The full solution for the NY Times August 26 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by John Kugelman and Lance Enfinger and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Modern lead-in to quit or bait RAGE
- 5A Heat source for many hydrothermal vents MAGMA
- 10A Act all teenagerly, say MOPE
- 14A [I have something to say …] AHEM
- 15A He has the weight of the world on his shoulders ATLAS
- 16A River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre AVON
- 17A Enhancing “blemish” (3x) BEAUTYMARK
- 19A Rip apart REND
- 20A Something to belly up to BAR
- 21A Tennis’s “King of Clay,” familiarly RAFA
- 22A Cautious WARY
- 23A “My guess is …” IDSAY
- 25A Teach, playfully (3x) EDUMACATE
- 29A Pinocchio’s tell NOSE
- 31A South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born CARACAS
- 32A ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name) MAUI
- 33A PC key ALT
- 34A Wait for it! TIP
- 35A Sweet popcorn coating (4x) SALTEDCARAMEL
- 39A Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo HAN
- 40A Call, as a poker bet SEE
- 41A Roman author of “Metamorphoses” OVID
- 42A Fred Flintstone’s boss at the rock quarry MRSLATE
- 45A Tech review site CNET
- 46A Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x) MACADAMIA
- 48A Bundles in a stationery shop REAMS
- 52A Pointed remarks JABS
- 53A “Famous” cookie entrepreneur AMOS
- 55A Church fixture PEW
- 56A Black mark on a credit report, in brief REPO
- 57A “Unbelievable!” … or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise? SOMEPEOPLE
- 60A Never Have I ___ (party game) EVER
- 61A April’s ___ Day ARBOR
- 62A Bug on a pug FLEA
- 63A Alien incubators in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” PODS
- 64A Acrimonious, as a breakup MESSY
- 65A Units of verse FEET
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Torah scholar RABBI
- 2D Bridge Out ___ (sign) AHEAD
- 3D They have teeth but don’t bite GEARS
- 4D Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest EMU
- 5D Chichén Itzá builders MAYA
- 6D Taking charge? ATMFEE
- 7D Happy-sounding advocacy grp. GLAAD
- 8D Scuff up, say MAR
- 9D Set, as a price ASK
- 10D Instrument associated with beans and salsa? MARACA
- 11D Was a ham OVERACTED
- 12D Scrunchied hairstyle PONYTAIL
- 13D “The ___” (final track listed on the original “Abbey Road”) END
- 18D Audition TRYOUT
- 22D Word that can precede cry or baby WAR
- 24D Picky, picky, picky ANAL
- 26D Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate) UCLA
- 27D Housemother MATRON
- 28D What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief ESP
- 30D Day break? SIESTA
- 32D Got it all off his chest? MANSCAPED
- 33D Disc golf “hole”-in-one ACE
- 35D Capital city known as the “Jerusalem of the Balkans” SARAJEVO
- 36D Consider DEEM
- 37D Disinclined AVERSE
- 38D Small bug with a strong-sounding name MITE
- 39D “Well, let me think” HMM
- 43D Herculean tasks LABORS
- 44D Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl’s run time ADS
- 45D Sometimes-uncredited appearances CAMEOS
- 47D da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example IAMBS
- 49D Gift from a teacher’s pet APPLE
- 50D Free-for-all MELEE
- 51D Result of a hot pursuit? SWEAT
- 54D Grand Ole ___ OPRY
- 56D One leg press, say REP
- 57D Uncle ___ SAM
- 58D Minecraft resource ORE
- 59D Command to a jumpy dog OFF
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