Below is the complete solution for the crossword puzzle for August 19, 2023. Here we’ll help you all to solve the given puzzles easily with a moderate difficulty level. Wherever you get stuck you are always allowed to know more with the help of the given hints and find the correct possible answer. If you want to challenge your brain, then you should definitely try solving these puzzles which are published every day on our website.
NYT ACROSS CLUES
| “Excuse me while I light my ___” (Bob Marley lyric) | SPLIFF |
| Theater backers? | SCRIMS |
| Ho-hum | PROSAIC |
| 11-sided coin, informally | LOONIE |
| “Damn right!” | HELLYEAH |
| Not learned | INNATE |
| Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters | EMCEE |
| Ball game | BOCCE |
| Very much in | HOT |
| Narragansett Bay and New York Harbor, for two | RIAS |
| Broadcast alternative | CABLE |
| Labor demand? | PUSH |
| Numbers after a no. | EXT |
| “The Swedish Sphinx” | GARBO |
| Uncanny | EERIE |
| Coupons, e.g. | MONEYSAVERS |
| Embellish something unnecessarily | GILDTHELILY |
| Baby | MOLLYCODDLE |
| Asian appetizer | SATAY |
| Locale of van Gogh’s “The Bedroom” paintings | ARLES |
| Ones calling the shots, in brief? | MDS |
| Ending with cyclo- | TRON |
| Harsh lighting? | ARSON |
| Acquiescent | MEEK |
| Routine | ACT |
| Component of a Zoom call | VIDEO/td> |
| Dig, say | FANCY |
| “Tough cookies” | TOOBAD |
| Bronze finish, maybe | SPRAYTAN |
| Foolish | UNWISE |
| Skeptical look | SIDEEYE |
| Takes a little hair off, perhaps | SINGES |
| Minimal | MEREST |
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
| Basketball, e.g. | SPHERE |
| Get ready, as concrete | PREMIX |
| Meme creature | LOLCAT |
| Key chain | ISLES |
| She played Bonnie in 1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde” | FAYE |
| Giant syllable | FIE |
| Common golf mistake | SLICE |
| It might receive scoops | CONE |
| The anchorman in “Anchorman” | RON |
| Rushed | INAHURRY |
| Cell division | MITOSIS |
| Boil | SEETHE |
| Permit required of old jazz musicians | CABARETCARD |
| Preoccupations | HOBBYHORSES |
| They come full circle | CLOSEDLOOPS |
| Risk for people with braces | CANDY |
| Key’s partner | PEELE |
| Word after good or by | GOLLY |
| Weariness, vice and want, in Voltaire’s “Candide” | EVILS |
| Where most of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci are stored | MILAN |
| ___ Ehrenreich, Han Solo’s portrayer in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” | ALDEN |
| “Knock yourself out!” | GOTOTOWN |
| 1909 Nobelist for contributions to the invention of radio | MARCONI |
| Level | STATUS |
| One getting schooled | MENTEE |
| Goes radioactive? | DECAYS |
| N.S.A. surveillance program that shares its name with an entity in the “Terminator” movies | SKYNET |
| Seconds | AIDES |
| Supposed subject of Taylor Swift’s “Dear John” | MAYOR |
| Potter’s product | VASE |
| Fall behind in the end | FADE |
| Popular | BIG |
| Swish miss? | RIM |
Clues are given in order to help you all solve the given crossword puzzles easily in a very less amount of time. Do make sure to give it a try and challenge yourself as these puzzles are really fun to solve which will create a kind of brainstorming session for you. The hints are there to help you and the difficulty level is moderate so you don’t need to worry. Bookmark our website for more such crossword puzzles which are published every day along with the answers of the previous crossword puzzles.
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