NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 30, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 30, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Daniel GrinbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 61

  1. 1"Aladdin" villain ↗JAFAR
  2. 6"It's yours!" ↗SOLD
  3. 10Sarcastic "Sure" ↗IBET
  4. 14Heat setting, in brief? ↗NBA
  5. 17Dutch Caribbean isle ↗ARUBA
  6. 18Explosive sound ↗KABOOM
  7. 20Lacking constraints ↗FREEFORM
  8. 22MARTIN SHEEN ↗HENRIMATISSE
  9. 24LIAM NEESON ↗SALMINEO
  10. 25Chef Hussain of "The Great British Bake Off" fame ↗NADIYA
  11. 26Discount Chinese e-tailer ↗TEMU
  12. 28Jumbo shrimp ↗PRAWN
  13. 29Ben & Jerry's alternative ↗EDYS
  14. 31Pink-slips ↗CANS
  15. 33NORMAN REEDUS ↗DONNASUMMER
  16. 37GREG KINNEAR ↗REGINAKING
  17. 40Conditions of equilibrium ↗STASES
  18. 41Historian's division ↗ERA
  19. 42Undying? ↗ALIVE
  20. 43Offer illegally, as tickets ↗SCALP
  21. 45Publicly proclaim ↗AVOW
  22. 46Scatters messily ↗STREWS
  23. 48MORGAN FREEMAN ↗GEORGEFOREMAN
  24. 55Class for some recent arrivals, for short ↗ESL
  25. 56Kind of green ↗PEA
  26. 59Chemist Lilly ↗ELI
  27. 60Chilean poet who served as a Communist senator ↗NERUDA
  28. 61Four to two, e.g. ↗SQUARE
  29. 64Friar with a famous "razor" ↗OCCAM
  30. 68Turns on the waterworks ↗CRIES
  31. 69Ones making periodic appearances ... or the link between the capitalized clues and their answers ↗RECURRINGCHARACTERS
  32. 732024's "Joker: ___ à Deux" ↗FOLIE
  33. 74Alfresco area ↗PATIO
  34. 75"Everything cool between us?" ↗WEGOOD
  35. 76Poorly nourished ↗ILLFED
  36. 78Fill at a fill-up ↗GAS
  37. 80___ card ↗SIM
  38. 81Rite Aid rival ↗CVS
  39. 84CHRISTIAN SLATER ↗ELAINESTRITCH
  40. 89City on the Illinois River ↗PEORIA
  41. 92Grumpy grimace ↗MOUE
  42. 93Discontinued Swedish cars ↗SAABS
  43. 96Inauthentic ↗PHONY
  44. 97"Catch-22" topic ↗WAR
  45. 100Join, as two metal surfaces ↗SOLDER
  46. 102ISABELLA ROSSELLINI ↗BRIELARSON
  47. 104KEVIN KLINE ↗EVELKNIEVEL
  48. 107Erté's style, informally ↗DECO
  49. 108Canadian fuel brand ↗ESSO
  50. 109All-vowel musical refrain ↗EIEIO
  51. 110Actress Falco with four Emmys ↗EDIE
  52. 112Sugary secretion ↗NECTAR
  53. 114BEA ARTHUR ↗BABERUTH
  54. 118MARLON BRANDO ↗ORLANDOBLOOM
  55. 122Submitted by the deadline ↗INONTIME
  56. 123B.L.T. or P.B.J., cutesily ↗SAMMIE
  57. 124Musician/actress Haim ↗ALANA
  58. 125Syllable of censure ↗TSK
  59. 126Instants ↗SECS
  60. 127High-protein bean ↗SOYA
  61. 128Big name in truck rentals ↗RYDER

