New York Times
Nyt crossword answer today (August 29, 2026)
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Today's NYT Crossword Answers - August 29, 2026
Full Across and Down answer list for August 29, 2026. This page is updated daily with fresh puzzle data and optimized server-rendered markup for faster indexing.
Across Clues & Answers
1
Main characters for an early reader
ABCS
5
They get rings for hoops
NBACHAMPS
14
Skin-care brand known for its pore strips
BIORE
15
Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel
SUSHIBOAT
16
Conference handout
IDTAG
17
Dubious sighting in the night sky
ALIENSHIP
18
Started to boil
GOTMAD
20
Work, as a joke
LAND
21
Romance author Huang
ANA
22
They might be rehabbed with knee flexion
ACLS
23
His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003
EWING
25
Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The"
PITT
26
Personne canonisée: Abbr.
STE
27
___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney
BAIN
28
Hits the mark, in a way
PARS
29
Many people climb it
SOCIALLADDER
33
Naturally concluded
RANITSCOURSE
35
Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?
PATIOHEATERS
37
Court session, perhaps
TENNISLESSON
39
Like much of Libya
ARID
41
Depicting the world bleakly and cynically
NOIR
42
Put your back into it
TRY
43
"Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics)
BRIE
44
Is immersed
SOAKS
46
Fair trade, say
SWAP
47
"It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm"
PIG
48
A word in closing
THUS
49
Relative of house music
TECHNO
51
Inverse of an exponential function
LOGARITHM
54
Vikings' offense?
RAIDS
55
What a supposed bug is often revealed to be
USERERROR
56
Grant
ALLOT
57
Deftly evades
SIDESTEPS
58
Come off as
SEEM
Down Clues & Answers
1
Nonhuman provider of medical advice
AIDOCTOR
2
Neck topper
BOTTLECAP
3
Shoves (in)
CRAMS
4
Sonic system
SEGA
5
Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"
NSA
6
Breaking character?
BULLINACHINASHOP
7
Like parts of Istanbul
ASIAN
8
Common Chinese surname
CHENG
9
___ legs
HIND
10
Stability aids, informally
ABS
11
Soft, silky material
MOHAIR
12
Depicts stylishly
PAINTS
13
Green day star, for short
STPAT
14
Humongous, slangily
BIGASS
19
Stocked and sold, as goods
DEALTIN
24
August ___, "Fences" playwright
WILSON
25
Makes sense of
PARSES
27
Deliberately exasperated
BAITED
28
More sassy
PERTER
30
Indecisive way to end
INATIE
31
Gets by
DOESOK
32
Binary, in a way
DUALIST
34
Former
ERSTWHILE
36
"Wow ... what are the chances?!"
SORANDOM
38
Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in brief
NYPOST
39
Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera
ARIOSI
40
Not fair
RIGGED
43
Nearly 90
BPLUS
44
It goes on top
SHIRT
45
Shockingly unconventional
OUTRE
46
Stepped-on instrument
SCALE
48
"___ chic!"
TRES
50
Time divisions
ERAS
52
"___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)
ARE
53
Half of a couple
MRS