New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/26/2026. The August 26 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Modern lead-in to quit or baitRAGE
- 5a Heat source for many hydrothermal ventsMAGMA
- 10a Act all teenagerly, sayMOPE
- 14a [I have something to say …]AHEM
- 15a He has the weight of the world on his shouldersATLAS
- 16a River by the Royal Shakespeare TheatreAVON
- 17a Enhancing “blemish” (3x)BEAUTYMARK
- 19a Rip apartREND
- 20a Something to belly up toBAR
- 21a Tennis’s “King of Clay,” familiarlyRAFA
- 22a CautiousWARY
- 23a “My guess is …”IDSAY
- 25a Teach, playfully (3x)EDUMACATE
- 29a Pinocchio’s tellNOSE
- 31a South American capital where Simón Bolívar was bornCARACAS
- 32a ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)MAUI
- 33a PC keyALT
- 34a Wait for it!TIP
- 35a Sweet popcorn coating (4x)SALTEDCARAMEL
- 39a Sci-fi pilot ___ SoloHAN
- 40a Call, as a poker betSEE
- 41a Roman author of “Metamorphoses”OVID
- 42a Fred Flintstone’s boss at the rock quarryMRSLATE
- 45a Tech review siteCNET
- 46a Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)MACADAMIA
- 48a Bundles in a stationery shopREAMS
- 52a Pointed remarksJABS
- 53a “Famous” cookie entrepreneurAMOS
- 55a Church fixturePEW
- 56a Black mark on a credit report, in briefREPO
- 57a “Unbelievable!” … or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?SOMEPEOPLE
- 60a Never Have I ___ (party game)EVER
- 61a April’s ___ DayARBOR
- 62a Bug on a pugFLEA
- 63a Alien incubators in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”PODS
- 64a Acrimonious, as a breakupMESSY
- 65a Units of verseFEET
- Down
- 1d Torah scholarRABBI
- 2d Bridge Out ___ (sign)AHEAD
- 3d They have teeth but don’t biteGEARS
- 4d Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forestEMU
- 5d Chichén Itzá buildersMAYA
- 6d Taking charge?ATMFEE
- 7d Happy-sounding advocacy grp.GLAAD
- 8d Scuff up, sayMAR
- 9d Set, as a priceASK
- 10d Instrument associated with beans and salsa?MARACA
- 11d Was a hamOVERACTED
- 12d Scrunchied hairstylePONYTAIL
- 13d “The ___” (final track listed on the original “Abbey Road”)END
- 18d AuditionTRYOUT
- 22d Word that can precede cry or babyWAR
- 24d Picky, picky, pickyANAL
- 26d Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)UCLA
- 27d HousemotherMATRON
- 28d What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in briefESP
- 30d Day break?SIESTA
- 32d Got it all off his chest?MANSCAPED
- 33d Disc golf “hole”-in-oneACE
- 35d Capital city known as the “Jerusalem of the Balkans”SARAJEVO
- 36d ConsiderDEEM
- 37d DisinclinedAVERSE
- 38d Small bug with a strong-sounding nameMITE
- 39d “Well, let me think”HMM
- 43d Herculean tasksLABORS
- 44d Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl’s run timeADS
- 45d Sometimes-uncredited appearancesCAMEOS
- 47d da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for exampleIAMBS
- 49d Gift from a teacher’s petAPPLE
- 50d Free-for-allMELEE
- 51d Result of a hot pursuit?SWEAT
- 54d Grand Ole ___OPRY
- 56d One leg press, sayREP
- 57d Uncle ___SAM
- 58d Minecraft resourceORE
- 59d Command to a jumpy dogOFF