Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, August 26, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "SALTEDCARAMEL".
Total Clues
76
Longest
SALTEDCARAMEL
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
BAR
Featured Clue
"Sweet popcorn coating (4x)"
13 Letters
SALTEDCARAMEL
ALLComplete Solution List
Modern lead-in to quit or bait
4RAGE
Heat source for many hydrothermal vents
5MAGMA
Act all teenagerly, say
4MOPE
I have something to say
4AHEM
He has the weight of the world on his shoulders
5ATLAS
River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
4AVON
Enhancing "blemish" (3x)
10BEAUTYMARK
Rip apart
4REND
Something to belly up to
3BAR
Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly
4RAFA
Cautious
4WARY
My guess is ...
5IDSAY
Teach, playfully (3x)
9EDUMACATE
Pinocchio's tell
4NOSE
South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born
7CARACAS
___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)
4MAUI
PC key
3ALT
Wait for it
3TIP
Sweet popcorn coating (4x)
13SALTEDCARAMEL
Sci-fi pilot Solo
3HAN
Call, as a poker bet
3SEE
Roman author of "Metamorphoses"
4OVID
Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry
7MRSLATE
Tech review site
4CNET
Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)
9MACADAMIA
Bundles in a stationery shop
5REAMS
Pointed remarks
4JABS
"Famous" cookie entrepreneur
4AMOS
Church fixture
3PEW
Black mark on a credit report, in brief
4REPO
"Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?
10SOMEPEOPLE
Never Have I ___ (party game)
4EVER
April's ___ Day
5ARBOR
Bug on a pug
4FLEA
Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
4PODS
Acrimonious, as a breakup
5MESSY
Units of verse
4FEET
Torah scholar
5RABBI
Bridge Out ___ (sign)
5AHEAD
They have teeth but don't bite
5GEARS
Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest
3EMU
Chichén Itzá builders
4MAYA
Taking charge?
6ATMFEE
Happy-sounding advocacy grp.
5GLAAD
Scuff up, say
3MAR
Set as a price
3ASK
Instrument associated with beans and salsa?
6MARACA
Was a ham
9OVERACTED
Scrunchied hairstyle
8PONYTAIL
"The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")
3END
Audition
6TRYOUT
Word that can precede cry or baby
3WAR
Picky, picky, picky
4ANAL
Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)
4UCLA
Housemother
6MATRON
What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief
3ESP
Day break
6SIESTA
Got it all off his chest?
9MANSCAPED
Disc golf "hole"-in-one
3ACE
Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"
8SARAJEVO
Consider
4DEEM
Disinclined
6AVERSE
Small bug with a strong-sounding name
4MITE
Well, let me think ...
3HMM
Herculean tasks
6LABORS
Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time
3ADS
Sometimes-uncredited appearances
6CAMEOS
da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example
5IAMBS
Gift from a teacher's pet
5APPLE
Free-for-all
5MELEE
Result of a hot pursuit?
5SWEAT
Grand Ole ____
4OPRY
One leg press, say
3REP
Uncle!
3SAM
Minecraft resource
3ORE
Command to a jumpy dog
3OFF