___ del Carmen (Mexican resort) Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)” from the New York Times crossword of August 23, 2026? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 23, 2026
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PLAYA is the answer to “___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)”. It means the bottom of a desert basin.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
The bottom of a desert basin.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: LAAPY.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Beach, in Spanish”.
More clues from the New York Times (August 23, 2026)
Across
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- 4. Many profs4 letters, starts with PPHDS
- 8. What a crush might make you do5 letters, starts with FFLIRT
- 13. Predator with dermal denticles5 letters, starts with SSHARK
- 18. Silent film actor Jannings4 letters, starts with EEMIL
- 20. Reclined4 letters, starts with LLAIN
- 21. More intense, as an emotion5 letters, starts with RRAWER
- 22. Early stage of a drug trial6 letters, starts with PPHASEI
- 23. Peace symbol4 letters, starts with DDOVE
- 24. Adage promoting thrift17 letters, starts with AAPENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED
- 27. Itty-bitty6 letters, starts with TTEENSY
- 29. Return filers, for short4 letters, starts with CCPAS
- 30. Barely keeps going, with "along"5 letters, starts with LLIMPS
- 31. Fish with leaf-shaped larvae4 letters, starts with EEELS
- 32. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject14 letters, starts with AABRAHAMLINCOLN
- 35. Start of a historic triple boast5 letters, starts with IICAME
- 37. Seminole's rival, in college athletics5 letters, starts with GGATOR
- 38. Liturgical singer6 letters, starts with CCANTOR
- 39. Quick cut4 letters, starts with SSNIP
- 40. Subtitle alternative3 letters, starts with DDUB
- 43. Yogurt drink in Delhi5 letters, starts with LLASSI
- 45. Monklike, in a way7 letters, starts with AASCETIC
- 48. Angle variable in geometry5 letters, starts with TTHETA
- 50. Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025)6 letters, starts with UUSMINT
- 53. Periodical, informally3 letters, starts with MMAG
- 55. Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees4 letters, starts with GGOTH
- 56. Duck known for its insulating feathers5 letters, starts with EEIDER
- 57. Make smelly7 letters, starts with SSTINKUP
- 59. One of 12, astrologically3 letters, starts with LLEO
- 61. "Balderdash!"3 letters, starts with RROT
- 62. "It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short3 letters, starts with WWSJ
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- 64. Drug enforcer, informally4 letters, starts with NNARC
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- 77. A failed transaction6 letters, starts with NNOSALE
- 78. Good, but not great, grade5 letters, starts with BBPLUS
- 79. Tennis great Arthur4 letters, starts with AASHE
- 80. ___ King Cole3 letters, starts with NNAT
- 81. Fall asleep, with "off"3 letters, starts with NNOD
- 82. Word with constrictor or feather3 letters, starts with BBOA
- 83. Goddess of the dawn3 letters, starts with EEOS
- 85. Car-pooling convenience7 letters, starts with HHOVLANE
- 88. Taco bar adjective5 letters, starts with AASADA
- 91. ___ Féin4 letters, starts with SSINN
- 92. ___ room3 letters, starts with RREC
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- 95. Musical staff symbol5 letters, starts with CCCLEF
- 96. Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing7 letters, starts with KKNEEING
- 99. "Sounds like a blast!"5 letters, starts with OOHFUN
- 101. Mini-gulp3 letters, starts with SSIP
- 102. Some Ivy Leaguers4 letters, starts with EELIS
- 104. Meeting that goes above and beyond?6 letters, starts with SSEANCE
- 106. Intimate5 letters, starts with GGETAT
- 110. Bitter5 letters, starts with AACRID
- 112. Image on one side of this puzzle's subject14 letters, starts with TTHEUNIONSHIELD
- 115. Badge-pinning site4 letters, starts with SSASH
- 117. Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment5 letters, starts with BBODHI
- 119. Spanish for "wealthy"4 letters, starts with RRICO
- 120. Get in the game?6 letters, starts with AANTEUP
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- 128. Modernists, informally4 letters, starts with NNEOS
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Down
- 1. Discount merchandise indicator6 letters, starts with RREDTAG
- 2. Organism that moves using pseudopodia6 letters, starts with AAMOEBA
- 3. Change the course of6 letters, starts with DDIVERT
- 4. ___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)5 letters, starts with PPLAYA
- 5. Two farthings, informally3 letters, starts with HHAPENNY
- 6. Deny responsibility for8 letters, starts with DDISCLAIM
- 7. Like certain easy-to-install hardware components6 letters, starts with SSNAPIN
- 8. Much of Diego Rivera's work7 letters, starts with FFRESCOS
- 9. Young Scot3 letters, starts with LLAD
- 10. "You can count on me"5 letters, starts with IIWILL
- 11. It can become amber5 letters, starts with RRESIN
- 12. Streetcar4 letters, starts with TTRAM
- 13. Doo-wop's ___ Na Na3 letters, starts with SSHA
- 14. Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire5 letters, starts with HHAREM
- 15. If necessary8 letters, starts with AASNEEDED
- 16. Scottish dance4 letters, starts with RREEL
- 17. Offspring4 letters, starts with KKIDS
- 19. "Enemies, a Love Story" actress8 letters, starts with LLENAOLIN
- 22. "GoodFellas" Oscar winner5 letters, starts with PPESCI
- 25. Perspective7 letters, starts with VVANTAGE
- 26. Demonstrate frugality, in a way6 letters, starts with PPENNYPINCH
- 28. Got tinier6 letters, starts with SSHRANK
- 33. Hosts, in brief3 letters, starts with MMCS
- 34. Tolkien monster3 letters, starts with OORC
- 36. Exams for ambitious H.S. students7 letters, starts with AAPTESTS
- 39. Date night bookings7 letters, starts with SSITTERS
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- 42. Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon3 letters, starts with BBAR
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- 47. Place for pliers8 letters, starts with TTOOLCASE
- 49. Muslim head scarf5 letters, starts with HHIJAB
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- 51. Scribe in a courtroom, in brief5 letters, starts with SSTENO
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- 70. Silly5 letters, starts with IINANE
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- 75. Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song5 letters, starts with PPENNYLANE
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- 89. Poli-___3 letters, starts with SSCI
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- 115. Like cotton candy4 letters, starts with SSPUN
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- 118. Grayish, say4 letters, starts with DDULL
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Questions
What is the answer to “___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)”?
PLAYA, 5 letters: the bottom of a desert basin.
When was “___ del Carmen (Mexican resort)” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of August 23, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with P.