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NYT Crossword — 2026-08-16
Take the Edge Off
across
down
1A
Work parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita"
6 letters
7A
Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
3 letters
10A
One's opponents
4 letters
14A
Uncool
4 letters
18A
Untold
6 letters
19A
Down Under runners
4 letters
21A
Caramel-filled candy
4 letters
22A
Word following bear or honey
4 letters
23A
_ATSO_ and _EKYL_
21 letters
27A
Astonished, informally
5 letters
28A
With 45-Across, many a correspondent
3 letters
29A
Do business
7 letters
30A
Uncle, in Uruguay
3 letters
31A
Water nymph of Greek myth
5 letters
33A
Poet's Muse
5 letters
34A
Memorial ___ Kettering (New York City medical facility)
5 letters
36A
_RAVES
19 letters
41A
It may be petrified
6 letters
42A
Acknowledge
5 letters
43A
El ___, Tex.
4 letters
44A
Sass
3 letters
45A
See 28-Across
3 letters
47A
Eggy quaff
3 letters
48A
Trudge
4 letters
50A
Approaching
4 letters
54A
Some funerary selections
4 letters
56A
SAG_
16 letters
60A
Stands for speakers
5 letters
62A
Preserver of freshness
4 letters
63A
Sent
6 letters
64A
Place for a sailor's anchor, informally
5 letters
67A
Hunk
4 letters
70A
Disapproving syllables
4 letters
72A
It may be mental
5 letters
73A
Out, in a way
6 letters
75A
"That's cool, man"
4 letters
77A
Words that may open doors
5 letters
79A
_NIGHT
16 letters
83A
Learning method
4 letters
87A
Guard, as a goal
4 letters
88A
Get rid of
4 letters
89A
"Yadda, yadda"
3 letters
90A
Squeaker … or squealer
3 letters
92A
Home improvement initials
3 letters
93A
Italian wine city
4 letters
95A
Fiber also known as viscose
5 letters
97A
Toddler's jumping spot on a rainy day
6 letters
99A
FRAN_
19 letters
104A
More reasonable
5 letters
105A
Interprets
5 letters
106A
Suspended musical instruments
5 letters
107A
Vein contents
3 letters
108A
Calm
7 letters
111A
Title that becomes loftier when an E is added
3 letters
112A
Escort to a penthouse, say
5 letters
116A
_IALO_
21 letters
120A
Even
4 letters
121A
Carry on
4 letters
122A
Tender cut
4 letters
123A
Pie portions, shapewise
6 letters
124A
Crones
4 letters
125A
Gas brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet
4 letters
126A
Invention originally developed as a yellow dye
3 letters
127A
Refuse to budge
6 letters
