NYT Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

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

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Clues Across (37 total)

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Modern lead-in to quit or bait
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Heat source for many hydrothermal vents
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Act all teenagerly, say
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[I have something to say ...]
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He has the weight of the world on his shoulders
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River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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Enhancing "blemish" (3x)
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Rip apart
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Something to belly up to
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Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly
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Cautious
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"My guess is ..."
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Teach, playfully (3x)
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Pinocchio's tell
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South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born
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___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)
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PC key
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Wait for it!
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Sweet popcorn coating (4x)
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Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo
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Call, as a poker bet
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Roman author of "Metamorphoses"
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Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry
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Tech review site
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Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)
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Bundles in a stationery shop
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Pointed remarks
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"Famous" cookie entrepreneur
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Church fixture
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Black mark on a credit report, in brief
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"Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?
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Never Have I ___ (party game)
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April's ___ Day
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Bug on a pug
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Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
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Acrimonious, as a breakup
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Units of verse
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Clues Down (39 total)

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Torah scholar
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Bridge Out ___ (sign)
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They have teeth but don't bite
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Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest
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Chichén Itzá builders
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Taking charge?
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Happy-sounding advocacy grp.
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Scuff up, say
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Set, as a price
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Instrument associated with beans and salsa?
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Was a ham
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Scrunchied hairstyle
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"The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")
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Audition
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Word that can precede cry or baby
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Picky, picky, picky
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Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)
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Housemother
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What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief
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Day break?
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Got it all off his chest?
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Disc golf "hole"-in-one
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Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"
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Consider
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Disinclined
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Small bug with a strong-sounding name
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"Well, let me think"
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Herculean tasks
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Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time
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Sometimes-uncredited appearances
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da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example
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Gift from a teacher's pet
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Free-for-all
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Result of a hot pursuit?
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Grand Ole ___
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One leg press, say
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Uncle ___
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Minecraft resource
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Command to a jumpy dog
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