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Archive answer — August 9, 2026

7 Down

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Across

61 clues
  1. 1One bit
  2. 6Bad jobs
  3. 12Target of an annual vaccine
  4. 15x or y
  5. 19Swimmer's invitation
  6. 23One of two in Hawaii
  7. 24Father of the river gods, in Greek myth
  8. 25Overwhelm
  9. 26Jamaican folk song about dock work
  10. 27Ones who've made the team
  11. 28One at the U.S. mint?
  12. 29Long-handled tool
  13. 31What might pile up during a digital detox
  14. 35Show great fondness, in a way
  15. 36In the lead
  16. 38Cow
  17. 40Oscar winner Hathaway
  18. 41Foxlike
  19. 42Winter pellets
  20. 43___ forgiveness
  21. 44Say without saying
  22. 46Godsends
  23. 47Up to 150 years, for a tortoise
  24. 49The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C.
  25. 50Beaver's home
  26. 51Communicate through a disagreement
  27. 53Counterpart of 53-Down
  28. 54Display perfect timing, much like dancers
  29. 55Agcy. that protects the right to unionize
  30. 56Some Indian flatbreads
  31. 57First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league
  32. 58Bond between Lazenby and Dalton
  33. 59"Let's do it"
  34. 60Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah"
  35. 61Like a lion's coat
  36. 62Reprimand that might be biting, ironically
  37. 64Group of partridges
  38. 65"www" string
  39. 66Honey boo-boo?
  40. 67Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally
  41. 68Up for the day
  42. 70Named names
  43. 71[Oh God ...]
  44. 72Nurse
  45. 75Many a spacious apartment
  46. 76Stand-up comic ___ Wang
  47. 78Where a band might go
  48. 79"Gimme!"
  49. 80Go undefeated
  50. 82Enterprise letters
  51. 83"Let's put a smile on your plate" chain
  52. 84Lover of Tristan
  53. 86Combine, as resources
  54. 88Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap
  55. 90Bothersome recurrence
  56. 91Controversial business oversight
  57. 96Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground
  58. 97Lip
  59. 98"___ bodkins!" (bygone oath)
  60. 99Comes clean, with "up"
  61. 100Old Bulgarian rulers

Down

67 clues
  1. 1Results of some peace talks
  2. 2"Wow!"
  3. 3Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness"
  4. 4Papal representative
  5. 5Michaels of "Saturday Night Live"
  6. 6Angry cat's "greeting"
  7. 7Nav. rankENS
  8. 8Retort of denial
  9. 9Offer emotional support (for)
  10. 10Time that's an artist's name backward
  11. 11Did the butterfly, e.g.
  12. 12Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers
  13. 13Dutch city with a namesake jar
  14. 14___ Major
  15. 15"Because I Got High" rapper
  16. 1612 letters?
  17. 17Magazine for entrepreneurs
  18. 18Good to go
  19. 20Branch with a stem?
  20. 21Number of letters?
  21. 22Ocular affliction
  22. 28Uintah and Ouray reservation people
  23. 30Surpassed
  24. 32Group in support of a queen
  25. 33Rushing around
  26. 34Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure
  27. 37Reality TV icon ___ Leakes
  28. 38Edging, e.g.
  29. 39Title for Macbeth
  30. 42Parts of many combo meals
  31. 43Selling off, as stocks
  32. 45Big inits. in Dutch banking
  33. 46Foretelling of
  34. 47Bestowing extravagantly (on)
  35. 48Source of fragrant cones
  36. 50Destiny
  37. 51Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?"
  38. 52Was flaky?
  39. 53Counterpart of 53-Across
  40. 54It's not exactly fast food
  41. 56Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two
  42. 57Bit of folklore
  43. 58Wonk
  44. 60Hammer parts
  45. 61Main ingredient in salsa verde
  46. 63Purple yam in Filipino desserts
  47. 64Sounds from pigeons
  48. 67Simple coffee brewing method
  49. 69Treeless tracts
  50. 71Pleasing rhythms
  51. 72Diamond component?
  52. 73Gene-activating substance
  53. 74Eyes, informally
  54. 77Danced at a luau
  55. 78Eddies
  56. 79Very complicated situation, so to speak
  57. 81___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement)
  58. 83Self-congratulatory declaration
  59. 85One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer
  60. 87"___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet
  61. 89Since
  62. 90Some fan-made literary works, informally
  63. 91Prefix with -normative
  64. 92___ shoestring
  65. 93They're parked in parks
  66. 94Some OT enders
  67. 95Before, poetically

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Every clue links to a dedicated answer page. Use the list below to scan the complete fill without opening the interactive board.

