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NYT Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, August 26 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Modern lead-in to quit or bait4 lettersSee answer ›5Heat source for many hydrothermal vents5 lettersSee answer ›10Act all teenagerly, say4 lettersSee answer ›14[I have something to say ...]4 lettersSee answer ›15He has the weight of the world on his shoulders5 lettersSee answer ›16River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre4 lettersSee answer ›17Enhancing "blemish" (3x)10 lettersSee answer ›19Rip apart4 lettersSee answer ›20Something to belly up to3 lettersSee answer ›21Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly4 lettersSee answer ›22Cautious4 lettersSee answer ›23"My guess is ..."5 lettersSee answer ›25Teach, playfully (3x)9 lettersSee answer ›29Pinocchio's tell4 lettersSee answer ›31South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born7 lettersSee answer ›32___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)4 lettersSee answer ›33PC key3 lettersSee answer ›34Wait for it!3 lettersSee answer ›35Sweet popcorn coating (4x)13 lettersSee answer ›39Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo3 lettersSee answer ›40Call, as a poker bet3 lettersSee answer ›41Roman author of "Metamorphoses"4 lettersSee answer ›42Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry7 lettersSee answer ›45Tech review site4 lettersSee answer ›46Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)9 lettersSee answer ›48Bundles in a stationery shop5 lettersSee answer ›52Pointed remarks4 lettersSee answer ›53"Famous" cookie entrepreneur4 lettersSee answer ›55Church fixture3 lettersSee answer ›56Black mark on a credit report, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›57"Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?10 lettersSee answer ›60Never Have I ___ (party game)4 lettersSee answer ›61April's ___ Day5 lettersSee answer ›62Bug on a pug4 lettersSee answer ›63Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"4 lettersSee answer ›64Acrimonious, as a breakup5 lettersSee answer ›65Units of verse4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Torah scholar5 lettersSee answer ›2Bridge Out ___ (sign)5 lettersSee answer ›3They have teeth but don't bite5 lettersSee answer ›4Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest3 lettersSee answer ›5Chichén Itzá builders4 lettersSee answer ›6Taking charge?6 lettersSee answer ›7Happy-sounding advocacy grp.5 lettersSee answer ›8Scuff up, say3 lettersSee answer ›9Set, as a price3 lettersSee answer ›10Instrument associated with beans and salsa?6 lettersSee answer ›11Was a ham9 lettersSee answer ›12Scrunchied hairstyle8 lettersSee answer ›13"The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")3 lettersSee answer ›18Audition6 lettersSee answer ›22Word that can precede cry or baby3 lettersSee answer ›24Picky, picky, picky4 lettersSee answer ›26Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)4 lettersSee answer ›27Housemother6 lettersSee answer ›28What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›30Day break?6 lettersSee answer ›32Got it all off his chest?9 lettersSee answer ›33Disc golf "hole"-in-one3 lettersSee answer ›35Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"8 lettersSee answer ›36Consider4 lettersSee answer ›37Disinclined6 lettersSee answer ›38Small bug with a strong-sounding name4 lettersSee answer ›39"Well, let me think"3 lettersSee answer ›43Herculean tasks6 lettersSee answer ›44Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time3 lettersSee answer ›45Sometimes-uncredited appearances6 lettersSee answer ›47da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example5 lettersSee answer ›49Gift from a teacher's pet5 lettersSee answer ›50Free-for-all5 lettersSee answer ›51Result of a hot pursuit?5 lettersSee answer ›54Grand Ole ___4 lettersSee answer ›56One leg press, say3 lettersSee answer ›57Uncle ___3 lettersSee answer ›58Minecraft resource3 lettersSee answer ›59Command to a jumpy dog3 lettersSee answer ›