT
Inc., abroad
3LTD
Childish comeback
6ARETOO
Maid __ of Sherwood Forest
6MARIAN
Many a printer
5EPSON
Consequences of supply chain problems
9SHORTAGES
Cross
4SPAN
Dizzying gallery works
5OPART
Pauses while playing
5RESTS
Treasure or desert follower
6ISLAND
Ewoks' home moon
5ENDOR
Job that may involve jumping through hoops
9LIONTAMER
Form of detective fiction
4NOIR
Channel for gaming enthusiasts?
4ESPN
Actress Skye
4IONE
Words after check, follow or catch
4UPON
Bum
5CADGE
Reason to take a shot
3FLU
Some odoriferous gifts
4LEIS
Smartphone predecessors, for short
4PDAS
Female rapper with a longtime feud with Foxy Brown
6LILKIM
"Diminutive" Greek letter
4IOTA
Nickname that omits "-ory"
4GREG
London park
4HYDE
Chemistry test
9SPEEDDATE
Travel bag
6VALISE
Bag
3NET
Not very favorable, as some 84-Down
4SLIM
Car with a stylized lightning bolt logo
4OPEL
Thai money
4BAHT
Gotcha!
4ISEE
Group with a tartan
4CLAN
It may drive one to distraction, in brief
4ADHD
Thumbnail, maybe
3BIO
A-lister
4STAR
Sauce traditionally made in a mortar
5PESTO
Steal
9GREATDEAL
Attach with a click
6SNAPON
Carpenter's spacer
4SHIM
Ophthalmology concerns
5STYES
Green sci.
4ECOL
2 to 5, say
4ODDS
Infraction at an arcade
4TILT
___ of Horus (Egyptian symbol of healing)
3EYE
Element used in bulb filaments
8TUNGSTEN
Shoo!
5SCRAM
Display some emotion, perhaps
5REACT
Member of the N.F.L.'s "Big Blue," in brief
7NYGIANT
Prepares to puree, perhaps, as papayas
7DESEEDS
Fantasy realm ruled by King Caspian
6NARNIA
Feature of Anthony Robles, a 2011 N.C.A.A. national champion wrestler
6ONELEG
Shows pride in one's appearance, in a way
6PREENS
Result (in)
6LEADTO
Producer of a call to arms
4HORN
Go ___ (fail)
5SOUTH
Poop
4TIRE
School grps.
4PTAS
Hide
4SKIN
Vet
4EXGI
Western Indians
4UTES
Subtle summons
4PSST
Fingers
3IDS
Park place?
3LOT
Road recklessness of a sort, for short
3DWI