Across

  1. 1. One bit

    Answer: ATALL

  2. 6. Bad jobs

    Answer: HEISTS

  3. 12. Target of an annual vaccine

    Answer: FLU

  4. 15. x or y

    Answer: AXIS

  5. 19. Swimmer's invitation

    Answer: COMEONINTHEWATERSFINE

  6. 23. One of two in Hawaii

    Answer: CONGRESSIONALDISTRICT

  7. 24. Father of the river gods, in Greek myth

    Answer: OCEANUS

  8. 25. Overwhelm

    Answer: SWAMP

  9. 26. Jamaican folk song about dock work

    Answer: DAYO

  10. 27. Ones who've made the team

    Answer: ROSTER

  11. 28. One at the U.S. mint?

    Answer: UNUM

  12. 29. Long-handled tool

    Answer: HOE

  13. 31. What might pile up during a digital detox

    Answer: EMAIL

  14. 35. Show great fondness, in a way

    Answer: DOTE

  15. 36. In the lead

    Answer: ONTOP

  16. 38. Cow

    Answer: DAUNT

  17. 40. Oscar winner Hathaway

    Answer: ANNE

  18. 41. Foxlike

    Answer: SLY

  19. 42. Winter pellets

    Answer: SLEET

  20. 43. ___ forgiveness

    Answer: DEBT

  21. 44. Say without saying

    Answer: HINTAT

  22. 46. Godsends

    Answer: BOONS

  23. 47. Up to 150 years, for a tortoise

    Answer: LIFESPAN

  24. 49. The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C.

    Answer: CHI

  25. 50. Beaver's home

    Answer: LODGE

  26. 51. Communicate through a disagreement

    Answer: HAVETHINGSOUT

  27. 53. Counterpart of 53-Down

    Answer: TODAY

  28. 54. Display perfect timing, much like dancers

    Answer: MOVEASONE

  29. 55. Agcy. that protects the right to unionize

    Answer: NLRB

  30. 56. Some Indian flatbreads

    Answer: ROTIS

  31. 57. First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league

    Answer: TONISTONE

  32. 58. Bond between Lazenby and Dalton

    Answer: MOORE

  33. 59. "Let's do it"

    Answer: IMIN

  34. 60. Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah"

    Answer: PALESTINE

  35. 61. Like a lion's coat

    Answer: TAWNY

  36. 62. Reprimand that might be biting, ironically

    Answer: TONGUELASHING

  37. 64. Group of partridges

    Answer: COVEY

  38. 65. "www" string

    Answer: URL

  39. 66. Honey boo-boo?

    Answer: BEESTING

  40. 67. Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally

    Answer: DOMED

  41. 68. Up for the day

    Answer: ARISEN

  42. 70. Named names

    Answer: SANG

  43. 71. [Oh God ...]

    Answer: GROAN

  44. 72. Nurse

    Answer: SIP

  45. 75. Many a spacious apartment

    Answer: LOFT

  46. 76. Stand-up comic ___ Wang

    Answer: SHENG

  47. 78. Where a band might go

    Answer: WRIST

  48. 79. "Gimme!"

    Answer: MINE

  49. 80. Go undefeated

    Answer: SWEEP

  50. 82. Enterprise letters

    Answer: USS

  51. 83. "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain

    Answer: IHOP

  52. 84. Lover of Tristan

    Answer: ISOLDE

  53. 86. Combine, as resources

    Answer: POOL

  54. 88. Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap

    Answer: WARIO

  55. 90. Bothersome recurrence

    Answer: FLAREUP

  56. 91. Controversial business oversight

    Answer: CORPORATESURVEILLANCE

  57. 96. Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground

    Answer: INVERTEDROLLERCOASTER

  58. 97. Lip

    Answer: SASS

  59. 98. "___ bodkins!" (bygone oath)

    Answer: ODS

  60. 99. Comes clean, with "up"

    Answer: FESSES

  61. 100. Old Bulgarian rulers

    Answer: TSARS

Down

  1. 1. Results of some peace talks

    Answer: ACCORDS

  2. 2. "Wow!"

