Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "MOONLIGHTSONATA".
Total Clues
76
Longest
MOONLIGHTSONATA
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
SEC
Featured Clue
"Classic Beethoven piano piece"
15 Letters
MOONLIGHTSONATA
ALLComplete Solution List
Assistance
4HELP
Dickens villain Heep
5URIAH
Bears' lairs
4DENS
Plant with many topical uses
4ALOE
Downright unpleasant
5NASTY
Meaning of "vidi," in Caesar's boast
4ISAW
Classic Beethoven piano piece
15MOONLIGHTSONATA
Fed. agency overseeing the stock market
3SEC
To blame
7ATFAULT
Online Q&A
3AMA
___ ex machina
4DEUS
Home to Kosovo and Monaco: Abbr.
3EUR
Academy Award-winning tune from "La La Land"
11CITYOFSTARS
Chiseled muscles
3ABS
Of yore
5OLDEN
Snippet in a film review show
9MOVIECLIP
Looper director Johnson
4RIAN
Sarcastic title girl of 1990s-2000s MTV
5DARIA
Utah skiing destination
4ALTA
Coverers of current events
9NEWSMEDIA
Boss (around)
5ORDER
Phoenix basketball player
3SUN
1983 Eurythmics hit whose full title includes "(Are Made of This)"
11SWEETDREAMS
Popular fantasy role-playing game, in brief
3DND
Spies
4SEES
__ Haw
3YEE
It has its x's and y's
7ALGEBRA
T-shirt or blouse
3TOP
Iconic number from "The Phantom of the Opera" ... or an apt title for this puzzle
15MUSICOFTHENIGHT
Story of one's life
4OBIT
Beforehand
5PRIOR
Singer Kahan with the 2026 #1 album "The Great Divide"
4NOAH
Hot ___
4SEXY
17-, 29-, 45- and 56-Across
5SONGS
Person regularly sought out for advice
4GOTO
Scene stealer
3HAM
Eponym of a chess rating system
3ELO
British bathroom
3LOO
Writes
4PENS
International aid org.
6UNICEF
Cloth covered in dust, say
3RAG
...or so
3ISH
Lead-in to "boy" or "girl"
4ATTA
Madness
8HYSTERIA
Kuwaiti currency
5DINAR
The elder of a pair of biblical twins
4ESAU
The "N" of N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr.
4NATL
Smack, as flies
4SWAT
Gave false hopes
5LEDON
Coming in handy
5OFUSE
Nuts whose shells look like they have little berets
6ACORNS
Environs
6MILIEU
When Hamilton and Burr had their duel
6ATDAWN
Manufactured in America
6USMADE
What gossipers and tall buildings are full of
7STORIES
Desires
4YENS
Fly in the sky.
6AVIATE
Like some theme-park passes
6ALLDAY
Oh, buzz off!
6BITEME
Thin on the ground
6SPARSE
Give a hoot
4CARE
Morning condensation
8DEWDROPS
Channel that rebranded with "NOW" in its name in 2025
5MSNBC
Citizen Kane director Welles
5ORSON
Forfends
6DETERS
Part of a pantheon
5DEITY
Famous cookie baker
4AMOS
Anti-friction fluid
4LUBE
High-end private jet, familiarly
4GSIX
Hairstyle associated with Jimi Hendrix and Angela Davis
4AFRO
Send an instant message
4PING
Sardine container
3TIN
Refuse to share
3HOG
Glop
3GOO
Mario has a red "M" on his
3HAT
Howe'er
3THO