New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/28/2026. The August 28 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “Oh, what the hell”SCREWIT
- 8a Mythical figure in “Doctor Faustus”HELEN
- 13a Worrier’s wordsIHOPENOT
- 15a Like a parkour practitionerAGILE
- 16a Politician’s response, maybeNONANSWER
- 18a Step in the showerRINSE
- 19a Christian ___ERA
- 20a Beamed overTELEPORTED
- 22a “Would ya look at that ?”WELLWELLWELL
- 25a Milieu for bathyspheres, with “the”DEEPS
- 26a “Ignorance is bliss,” e.g.OLDSAW
- 29a CompañerasAMIGAS
- 31a Rabbit’s titleBRER
- 32a Lead-in to field or fiftiesMID
- 34a Big houseMANOR
- 35a ___ polo (sport played in Pakistan)YAK
- 36a Asteroids systemATARI
- 38a Flame proof?ASH
- 39a ___ collarETON
- 41a Yellow-and-black ideogramSMILEY
- 42a World’s second-most-populous islandHONSHU
- 44a Hosting, informallyMCING
- 45a They might raise your kidsBOOSTERSEATS
- 49a “Easy-peasy!”ITSABREEZE
- 52a Customizable avatar for Nintendo gamesMII
- 53a Natural exfoliantLOOFA
- 54a Houdini specialtyESCAPEACT
- 57a Flower in a Whitman poem written as an elegy for LincolnLILAC
- 58a Kim Cattrall’s role on “Sex and the City”SAMANTHA
- 59a Move stealthilySLINK
- 60a Setting for an uphill climbLOWGEAR
- Down
- 1d Certain elastic bandSINEW
- 2d Washing the dishes, e.g.CHORE
- 3d Brazilian soccer star known for his dribbling flairRONALDINHO
- 4d Org. that might do some spring cleaning?EPA
- 5d Actress Ming-Na of “Mulan”WEN
- 6d Shoe fitting concernsINSTEPS
- 7d Golf bag attachmentsTOWELS
- 8d Frequent collaborator with Bill MurrayHAROLDRAMIS
- 9d Members of a Gen Z subculture with online originsEGIRLS
- 10d Screen capture?LINT
- 11d Choice wordELSE
- 12d Sine qua nonNEED
- 14d Something read at a tableTELL
- 17d OverhaulREWORK
- 21d Creator of the Hawaiian Islands, in mythPELE
- 23d Building blockLEGO
- 24d “Our luck has turned!”WEARESOBACK
- 27d BlendAMALGAMATE
- 28d Word with live or chickenWIRE
- 29d Residency org.AMA
- 30d Brewing stuffMASH
- 31d OutlawBAN
- 33d Unprofessional letters?DIY
- 35d “The thing is ?”YOUSEE
- 37d Sticking pointTINE
- 40d Lightning conductor?THOR
- 41d Rock subgenre portmanteauSCREAMO
- 43d Jazz aficionado, e.g.NBAFAN
- 44d Spirit seen on el Día de los MuertosMEZCAL
- 46d The 12th crew member in “Ocean’s Twelve”TESS
- 47d Women’s Basketball Hall-of-Famer PenicheiroTICHA
- 48d Electric instrument played on Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”SITAR
- 49d AfflictionsILLS
- 50d Work like a dogTOIL
- 51d Star turns at a concertSOLI
- 55d Print makerPAW
- 56d Subj. with two A.P. examsENG