Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, August 19, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "GOOSEFEATHERS".
Total Clues
76
Longest
GOOSEFEATHERS
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
ART
Featured Clue
"Natural pillow filling"
13 Letters
GOOSEFEATHERS
ALLComplete Solution List
Sahara-esque
4ARID
Exams for high school jrs.
5PSATS
Private sleeping accommodations?
4COTS
Didn't you get the __?
4MEMO
Wipe from one's memory, so to speak
5UNSEE
Section in a textbook
4UNIT
___ She Lovely (Stevie Wonder hit)
4ISNT
Deceptive move in fencing
5FEINT
Depend on
4RELY
Natural pillow filling
13GOOSEFEATHERS
Graffiti, to some
3ART
Three unnamed things, in shorthand
3XYZ
Quinceañeras, e.g.
5RITES
Lifted
5STOLE
Services for senior citizens
9ELDERCARE
Hybrid tennis attire
5SKORT
Word with pan, pump or paint
3OIL
__ Minor
4URSA
Unofficial vote
9STRAWPOLL
President who was a heavyweight wrestling champion in college
4TAFT
Got it!
3IVE
Cats and dogs, for example
5NOUNS
Old West outlaw who left behind poetic messages after some robberies
9BLACKBART
Excludes
5OMITS
Mount ___ Health System
5SINAI
Immature high score initials on an arcade game
3ASS
Something to trust
3GUT
Hides one's central point, in a way ... with a doubly homophonic hint to 20-, 30-, 38- and 48-Across
13BURIESTHELEDE
They offer support
4BRAS
Speak at a political convention, perhaps
5ORATE
Field
4AREA
Facility
4EASE
2008 film about a solitary trash-compacting robot
5WALLE
Semiaquatic relative of a weasel
4MINK
Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 6
4DYES
Fall bloom
5ASTER
Cave wall hangings?
4BATS
Female friends from Fuenlabrada
6AMIGAS
Some vacation destinations
7RESORTS
"My mood is pretty low"
7IMNOTOK
Top three sights in Fiji?
4DOTS
Like eyes during an allergy attack
5PUFFY
Bless you! elicitor
6SNEEZE
__ Minor
4ASIA
Something that's pitched
4TENT
Family Guy creator MacFarlane
4SETH
Set of courses offered
10CURRICULUM
Miserable rating
7ONESTAR
___ death do us part.
3TIL
What a parent might compare a messy bedroom to
3STY
Put forth
5EXERT
Drop the ball
3ERR
Verbal hesitations
3ERS
Neptune's territory
3SEA
Situations one might no longer put effort into
10LOSTCAUSES
Drop
5LOWER
Drop
3DIP
North Carolina university
4ELON
Chicago paper, with "the"
4TRIB
___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho"
3AVA
Not taut
5LOOSE
Longtime "American Dad!" airer
3TBS
2001 biopic starring Will Smith
3ALI
The "Beyhive" for Beyoncé, e.g.
7FANBASE
Country bordering Chad and Benin
7NIGERIA
Lecture attendee
7STUDENT
___ royale (champagne cocktail)
3KIR
Rat on
6TATTLE
They can be well-done
6STEAKS
See-through
5SHEER
Part of the Corn Belt
4IOWA
Important stretches
4ERAS
The word "salary" derives from the Latin for this
4SALT
What a shepherd may shepherd
4LAMB
Bouncy part of a trampoline
3BED
"A drop of golden sun," in song
3RAY