NYT Crossword August 29 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on August 29 2026.
- 69
- Total Clues
- 34
- Total Across
- 35
- Total Down
Clues Across (34 total)
(1)
Main characters for an early reader
The answer is: abcs
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They get rings for hoops
The answer is: nbachamps
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Skin-care brand known for its pore strips
The answer is: biore
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Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel
The answer is: sushiboat
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Conference handout
The answer is: idtag
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Dubious sighting in the night sky
The answer is: alienship
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Started to boil
The answer is: gotmad
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Work, as a joke
The answer is: land
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Romance author Huang
The answer is: ana
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(22)
They might be rehabbed with knee flexion
The answer is: acls
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His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003
The answer is: ewing
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Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The"
The answer is: pitt
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Personne canonisée: Abbr.
The answer is: ste
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___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney
The answer is: bain
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Hits the mark, in a way
The answer is: pars
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Many people climb it
The answer is: socialladder
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Naturally concluded
The answer is: ranitscourse
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Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?
The answer is: patioheaters
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Court session, perhaps
The answer is: tennislesson
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(39)
Like much of Libya
The answer is: arid
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Depicting the world bleakly and cynically
The answer is: noir
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Put your back into it
The answer is: try
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"Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics)
The answer is: brie
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Is immersed
The answer is: soaks
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Fair trade, say
The answer is: swap
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"It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm"
The answer is: pig
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A word in closing
The answer is: thus
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Relative of house music
The answer is: techno
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Inverse of an exponential function
The answer is: logarithm
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Vikings' offense?
The answer is: raids
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What a supposed bug is often revealed to be
The answer is: usererror
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(56)
Grant
The answer is: allot
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Deftly evades
The answer is: sidesteps
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Come off as
The answer is: seem
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Clues Down (35 total)
(1)
Nonhuman provider of medical advice
The answer is: aidoctor
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(2)
Neck topper
The answer is: bottlecap
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Shoves (in)
The answer is: crams
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Sonic system
The answer is: sega
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Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"
The answer is: nsa
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Breaking character?
The answer is: bullinachinashop
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Like parts of Istanbul
The answer is: asian
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Common Chinese surname
The answer is: cheng
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___ legs
The answer is: hind
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Stability aids, informally
The answer is: abs
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Soft, silky material
The answer is: mohair
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Depicts stylishly
The answer is: paints
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Green day star, for short
The answer is: stpat
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Humongous, slangily
The answer is: bigass
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Stocked and sold, as goods
The answer is: dealtin
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August ___, "Fences" playwright
The answer is: wilson
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Makes sense of
The answer is: parses
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Deliberately exasperated
The answer is: baited
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More sassy
The answer is: perter
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Indecisive way to end
The answer is: inatie
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Gets by
The answer is: doesok
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Binary, in a way
The answer is: dualist
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Former
The answer is: erstwhile
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"Wow ... what are the chances?!"
The answer is: sorandom
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Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in brief
The answer is: nypost
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(39)
Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera
The answer is: ariosi
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(40)
Not fair
The answer is: rigged
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Nearly 90
The answer is: bplus
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It goes on top
The answer is: shirt
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Shockingly unconventional
The answer is: outre
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Stepped-on instrument
The answer is: scale
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"___ chic!"
The answer is: tres
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Time divisions
The answer is: eras
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"___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)
The answer is: are
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Half of a couple
The answer is: mrs
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