New Yorker Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the New Yorker Crossword published on August 26 2026.

72
Total Clues
35
Total Across
37
Total Down

Clues Across (35 total)

(1)
Pokes or encourages
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(6)
Use an e-cigarette
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(10)
Pop idol with a larger-than-life persona
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(14)
Chats on Zoom or FaceTime
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(16)
___ coffee (beverage for a summer morning, maybe)
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(17)
Balderdash, to a Brit
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(18)
Fat similar to shortening
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(19)
Released, as a statement
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(20)
Basic forward move, in fencing
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(21)
Round metal instrument struck with a padded mallet
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(24)
Malevolent magic spell
The answer is:
?
?
?
(25)
Opposite of former
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(26)
Regretting
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(28)
Defended oneself like a skunk
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(30)
“How Stella Got Her Groove Back” star Bassett
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(32)
“At ___, soldier!”
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(33)
Short records, for short
The answer is:
?
?
?
(36)
Animal that’s simultaneously alive and dead, in a thought experiment named for its originator
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(39)
Complete collection
The answer is:
?
?
?
(40)
Low-frequency audio component
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(41)
Light-sensitive part of the eye
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(42)
Displayed bad posture
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(45)
Term of endearment akin to the Spanish {/papi/}
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(46)
Items for drying off after a shower
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(48)
“Junior” or “senior” politician: Abbr.
The answer is:
?
?
?
(50)
Orange pekoe, matcha, etc.
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(51)
“Sherlock Holmes” character Adler
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(52)
Take a stand against
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(54)
Sounds from sheep
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(55)
Person who tends to wreak havoc
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(59)
Diminutive suffix with kitchen
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(60)
Dish with skewered cubes of meat
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(61)
Nickname for Theresa
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(62)
Periodic sea-level fluctuation
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(63)
Incorporate into a blog post, say
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?

Clues Down (37 total)

(1)
Plastic-pipe material, briefly
The answer is:
?
?
?
(2)
___ de Janeiro
The answer is:
?
?
?
(3)
Not divisible by two
The answer is:
?
?
?
(4)
Fashion-line creator
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(5)
Boars’ mates
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(6)
Core ___ (parts of a personal belief system)
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(7)
Like some trips won on game shows
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(8)
Trudge
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(9)
Supposed psychic ability, familiarly
The answer is:
?
?
?
(10)
Weaken by adding water to
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(11)
“It’s so hard to choose”
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(12)
“Women on the ___ of a Nervous Breakdown” (Pedro Almodóvar film)
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(13)
Variety of viper
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(15)
Paper money
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(20)
Dressed appropriately for changing weather
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(21)
“The ___ is always greener”
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(22)
Sixteenth of a pound
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(23)
Menopause symptom that might lead to soaked sheets
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(25)
___ gun (weapon said to make a “pew pew” sound)
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(27)
Small, round drop
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(29)
Cloth used to apply furniture polish, e.g.
The answer is:
?
?
?
(31)
Surname of the second and sixth U.S. Presidents
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(34)
Bear that subsists almost entirely on bamboo
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(35)
Doesn’t leave
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(37)
Type of co. that offers web connectivity
The answer is:
?
?
?
(38)
Topaz, for Utah, or Lake Superior agate, for Minnesota
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
(43)
What the rims of eyeglasses hold
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(44)
Oust from office
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
?
(46)
Lhasa is its capital
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(47)
Deliver a speech
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
?
(49)
Snack
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(52)
Distracted or surprised greeting
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(53)
Japan’s national beverage
The answer is:
?
?
?
?
(55)
Chi-town clock setting in the winter
The answer is:
?
?
?
(56)
___ and flow
The answer is:
?
?
?
(57)
Negative word in Scotland
The answer is:
?
?
?
(58)
Abbr. meaning “We haven’t figured it out yet”
The answer is:
?
?
?

More New Yorker Puzzles

August 2026
26
272829
30
31
1
2
345
6
7
8
9
101112
13
14
15
16
171819
20
21
22
23
242526
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
Event Date, August 2026