NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 29, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 29, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 34

  1. 1Main characters for an early reader ↗ABCS
  2. 5They get rings for hoops ↗NBACHAMPS
  3. 14Skin-care brand known for its pore strips ↗BIORE
  4. 15Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel ↗SUSHIBOAT
  5. 16Conference handout ↗IDTAG
  6. 17Dubious sighting in the night sky ↗ALIENSHIP
  7. 18Started to boil ↗GOTMAD
  8. 20Work, as a joke ↗LAND
  9. 21Romance author Huang ↗ANA
  10. 22They might be rehabbed with knee flexion ↗ACLS
  11. 23His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003 ↗EWING
  12. 25Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The" ↗PITT
  13. 26Personne canonisée: Abbr. ↗STE
  14. 27___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney ↗BAIN
  15. 28Hits the mark, in a way ↗PARS
  16. 29Many people climb it ↗SOCIALLADDER
  17. 33Naturally concluded ↗RANITSCOURSE
  18. 35Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party? ↗PATIOHEATERS
  19. 37Court session, perhaps ↗TENNISLESSON
  20. 39Like much of Libya ↗ARID
  21. 41Depicting the world bleakly and cynically ↗NOIR
  22. 42Put your back into it ↗TRY
  23. 43"Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics) ↗BRIE
  24. 44Is immersed ↗SOAKS
  25. 46Fair trade, say ↗SWAP
  26. 47"It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm" ↗PIG
  27. 48A word in closing ↗THUS
  28. 49Relative of house music ↗TECHNO
  29. 51Inverse of an exponential function ↗LOGARITHM
  30. 54Vikings' offense? ↗RAIDS
  31. 55What a supposed bug is often revealed to be ↗USERERROR
  32. 56Grant ↗ALLOT
  33. 57Deftly evades ↗SIDESTEPS
  34. 58Come off as ↗SEEM

Down 35

  1. 1Nonhuman provider of medical advice ↗AIDOCTOR
  2. 2Neck topper ↗BOTTLECAP
  3. 3Shoves (in) ↗CRAMS
  4. 4Sonic system ↗SEGA
  5. 5Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State" ↗NSA
  6. 6Breaking character? ↗BULLINACHINASHOP
  7. 7Like parts of Istanbul ↗ASIAN
  8. 8Common Chinese surname ↗CHENG
  9. 9___ legs ↗HIND
  10. 10Stability aids, informally ↗ABS
  11. 11Soft, silky material ↗MOHAIR
  12. 12Depicts stylishly ↗PAINTS
  13. 13Green day star, for short ↗STPAT
  14. 14Humongous, slangily ↗BIGASS
  15. 19Stocked and sold, as goods ↗DEALTIN
  16. 24August ___, "Fences" playwright ↗WILSON
  17. 25Makes sense of ↗PARSES
  18. 27Deliberately exasperated ↗BAITED
  19. 28More sassy ↗PERTER
  20. 30Indecisive way to end ↗INATIE
  21. 31Gets by ↗DOESOK
  22. 32Binary, in a way ↗DUALIST
  23. 34Former ↗ERSTWHILE
  24. 36"Wow ... what are the chances?!" ↗SORANDOM
  25. 38Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in brief ↗NYPOST
  26. 39Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera ↗ARIOSI
  27. 40Not fair ↗RIGGED
  28. 43Nearly 90 ↗BPLUS
  29. 44It goes on top ↗SHIRT
  30. 45Shockingly unconventional ↗OUTRE
  31. 46Stepped-on instrument ↗SCALE
  32. 48"___ chic!" ↗TRES
  33. 50Time divisions ↗ERAS
  34. 52"___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit) ↗ARE
  35. 53Half of a couple ↗MRS