Down 79

  1. 1God, to Bob Marley ↗JAH
  2. 2"___ you done?" ↗ARE
  3. 3Musical comedy that was 1968's highest-grossing film ↗FUNNYGIRL
  4. 4Caustic ↗ABRASIVE
  5. 5Bootlegger's concern ↗RAID
  6. 6Like 666, popularly ↗SATANIC
  7. 7Band that's big in Japan? ↗OBI
  8. 8Disoriented ↗LOST
  9. 9Administered, as a drug ↗DOSED
  10. 10Potentialities ↗IFS
  11. 11Something found under a top ↗BRA
  12. 12Wriggler in a stream ↗EEL
  13. 13"___ fugit" ↗TEMPUS
  14. 14Star's opposite ↗NONAME
  15. 15Stout figure? ↗BREWER
  16. 16Supreme Egyptian god ↗AMONRA
  17. 18Inuit watercraft ↗KAYAKS
  18. 19Office messages ↗MEMOS
  19. 21Like some mattresses and offers ↗FIRM
  20. 23Mineral that makes cosmetics shimmer ↗MICA
  21. 27Remove an identifier from, as on Instagram ↗UNTAG
  22. 29Clear ↗ERASE
  23. 30Shoulder press targets, to trainers ↗DELTS
  24. 32Hit a ___ ↗SNAG
  25. 34Where a flock may gather ↗NAVE
  26. 35Beginning on ↗ASOF
  27. 36Attach with a needle and thread ↗SEWON
  28. 38Unused ↗NEW
  29. 39Extreme happiness ↗GLEE
  30. 44Double-breasted pieces of menswear ↗POLOCOATS
  31. 47Trigger ↗SPUR
  32. 49Like Scrooge McDuck ↗RICH
  33. 50Right-hand page of a book ↗RECTO
  34. 51Made muffs ↗ERRED
  35. 52John ___ Day (California commemoration) ↗MUIR
  36. 53Citrus refreshments ↗ADES
  37. 54"N.Y. State of Mind" rapper ↗NAS
  38. 571994 Costner title role ↗EARP
  39. 58Diva's time to shine ↗ARIA
  40. 61"Dune" genre ↗SCIFI
  41. 62Mary or Elizabeth ↗QUEEN
  42. 63Towering creature in "The Two Towers" ↗ENT
  43. 65Sound in a cornfield ↗CAW
  44. 66Half brother of Apollo ↗ARES
  45. 67Christmas presence? ↗MAGI
  46. 69Sushi bar serving ↗ROLL
  47. 70Jazz great Fitzgerald ↗ELLA
  48. 71Along with "CODA" and "Argo," the only other four-letter Best Picture winner ↗GIGI
  49. 72Give gratis ↗COMP
  50. 73Shakespearean shout ↗FIE
  51. 77That's the spirit! ↗DEMON
  52. 79Strike defier ↗SCAB
  53. 81Part of an intersection ↗CROSSROAD
  54. 82Barolos e Brunellos ↗VINOS
  55. 83Turn someone down ↗SAYNO
  56. 85Unshared numbers ↗SOLI
  57. 86Hostile manner, informally ↗TUDE
  58. 87Actor and disability activist Christopher ↗REEVE
  59. 88Like some liquors ↗HARD
  60. 90Org. regulating air quality ↗EPA
  61. 91"You sure about that?" ↗OHREALLY
  62. 94Periods of 730 days ↗BIENNIA
  63. 95Withdraw from a union ↗SECEDE
  64. 97Teensy amount ↗WEEBIT
  65. 98Feathered fliers ↗AVIANS
  66. 99Shoe brand named for an antelope ↗REEBOK
  67. 100Hybrid tennis bottoms ↗SKORTS
  68. 101Second tries ↗REDOS
  69. 103El Pollo ___ (chicken chain) ↗LOCO
  70. 105Creditor's claim ↗LIEN
  71. 106Turkish money ↗LIRAS
  72. 111Fad toy of 1996 ↗ELMO
  73. 113Snowboarder's transport ↗TBAR
  74. 115Often-illegal turn, slangily ↗UIE
  75. 116Cinephile's cable choice ↗TMC
  76. 117Boars and bulls ↗HES
  77. 119Comedian Sedaris ↗AMY
  78. 120I, to Augustus ↗ONE
  79. 121Smudge or smear, say ↗MAR