NYT Crossword August 26, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Modern lead-in to quit or bait 4 5A Heat source for many hydrothermal vents 5 10A Act all teenagerly, say 4 14A [I have something to say ...] 4 15A He has the weight of the world on his shoulders 5 16A River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 4 17A Enhancing "blemish" (3x) 10 19A Rip apart 4 20A Something to belly up to 3 21A Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly 4 22A Cautious 4 23A "My guess is ..." 5 25A Teach, playfully (3x) 9 29A Pinocchio's tell 4 31A South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born 7 32A ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name) 4 33A PC key 3 34A Wait for it! 3 35A Sweet popcorn coating (4x) 13 39A Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo 3 40A Call, as a poker bet 3 41A Roman author of "Metamorphoses" 4 42A Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry 7 45A Tech review site 4 46A Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x) 9 48A Bundles in a stationery shop 5 52A Pointed remarks 4 53A "Famous" cookie entrepreneur 4 55A Church fixture 3 56A Black mark on a credit report, in brief 4 57A "Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise? 10 60A Never Have I ___ (party game) 4 61A April's ___ Day 5 62A Bug on a pug 4 63A Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 4 64A Acrimonious, as a breakup 5 65A Units of verse 4

Down

1D Torah scholar 5 2D Bridge Out ___ (sign) 5 3D They have teeth but don't bite 5 4D Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest 3 5D Chichén Itzá builders 4 6D Taking charge? 6 7D Happy-sounding advocacy grp. 5 8D Scuff up, say 3 9D Set, as a price 3 10D Instrument associated with beans and salsa? 6 11D Was a ham 9 12D Scrunchied hairstyle 8 13D "The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road") 3 18D Audition 6 22D Word that can precede cry or baby 3 24D Picky, picky, picky 4 26D Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate) 4 27D Housemother 6 28D What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief 3 30D Day break? 6 32D Got it all off his chest? 9 33D Disc golf "hole"-in-one 3 35D Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans" 8 36D Consider 4 37D Disinclined 6 38D Small bug with a strong-sounding name 4 39D "Well, let me think" 3 43D Herculean tasks 6 44D Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time 3 45D Sometimes-uncredited appearances 6 47D da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example 5 49D Gift from a teacher's pet 5 50D Free-for-all 5 51D Result of a hot pursuit? 5 54D Grand Ole ___ 4 56D One leg press, say 3 57D Uncle ___ 3 58D Minecraft resource 3 59D Command to a jumpy dog 3