    Answer: TOOCOOL

  3. 3. Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness"

    Answer: AMNESTY

  4. 4. Papal representative

    Answer: LEGATE

  5. 5. Michaels of "Saturday Night Live"

    Answer: LORNE

  6. 6. Angry cat's "greeting"

    Answer: HISS

  7. 7. Nav. rank

    Answer: ENS

  8. 8. Retort of denial

    Answer: ITISNOT

  9. 9. Offer emotional support (for)

    Answer: SHOWUP

  10. 10. Time that's an artist's name backward

    Answer: TENAM

  11. 11. Did the butterfly, e.g.

    Answer: SWAM

  12. 12. Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers

    Answer: FTD

  13. 13. Dutch city with a namesake jar

    Answer: LEIDEN

  14. 14. ___ Major

    Answer: URSA

  15. 15. "Because I Got High" rapper

    Answer: AFROMAN

  16. 16. 12 letters?

    Answer: XII

  17. 17. Magazine for entrepreneurs

    Answer: INC

  18. 18. Good to go

    Answer: SET

  19. 20. Branch with a stem?

    Answer: NEUROLOGY

  20. 21. Number of letters?

    Answer: ALPHABETSONG

  21. 22. Ocular affliction

    Answer: STYE

  22. 28. Uintah and Ouray reservation people

    Answer: UTES

  23. 30. Surpassed

    Answer: OUTSHONE

  24. 32. Group in support of a queen

    Answer: ANTCOLONY

  25. 33. Rushing around

    Answer: INAHURRY

  26. 34. Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure

    Answer: LETITBE

  27. 37. Reality TV icon ___ Leakes

    Answer: NENE

  28. 38. Edging, e.g.

    Answer: DEFEATING

  29. 39. Title for Macbeth

    Answer: THANE

  30. 42. Parts of many combo meals

    Answer: SODAS

  31. 43. Selling off, as stocks

    Answer: DIVESTING

  32. 45. Big inits. in Dutch banking

    Answer: ING

  33. 46. Foretelling of

    Answer: BODING

  34. 47. Bestowing extravagantly (on)

    Answer: LAVISHING

  35. 48. Source of fragrant cones

    Answer: PINE

  36. 50. Destiny

    Answer: LOTINLIFE

  37. 51. Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?"

    Answer: HONESTANSWER

  38. 52. Was flaky?

    Answer: SNOWED

  39. 53. Counterpart of 53-Across

    Answer: TOMORROW

  40. 54. It's not exactly fast food

    Answer: MOLASSES

  41. 56. Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two

    Answer: RITUALS

  42. 57. Bit of folklore

    Answer: TALE

  43. 58. Wonk

    Answer: MAVEN

  44. 60. Hammer parts

    Answer: PEENS

  45. 61. Main ingredient in salsa verde

    Answer: TOMATILLO

  46. 63. Purple yam in Filipino desserts

    Answer: UBE

  47. 64. Sounds from pigeons

    Answer: COOS

  48. 67. Simple coffee brewing method

    Answer: DRIP

  49. 69. Treeless tracts

    Answer: STEPPES

  50. 71. Pleasing rhythms

    Answer: GROOVES

  51. 72. Diamond component?

    Answer: SILENTA

  52. 73. Gene-activating substance

    Answer: INDUCER

  53. 74. Eyes, informally

    Answer: PEEPERS

  54. 77. Danced at a luau

    Answer: HULAED

  55. 78. Eddies

    Answer: WHIRLS

  56. 79. Very complicated situation, so to speak

    Answer: MORASS

  57. 81. ___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement)

    Answer: POOR

  58. 83. Self-congratulatory declaration

    Answer: IRULE

  59. 85. One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer

    Answer: SALAT

  60. 87. "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet

    Answer: ORTO

  61. 89. Since

    Answer: ASOF

  62. 90. Some fan-made literary works, informally

    Answer: FICS

  63. 91. Prefix with -normative

    Answer: CIS

  64. 92. ___ shoestring

    Answer: ONA

  65. 93. They're parked in parks

    Answer: RVS

  66. 94. Some OT enders

    Answer: TDS

  67. 95. Before, poetically

    Answer: ERE

The answer to “Nav. rank” in the NYT Crossword is ENS — a 3-letter word. It appears in our available data for August 9, 2026 at 7-Down. Below you can reveal the fill one letter at a time, check the full puzzle, and open every related clue page.

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The answer is ENS.

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3 letters: ENS.

When did this clue appear?

It appears in the NYT Crossword for August 9, 2026 at 7-Down.

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