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New York Times Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 26 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Modern lead-in to quit or bait41 AcrossReveal answer → Heat source for many hydrothermal vents55 AcrossReveal answer → Act all teenagerly, say410 AcrossReveal answer → [I have something to say ...]414 AcrossReveal answer → He has the weight of the world on his shoulders515 AcrossReveal answer → River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre416 AcrossReveal answer → Enhancing "blemish" (3x)1017 AcrossReveal answer → Rip apart419 AcrossReveal answer → Something to belly up to320 AcrossReveal answer → Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly421 AcrossReveal answer → Cautious422 AcrossReveal answer → "My guess is ..."523 AcrossReveal answer → Teach, playfully (3x)925 AcrossReveal answer → Pinocchio's tell429 AcrossReveal answer → South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born731 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)432 AcrossReveal answer → PC key333 AcrossReveal answer → Wait for it!334 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet popcorn coating (4x)1335 AcrossReveal answer → Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo339 AcrossReveal answer → Call, as a poker bet340 AcrossReveal answer → Roman author of "Metamorphoses"441 AcrossReveal answer → Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry742 AcrossReveal answer → Tech review site445 AcrossReveal answer → Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)946 AcrossReveal answer → Bundles in a stationery shop548 AcrossReveal answer → Pointed remarks452 AcrossReveal answer → "Famous" cookie entrepreneur453 AcrossReveal answer → Church fixture355 AcrossReveal answer → Black mark on a credit report, in brief456 AcrossReveal answer → "Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?1057 AcrossReveal answer → Never Have I ___ (party game)460 AcrossReveal answer → April's ___ Day561 AcrossReveal answer → Bug on a pug462 AcrossReveal answer → Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"463 AcrossReveal answer → Acrimonious, as a breakup564 AcrossReveal answer → Units of verse465 AcrossReveal answer →

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Torah scholar51 DownReveal answer → Bridge Out ___ (sign)52 DownReveal answer → They have teeth but don't bite53 DownReveal answer → Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest34 DownReveal answer → Chichén Itzá builders45 DownReveal answer → Taking charge?66 DownReveal answer → Happy-sounding advocacy grp.57 DownReveal answer → Scuff up, say38 DownReveal answer → Set, as a price39 DownReveal answer → Instrument associated with beans and salsa?610 DownReveal answer → Was a ham911 DownReveal answer → Scrunchied hairstyle812 DownReveal answer → "The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")313 DownReveal answer → Audition618 DownReveal answer → Word that can precede cry or baby322 DownReveal answer → Picky, picky, picky424 DownReveal answer → Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)426 DownReveal answer → Housemother627 DownReveal answer → What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief328 DownReveal answer → Day break?630 DownReveal answer → Got it all off his chest?932 DownReveal answer → Disc golf "hole"-in-one333 DownReveal answer → Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"835 DownReveal answer → Consider436 DownReveal answer → Disinclined637 DownReveal answer → Small bug with a strong-sounding name438 DownReveal answer → "Well, let me think"339 DownReveal answer → Herculean tasks643 DownReveal answer → Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time344 DownReveal answer → Sometimes-uncredited appearances645 DownReveal answer → da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example547 DownReveal answer → Gift from a teacher's pet549 DownReveal answer → Free-for-all550 DownReveal answer → Result of a hot pursuit?551 DownReveal answer → Grand Ole ___454 DownReveal answer → One leg press, say356 DownReveal answer → Uncle ___357 DownReveal answer → Minecraft resource358 DownReveal answer → Command to a jumpy dog359 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.