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