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New York Times Crossword August 29 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 69 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 29 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 69 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Main characters for an early readerABCS4Across1 They get rings for hoopsNBACHAMPS9Across5 Skin-care brand known for its pore stripsBIORE5Across14 Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vesselSUSHIBOAT9Across15 Conference handoutIDTAG5Across16 Dubious sighting in the night skyALIENSHIP9Across17 Started to boilGOTMAD6Across18 Work, as a jokeLAND4Across20 Romance author HuangANA3Across21 They might be rehabbed with knee flexionACLS4Across22 His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003EWING5Across23 Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The"PITT4Across25 Personne canonisée: Abbr.STE3Across26 ___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt RomneyBAIN4Across27 Hits the mark, in a wayPARS4Across28 Many people climb itSOCIALLADDER12Across29 Naturally concludedRANITSCOURSE12Across33 Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?PATIOHEATERS12Across35 Court session, perhapsTENNISLESSON12Across37 Like much of LibyaARID4Across39 Depicting the world bleakly and cynicallyNOIR4Across41 Put your back into itTRY3Across42 "Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics)BRIE4Across43 Is immersedSOAKS5Across44 Fair trade, saySWAP4Across46 "It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm"PIG3Across47 A word in closingTHUS4Across48 Relative of house musicTECHNO6Across49 Inverse of an exponential functionLOGARITHM9Across51 Vikings' offense?RAIDS5Across54 What a supposed bug is often revealed to beUSERERROR9Across55 GrantALLOT5Across56 Deftly evadesSIDESTEPS9Across57 Come off asSEEM4Across58

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Nonhuman provider of medical adviceAIDOCTOR8Down1 Neck topperBOTTLECAP9Down2 Shoves (in)CRAMS5Down3 Sonic systemSEGA4Down4 Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"NSA3Down5 Breaking character?BULLINACHINASHOP16Down6 Like parts of IstanbulASIAN5Down7 Common Chinese surnameCHENG5Down8 ___ legsHIND4Down9 Stability aids, informallyABS3Down10 Soft, silky materialMOHAIR6Down11 Depicts stylishlyPAINTS6Down12 Green day star, for shortSTPAT5Down13 Humongous, slangilyBIGASS6Down14 Stocked and sold, as goodsDEALTIN7Down19 August ___, "Fences" playwrightWILSON6Down24 Makes sense ofPARSES6Down25 Deliberately exasperatedBAITED6Down27 More sassyPERTER6Down28 Indecisive way to endINATIE6Down30 Gets byDOESOK6Down31 Binary, in a wayDUALIST7Down32 FormerERSTWHILE9Down34 "Wow ... what are the chances?!"SORANDOM8Down36 Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in briefNYPOST6Down38 Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an operaARIOSI6Down39 Not fairRIGGED6Down40 Nearly 90BPLUS5Down43 It goes on topSHIRT5Down44 Shockingly unconventionalOUTRE5Down45 Stepped-on instrumentSCALE5Down46 "___ chic!"TRES4Down48 Time divisionsERAS4Down50 "___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)ARE3Down52 Half of a coupleMRS3Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.