NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 31, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 31, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Christopher YoungsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 38

  1. 1Part of a dance ↗STEP
  2. 5Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper ↗UCLA
  3. 9Slightly intoxicated ↗TIPSY
  4. 14Fancy ↗LUXE
  5. 15Worms and such on hooks ↗BAIT
  6. 16Be of the same mind ↗AGREE
  7. 17Redding with two posthumous Grammys ↗OTIS
  8. 18"Sesame Street" character who was once sung to sleep by Andrea Bocelli ↗ELMO
  9. 19Ransacks ↗LOOTS
  10. 20One who regularly drops things ↗BUTTERFINGERS
  11. 23The : English :: ___ : French ↗LES
  12. 24Letter after sigma ↗TAU
  13. 25One dining on Friskies ↗CAT
  14. 28Role for Selena Gomez on "Only Murders in the Building" ↗MABEL
  15. 31Umbrella-shaped sea creature ↗JELLYFISH
  16. 34Director DuVernay ↗AVA
  17. 35Pathetic ↗SAD
  18. 36Examine at length ↗PERUSE
  19. 37Took shots first, then paid for them later ↗RANATAB
  20. 40Clothing sizes for shorter women ↗PETITES
  21. 41Ski in zigzags ↗SLALOM
  22. 42"Far out!" ↗RAD
  23. 43Tetra- minus one ↗TRI
  24. 44Newlyweds' getaway ↗HONEYMOON
  25. 46Owl sounds ↗HOOTS
  26. 48Actress de Armas ↗ANA
  27. 49401(k) relative ↗IRA
  28. 50"Need an ark? I Noah guy," e.g. ↗PUN
  29. 51"Tell everyone!" … or what to do with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across? ↗SPREADTHEWORD
  30. 58Inuit for "house" ↗IGLOO
  31. 60Italian hello ↗CIAO
  32. 61Et ___ (and others: Lat.) ↗ALIA
  33. 62Tennis locale ↗COURT
  34. 63Pre-Easter observance ↗LENT
  35. 64R-rated, maybe ↗RACY
  36. 65A cube has 12 of them ↗EDGES
  37. 66Petrol brand ↗ESSO
  38. 67Easter egg decorating supplies ↗DYES

Down 40

  1. 1Mess maker ↗SLOB
  2. 2Attire for the Sugar Plum Fairy ↗TUTU
  3. 3Off-ramp ↗EXIT
  4. 4Pulverizing tool ↗PESTLE
  5. 5Alternatives to Lyfts ↗UBERS
  6. 6Baby whale ↗CALF
  7. 7In finite supply ↗LIMITED
  8. 8Lacking a musical key ↗ATONAL
  9. 9A ___ as old as time ↗TALE
  10. 10Composer Stravinsky ↗IGOR
  11. 11Ham on an antipasto platter ↗PROSCIUTTO
  12. 12Solidify ↗SET
  13. 13"You called?" ↗YES
  14. 21Sinuous swimmer ↗EEL
  15. 22Swallowed hard ↗GULPED
  16. 26Aver ↗ASSERT
  17. 27Graduate student’s project ↗THESIS
  18. 28___ P. Johnson (gay rights activist) ↗MARSHA
  19. 29Island of Arthurian legend ↗AVALON
  20. 30Fruit-resembling mollusk ↗BANANASLUG
  21. 31The "one" of a one-two ↗JAB
  22. 32So far ↗YET
  23. 33Part of the week that workers look forward to: Abbr. ↗FRI
  24. 35Lunch item that might be made with cold cuts, in slang ↗SAMMIE
  25. 38Ginger ___ ↗ALE
  26. 39Cup-and-ball or yo-yo ↗TOY
  27. 40Deep-dish vessel ↗PAN
  28. 42Support staff for a rock band ↗ROADIES
  29. 45Soothsayer ↗ORACLE
  30. 46Tint ↗HUE
  31. 47"To victory!" ↗ONWARD
  32. 50Part of an Instagram post ↗PHOTO
  33. 52Skin opening ↗PORE
  34. 53Goes bad ↗ROTS
  35. 54Gets bronzed at the beach ↗TANS
  36. 55Brand with "anti-aging" products ↗OLAY
  37. 56Bibimbap base ↗RICE
  38. 57Pages on a desk calendar ↗DAYS
  39. 58"Rocks" at a bar ↗ICE
  40. 59Lead-in to forbid or forsaken ↗GOD