NYT Crossword August 31, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Part of a dance 4 5A Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper 4 9A Slightly intoxicated 5 14A Fancy 4 15A Worms and such on hooks 4 16A Be of the same mind 5 17A Redding with two posthumous Grammys 4 18A "Sesame Street" character who was once sung to sleep by Andrea Bocelli 4 19A Ransacks 5 20A One who regularly drops things 13 23A The : English :: ___ : French 3 24A Letter after sigma 3 25A One dining on Friskies 3 28A Role for Selena Gomez on "Only Murders in the Building" 5 31A Umbrella-shaped sea creature 9 34A Director DuVernay 3 35A Pathetic 3 36A Examine at length 6 37A Took shots first, then paid for them later 7 40A Clothing sizes for shorter women 7 41A Ski in zigzags 6 42A "Far out!" 3 43A Tetra- minus one 3 44A Newlyweds' getaway 9 46A Owl sounds 5 48A Actress de Armas 3 49A 401(k) relative 3 50A "Need an ark? I Noah guy," e.g. 3 51A "Tell everyone!" … or what to do with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across? 13 58A Inuit for "house" 5 60A Italian hello 4 61A Et ___ (and others: Lat.) 4 62A Tennis locale 5 63A Pre-Easter observance 4 64A R-rated, maybe 4 65A A cube has 12 of them 5 66A Petrol brand 4 67A Easter egg decorating supplies 4

Down

1D Mess maker 4 2D Attire for the Sugar Plum Fairy 4 3D Off-ramp 4 4D Pulverizing tool 6 5D Alternatives to Lyfts 5 6D Baby whale 4 7D In finite supply 7 8D Lacking a musical key 6 9D A ___ as old as time 4 10D Composer Stravinsky 4 11D Ham on an antipasto platter 10 12D Solidify 3 13D "You called?" 3 21D Sinuous swimmer 3 22D Swallowed hard 6 26D Aver 6 27D Graduate student’s project 6 28D ___ P. Johnson (gay rights activist) 6 29D Island of Arthurian legend 6 30D Fruit-resembling mollusk 10 31D The "one" of a one-two 3 32D So far 3 33D Part of the week that workers look forward to: Abbr. 3 35D Lunch item that might be made with cold cuts, in slang 6 38D Ginger ___ 3 39D Cup-and-ball or yo-yo 3 40D Deep-dish vessel 3 42D Support staff for a rock band 7 45D Soothsayer 6 46D Tint 3 47D "To victory!" 6 50D Part of an Instagram post 5 52D Skin opening 4 53D Goes bad 4 54D Gets bronzed at the beach 4 55D Brand with "anti-aging" products 4 56D Bibimbap base 4 57D Pages on a desk calendar 4 58D "Rocks" at a bar 3 59D Lead-in to forbid or forsaken 3