Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, August 21, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, August 21, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "CRASHINGOUT".
Total Clues
68
Longest
CRASHINGOUT
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
TAO
Featured Clue
"Losing control emotionally, in slang"
11 Letters
CRASHINGOUT
ALLComplete Solution List
Leader in a robe called a kasaya
4LAMA
Some malty offerings
9AMBERALES
Jejune
4ARID
Coupling rings?
10BOOTYCALLS
Come together
4BAND
One sharing gold
10COCHAMPION
Remy's brother in "Ratatouille"
5EMILE
High tea treat
5SCONE
Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields Medal
3TAO
___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year
6LAMELO
Key for getting out
3ESC
Gave temporarily
4LENT
One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records
3SIA
___ tov (Jewish festival)
3YOM
Advantageous
5OFUSE
Losing control emotionally, in slang
11CRASHINGOUT
Drama club enthusiast
11THEATERGEEK
Italian hero?
11MEATBALLSUB
Bold
5BRASH
Étendue bleue
3MER
Hindi for "reign"
3RAJ
Focus of a concussion protocol
4HEAD
N.L. East team, on scoreboards
3PHI
Especially ornate
6ROCOCO
Mass. summer setting
3EDT
Jack up
5HOIST
School units
5DESKS
In place?
10WHEREITSAT
Stuff in shakers
4SALT
Aww!
10SODARNCUTE
Target of a search party
4AWOL
Is canned
9GETSTHEAX
Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poem
4RAGE
Names
6LABELS
Language spoken by Jesus
7ARAMAIC
Place for a quick stop
8MINIMART
Puzzle
5ADDLE
La ti do, musically
3ABC
Bovine sounds
4MOOS
Sport similar to pétanque
5BOCCE
Character
5ETHOS
"Sinners" director, 2025
11RYANCOOGLER
Apogee
4ACME
Where a serviette is laid
3LAP
Haut monde
6ELITES
___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake"
6SLOANE
Impudent sort
4SNOT
Paris's Champs __
7ELYSEES
Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactions
11OOHAAHPOINT
Some baroque instruments
5LUTES
Diamond wear.
4MITT
Metal tube in a nuclear reactor
7FUELROD
Jazz musician Jamal
5AHMAD
Neighbor of Colo.
3NEB
Mass unit?
4GRAM
First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan
8KUROSAWA
Unprocessed inventory
7BACKLOG
One might leave you unprotected at night
6BEDHOG
What kid-friendly games typically are
6RATEDE
What big crowds do
6JOSTLE
Fells
4HEWS
Hang-up
5HITCH
Something raised in a meeting
5ISSUE
Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend)
5CESAR
Possessive pronoun
4HERS
Cheerio!
4TATA
Snitch
3RAT
Neighbor of Ark.
3TEX