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NYT Crossword August 29 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, August 29 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

1Main characters for an early reader4 lettersSee answer ›5They get rings for hoops9 lettersSee answer ›14Skin-care brand known for its pore strips5 lettersSee answer ›15Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel9 lettersSee answer ›16Conference handout5 lettersSee answer ›17Dubious sighting in the night sky9 lettersSee answer ›18Started to boil6 lettersSee answer ›20Work, as a joke4 lettersSee answer ›21Romance author Huang3 lettersSee answer ›22They might be rehabbed with knee flexion4 lettersSee answer ›23His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 20035 lettersSee answer ›25Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The"4 lettersSee answer ›26Personne canonisée: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›27___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney4 lettersSee answer ›28Hits the mark, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›29Many people climb it12 lettersSee answer ›33Naturally concluded12 lettersSee answer ›35Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?12 lettersSee answer ›37Court session, perhaps12 lettersSee answer ›39Like much of Libya4 lettersSee answer ›41Depicting the world bleakly and cynically4 lettersSee answer ›42Put your back into it3 lettersSee answer ›43"Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics)4 lettersSee answer ›44Is immersed5 lettersSee answer ›46Fair trade, say4 lettersSee answer ›47"It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm"3 lettersSee answer ›48A word in closing4 lettersSee answer ›49Relative of house music6 lettersSee answer ›51Inverse of an exponential function9 lettersSee answer ›54Vikings' offense?5 lettersSee answer ›55What a supposed bug is often revealed to be9 lettersSee answer ›56Grant5 lettersSee answer ›57Deftly evades9 lettersSee answer ›58Come off as4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Nonhuman provider of medical advice8 lettersSee answer ›2Neck topper9 lettersSee answer ›3Shoves (in)5 lettersSee answer ›4Sonic system4 lettersSee answer ›5Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"3 lettersSee answer ›6Breaking character?16 lettersSee answer ›7Like parts of Istanbul5 lettersSee answer ›8Common Chinese surname5 lettersSee answer ›9___ legs4 lettersSee answer ›10Stability aids, informally3 lettersSee answer ›11Soft, silky material6 lettersSee answer ›12Depicts stylishly6 lettersSee answer ›13Green day star, for short5 lettersSee answer ›14Humongous, slangily6 lettersSee answer ›19Stocked and sold, as goods7 lettersSee answer ›24August ___, "Fences" playwright6 lettersSee answer ›25Makes sense of6 lettersSee answer ›27Deliberately exasperated6 lettersSee answer ›28More sassy6 lettersSee answer ›30Indecisive way to end6 lettersSee answer ›31Gets by6 lettersSee answer ›32Binary, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›34Former9 lettersSee answer ›36"Wow ... what are the chances?!"8 lettersSee answer ›38Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in brief6 lettersSee answer ›39Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera6 lettersSee answer ›40Not fair6 lettersSee answer ›43Nearly 905 lettersSee answer ›44It goes on top5 lettersSee answer ›45Shockingly unconventional5 lettersSee answer ›46Stepped-on instrument5 lettersSee answer ›48"___ chic!"4 lettersSee answer ›50Time divisions4 lettersSee answer ›52"___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)3 lettersSee answer ›53Half of a couple3 lettersSee answer ›