NYT Crossword August 29 2026 Answers (8/29/26)

Our NYT Crossword August 29, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword August 29, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 8/29/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« August 28 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Main characters for an early reader
5A	They get rings for hoops
14A	Skin-care brand known for its pore strips
15A	Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel
16A	Conference handout
17A	Dubious sighting in the night sky
18A	Started to boil
20A	Work, as a joke
21A	Romance author Huang
22A	They might be rehabbed with knee flexion
23A	His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003
25A	Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The"
26A	Personne canonisée: Abbr.
27A	___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney
28A	Hits the mark, in a way
29A	Many people climb it
33A	Naturally concluded
35A	Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?
37A	Court session, perhaps
39A	Like much of Libya
41A	Depicting the world bleakly and cynically
42A	Put your back into it
43A	"Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics)
44A	Is immersed
46A	Fair trade, say
47A	"It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm"
48A	A word in closing
49A	Relative of house music
51A	Inverse of an exponential function
54A	Vikings' offense?
55A	What a supposed bug is often revealed to be
56A	Grant
57A	Deftly evades
58A	Come off as
1D	Nonhuman provider of medical advice
2D	Neck topper
3D	Shoves (in)
4D	Sonic system
5D	Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"
6D	Breaking character?
7D	Like parts of Istanbul
8D	Common Chinese surname
9D	___ legs
10D	Stability aids, informally
11D	Soft, silky material
12D	Depicts stylishly
13D	Green day star, for short
14D	Humongous, slangily
19D	Stocked and sold, as goods
24D	August ___, "Fences" playwright
25D	Makes sense of
27D	Deliberately exasperated
28D	More sassy
30D	Indecisive way to end
31D	Gets by
32D	Binary, in a way
34D	Former
36D	"Wow ... what are the chances?!"
38D	Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in brief
39D	Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera
40D	Not fair
43D	Nearly 90
44D	It goes on top
45D	Shockingly unconventional
46D	Stepped-on instrument
48D	"___ chic!"
50D	Time divisions
52D	"___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)
53D	Half of a couple

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