NYT Crossword Answers for Saturday, August 29, 2026
NYT Crossword
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Saturday puzzle · 69 answers · Hardest (themeless). Hints first; every answer is behind a button.
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5A NBACHAMPS15A SUSHIBOAT29A SOCIALLADDER33A RANITSCOURSE35A PATIOHEATERS37A TENNISLESSON
The question-mark clues
A “?” at the end of an NYT clue means wordplay: a pun, a double meaning or a trick. This grid had 3; here are their numbers and answers.
- 35AAcross clue ending in “?” (12)
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PATIOHEATERS - 54AAcross clue ending in “?” (5)
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RAIDS - 6DDown clue ending in “?” (16)
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BULLINACHINASHOP
Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)
Answers in this NYT Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 289 puzzles since November 2025:
ARE ×12ANA ×10ERAS ×9ABS ×7MRS ×7NOIR ×7ABCS ×5NSA ×5
The full NYT Crossword solution
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All 34 Across answers
1A ABCS5A NBACHAMPS14A BIORE15A SUSHIBOAT16A IDTAG17A ALIENSHIP18A GOTMAD20A LAND21A ANA22A ACLS23A EWING25A PITT26A STE27A BAIN28A PARS29A SOCIALLADDER33A RANITSCOURSE35A PATIOHEATERS37A TENNISLESSON39A ARID41A NOIR42A TRY43A BRIE44A SOAKS46A SWAP47A PIG48A THUS49A TECHNO51A LOGARITHM54A RAIDS55A USERERROR56A ALLOT57A SIDESTEPS58A SEEM
All 35 Down answers
1D AIDOCTOR2D BOTTLECAP3D CRAMS4D SEGA5D NSA6D BULLINACHINASHOP7D ASIAN8D CHENG9D HIND10D ABS11D MOHAIR12D PAINTS13D STPAT14D BIGASS19D DEALTIN24D WILSON25D PARSES27D BAITED28D PERTER30D INATIE31D DOESOK32D DUALIST34D ERSTWHILE36D SORANDOM38D NYPOST39D ARIOSI40D RIGGED43D BPLUS44D SHIRT45D OUTRE46D SCALE48D TRES50D ERAS52D ARE53D MRS
About This NYT Crossword
The NYT Crossword for Saturday, August 29, 2026 was a 15×16 grid by Rafael Musa and Kate Chin Park, edited by Will Shortz. It had 69 answers and 36 black squares; the longest answer ran 12 letters. That is 1 more than the average Saturday before it (67.6). 3 clues ended in a question mark.
Also on Aug 29: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Midi Crossword.
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