New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 08/29/2026. The August 29 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Main characters for an early readerABCS
- 5a They get rings for hoopsNBACHAMPS
- 14a Skin-care brand known for its pore stripsBIORE
- 15a Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vesselSUSHIBOAT
- 16a Conference handoutIDTAG
- 17a Dubious sighting in the night skyALIENSHIP
- 18a Started to boilGOTMAD
- 20a Work, as a jokeLAND
- 21a Romance author HuangANA
- 22a They might be rehabbed with knee flexionACLS
- 23a His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003EWING
- 25a Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with “The”PITT
- 26a Personne canonisée: Abbr.STE
- 27a ___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt RomneyBAIN
- 28a Hits the mark, in a wayPARS
- 29a Many people climb itSOCIALLADDER
- 33a Naturally concludedRANITSCOURSE
- 35a Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?PATIOHEATERS
- 37a Court session, perhapsTENNISLESSON
- 39a Like much of LibyaARID
- 41a Depicting the world bleakly and cynicallyNOIR
- 42a Put your back into itTRY
- 43a “Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?” (parody lyrics)BRIE
- 44a Is immersedSOAKS
- 46a Fair trade, saySWAP
- 47a “It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder”: “Animal Farm”PIG
- 48a A word in closingTHUS
- 49a Relative of house musicTECHNO
- 51a Inverse of an exponential functionLOGARITHM
- 54a Vikings’ offense?RAIDS
- 55a What a supposed bug is often revealed to beUSERERROR
- 56a GrantALLOT
- 57a Deftly evadesSIDESTEPS
- 58a Come off asSEEM
- Down
- 1d Nonhuman provider of medical adviceAIDOCTOR
- 2d Neck topperBOTTLECAP
- 3d Shoves (in)CRAMS
- 4d Sonic systemSEGA
- 5d Org. featured in 1998’s “Enemy of the State”NSA
- 6d Breaking character?BULLINACHINASHOP
- 7d Like parts of IstanbulASIAN
- 8d Common Chinese surnameCHENG
- 9d ___ legsHIND
- 10d Stability aids, informallyABS
- 11d Soft, silky materialMOHAIR
- 12d Depicts stylishlyPAINTS
- 13d Green day star, for shortSTPAT
- 14d Humongous, slangilyBIGASS
- 19d Stocked and sold, as goodsDEALTIN
- 24d August ___, “Fences” playwrightWILSON
- 25d Makes sense ofPARSES
- 27d Deliberately exasperatedBAITED
- 28d More sassyPERTER
- 30d Indecisive way to endINATIE
- 31d Gets byDOESOK
- 32d Binary, in a wayDUALIST
- 34d FormerERSTWHILE
- 36d “Wow … what are the chances?!”SORANDOM
- 38d Publisher of the front-page headline “This sport is stupid anyway” after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in briefNYPOST
- 39d Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an operaARIOSI
- 40d Not fairRIGGED
- 43d Nearly 90BPLUS
- 44d It goes on topSHIRT
- 45d Shockingly unconventionalOUTRE
- 46d Stepped-on instrumentSCALE
- 48d “___ chic!”TRES
- 50d Time divisionsERAS
- 52d “___ You That Somebody?” (1998 Aaliyah hit)ARE
- 53d Half of a coupleMRS