Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, August 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, August 27, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.7 letters. The longest answer is "BUZZALDRIN".
Total Clues
78
Longest
BUZZALDRIN
Avg Length
4.7
Shortest
PJS
Featured Clue
"Astronaut for whom a Pixar character is named"
10 Letters
BUZZALDRIN
ALLComplete Solution List
Open with one's teeth?
5UNZIP
Network that launched in 1994 with the film "Scent of a Woman"
5STARZ
Bed threads
3PJS
Pre-Inca civilization known for its underground aqueducts and geoglyphs
5NAZCA
November birthstone
5TOPAZ
CNBC subj.
3IPO
Currently being tried
5ATBAR
Apt synonym for "wake-up call"
9EYEOPENER
Seattle pro soccer team
8SOUNDERS
Look at this
5IMAGE
Make a right turn?
5ATONE
Greek organization, informally
4FRAT
4x platinum self-titled album of 2001
3JLO
More saplike
6OOZIER
"Sesame Street" character with a pet rock named Rocco
3ZOE
Alertness aid
5NODOZ
Founder of Stoicism
4ZENO
Go the other way
3ZAG
Not just my
3OUR
Loaded with energy
7ZESTFUL
When doubled, first name in classic Hollywood
3ZSA
___ Khamenei, former supreme leader of Iran
3ALI
Daughter of Saturn, in Roman myth
4JUNO
Just sat around
5LAZED
One sitting on a coop board?
3HEN
Colombian offerings that may be served with hogao
6AREPAS
Conditions
3IFS
Counting
4WHOS
Check-in from a texter
5HOWRU
Discombobulated
5ATSEA
Large storage unit
8GIGABYTE
Be a rat
9NAMENAMES
2007 horror sequel
5SAWIV
"The Simpsons" character ___ Nahasapeemapetilon
3APU
Monotonous hum
5DRONE
Hat decoration in a marching band
5PLUME
Relay division
3LEG
Word before park or after cheap
5SKATE
Less candid, perhaps
5SLYER
Some, in León
4UNAS
Allied grp.
4NATO
Astronaut for whom a Pixar character is named
10BUZZALDRIN
You're not the only one
7ICANTOO
Longtime "Saturday Night Live" announcer Don
5PARDO
Start to type
6STEREO
Action figures and such
4TOYS
Parrot
3APE
Indian P.M., 1991-96
3RAO
Totino's frozen food offering
9PIZZAROLL
Tropical fruta
4PINA
Pic file format
4JPEG
Put out
4SORE
911 responder
3EMT
Music for Airports composer
3ENO
Feudal estate
4FIEF
Lens solution brand
4RENU
10,000,000 ergs
5JOULE
2004 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ... and a hint to 3-, 10-, 29- and 33-Down
5ZZTOP
Bear of children's rhyme
10FUZZYWUZZY
Desert havens
5OASES
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
4EGAD
Biblical captain
4NOAH
Gesture also known as "spirit fingers"
9JAZZHANDS
French bread
4EURO
Console for Chrono Trigger, in brief
4SNES
Completely missed shot
7AIRBALL
It makes sense now
6AHISEE
Soak
3SOG
Microscopic
3WEE
Insects responsible for virtually all fig pollination
5WASPS
Obsessively oriented
4ANAL
Record, in a way
4TAPE
A little too pleased with oneself
4SMUG
Bloke
4GENT
"The devourer of all things," per Ovid
4TIME
Perpetually
4EVER
Clumsy vessel
3ARK
Bygone cousin of a kiwi
3MOA