NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 29, 2026
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Clues69
Across34
Down35
ConstructorRafael Musa and Kate Chin Park
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Main characters for an early reader (4)
Starts with A, ends with SABCS→
5A
They get rings for hoops (9)
Starts with N, ends with SNBACHAMPS→
14A
Skin-care brand known for its pore strips (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBIORE→
15A
Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vessel (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSUSHIBOAT→
16A
Conference handout (5)
Starts with I, ends with GIDTAG→
17A
Dubious sighting in the night sky (9)
Starts with A, ends with PALIENSHIP→
18A
Started to boil (6)
Starts with G, ends with DGOTMAD→
20A
Work, as a joke (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLAND→
21A
Romance author Huang (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
22A
They might be rehabbed with knee flexion (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACLS→
23A
His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003 (5)
Starts with E, ends with GEWING→
25A
Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The" (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPITT→
26A
Personne canonisée: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESTE→
27A
___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBAIN→
28A
Hits the mark, in a way (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPARS→
29A
Many people climb it (12)
Starts with S, ends with RSOCIALLADDER→
33A
Naturally concluded (12)
Starts with R, ends with ERANITSCOURSE→
35A
Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party? (12)
Starts with P, ends with SPATIOHEATERS→
37A
Court session, perhaps (12)
Starts with T, ends with NTENNISLESSON→
39A
Like much of Libya (4)
Starts with A, ends with DARID→
41A
Depicting the world bleakly and cynically (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNOIR→
42A
Put your back into it (3)
Starts with T, ends with YTRY→
43A
"Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics) (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBRIE→
44A
Is immersed (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOAKS→
46A
Fair trade, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSWAP→
47A
"It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm" (3)
Starts with P, ends with GPIG→
48A
A word in closing (4)
Starts with T, ends with STHUS→
49A
Relative of house music (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTECHNO→
51A
Inverse of an exponential function (9)
Starts with L, ends with MLOGARITHM→
54A
Vikings' offense? (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRAIDS→
55A
What a supposed bug is often revealed to be (9)
Starts with U, ends with RUSERERROR→
57A
Deftly evades (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSIDESTEPS→
58A
Come off as (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEEM→
Down
1D
Nonhuman provider of medical advice (8)
Starts with A, ends with RAIDOCTOR→
2D
Neck topper (9)
Starts with B, ends with PBOTTLECAP→
3D
Shoves (in) (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCRAMS→
4D
Sonic system (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASEGA→
5D
Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State" (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
6D
Breaking character? (16)
Starts with B, ends with PBULLINACHINASHOP→
7D
Like parts of Istanbul (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASIAN→
8D
Common Chinese surname (5)
Starts with C, ends with GCHENG→
9D
___ legs (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHIND→
10D
Stability aids, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
11D
Soft, silky material (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMOHAIR→
12D
Depicts stylishly (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPAINTS→
13D
Green day star, for short (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTPAT→
14D
Humongous, slangily (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBIGASS→
19D
Stocked and sold, as goods (7)
Starts with D, ends with NDEALTIN→
24D
August ___, "Fences" playwright (6)
Starts with W, ends with NWILSON→
25D
Makes sense of (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPARSES→
27D
Deliberately exasperated (6)
Starts with B, ends with DBAITED→
28D
More sassy (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPERTER→
30D
Indecisive way to end (6)
Starts with I, ends with EINATIE→
31D
Gets by (6)
Starts with D, ends with KDOESOK→
32D
Binary, in a way (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDUALIST→
34D
Former (9)
Starts with E, ends with EERSTWHILE→
36D
"Wow ... what are the chances?!" (8)
Starts with S, ends with MSORANDOM→
38D
39D
Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an opera (6)
Starts with A, ends with IARIOSI→
40D
Not fair (6)
Starts with R, ends with DRIGGED→
43D
Nearly 90 (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBPLUS→
44D
It goes on top (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSHIRT→
45D
Shockingly unconventional (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTRE→
46D
Stepped-on instrument (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCALE→
48D
"___ chic!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with STRES→
50D
Time divisions (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
52D
"___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit) (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
53D
Half of a couple (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMRS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 29, 2026?+
69 clues: 34 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rafael Musa and Kate Chin Park and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Main characters for an early reader (ABCS); They get rings for hoops (NBACHAMPS); Skin-care brand known for its pore strips (BIORE).
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