NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Aug 26, 2026
Complete answer list for the August 26, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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SATAUG
22
2026
By Adrian Johnson
SUNAUG
23
2026
By Jill Singer
MONAUG
24
2026
By Steven Jopek
TUEAUG
25
2026
By Bryan Kaproth-Gerecht
WEDAUG
26
2026
By John Kugelman and Lance En…
The Grid
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Across 37
- 1Modern lead-in to quit or bait ↗RAGE
- 5Heat source for many hydrothermal vents ↗MAGMA
- 10Act all teenagerly, say ↗MOPE
- 14[I have something to say ...] ↗AHEM
- 15He has the weight of the world on his shoulders ↗ATLAS
- 16River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre ↗AVON
- 17Enhancing "blemish" (3x) ↗BEAUTYMARK
- 19Rip apart ↗REND
- 20Something to belly up to ↗BAR
- 21Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly ↗RAFA
- 22Cautious ↗WARY
- 23"My guess is ..." ↗IDSAY
- 25Teach, playfully (3x) ↗EDUMACATE
- 29Pinocchio's tell ↗NOSE
- 31South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born ↗CARACAS
- 32___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name) ↗MAUI
- 33PC key ↗ALT
- 34Wait for it! ↗TIP
- 35Sweet popcorn coating (4x) ↗SALTEDCARAMEL
- 39Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo ↗HAN
- 40Call, as a poker bet ↗SEE
- 41Roman author of "Metamorphoses" ↗OVID
- 42Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry ↗MRSLATE
- 45Tech review site ↗CNET
- 46Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x) ↗MACADAMIA
- 48Bundles in a stationery shop ↗REAMS
- 52Pointed remarks ↗JABS
- 53"Famous" cookie entrepreneur ↗AMOS
- 55Church fixture ↗PEW
- 56Black mark on a credit report, in brief ↗REPO
- 57"Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise? ↗SOMEPEOPLE
- 60Never Have I ___ (party game) ↗EVER
- 61April's ___ Day ↗ARBOR
- 62Bug on a pug ↗FLEA
- 63Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" ↗PODS
- 64Acrimonious, as a breakup ↗MESSY
- 65Units of verse ↗FEET
Down 39
- 1Torah scholar ↗RABBI
- 2Bridge Out ___ (sign) ↗AHEAD
- 3They have teeth but don't bite ↗GEARS
- 4Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest ↗EMU
- 5Chichén Itzá builders ↗MAYA
- 6Taking charge? ↗ATMFEE
- 7Happy-sounding advocacy grp. ↗GLAAD
- 8Scuff up, say ↗MAR
- 9Set, as a price ↗ASK
- 10Instrument associated with beans and salsa? ↗MARACA
- 11Was a ham ↗OVERACTED
- 12Scrunchied hairstyle ↗PONYTAIL
- 13"The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road") ↗END
- 18Audition ↗TRYOUT
- 22Word that can precede cry or baby ↗WAR
- 24Picky, picky, picky ↗ANAL
- 26Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate) ↗UCLA
- 27Housemother ↗MATRON
- 28What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief ↗ESP
- 30Day break? ↗SIESTA
- 32Got it all off his chest? ↗MANSCAPED
- 33Disc golf "hole"-in-one ↗ACE
- 35Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans" ↗SARAJEVO
- 36Consider ↗DEEM
- 37Disinclined ↗AVERSE
- 38Small bug with a strong-sounding name ↗MITE
- 39"Well, let me think" ↗HMM
- 43Herculean tasks ↗LABORS
- 44Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time ↗ADS
- 45Sometimes-uncredited appearances ↗CAMEOS
- 47da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example ↗IAMBS
- 49Gift from a teacher's pet ↗APPLE
- 50Free-for-all ↗MELEE
- 51Result of a hot pursuit? ↗SWEAT
- 54Grand Ole ___ ↗OPRY
- 56One leg press, say ↗REP
- 57Uncle ___ ↗SAM
- 58Minecraft resource ↗ORE
- 59Command to a jumpy dog ↗OFF