Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, August 28, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, August 28, 2026 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "WELLWELLWELL".
Total Clues
68
Longest
WELLWELLWELL
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
ERA
Featured Clue
"Would ya look at that!"
12 Letters
WELLWELLWELL
ALLComplete Solution List
Oh, what the hell
7SCREWIT
Mythical figure in "Doctor Faustus"
5HELEN
Worrier's words
8IHOPENOT
Like a parkour practitioner
5AGILE
Politician's response, maybe
9NONANSWER
Step in the shower
5RINSE
Christian __
3ERA
Beamed over
10TELEPORTED
Would ya look at that!
12WELLWELLWELL
Milieu for bathyspheres, with "the"
5DEEPS
Ignorance is bliss, e.g.
6OLDSAW
Compañeras
6AMIGAS
Rabbit's title
4BRER
Lead-in to field or fifties
3MID
Big house
5MANOR
___ polo (sport played in Pakistan)
3YAK
Asteroids system
5ATARI
Flame proof?
3ASH
Collar
4ETON
Yellow-and-black ideogram
6SMILEY
World's second-most populous island
6HONSHU
Hosting, informally
5MCING
They might raise your kids
12BOOSTERSEATS
Easy-peasy
10ITSABREEZE
Customizable avatar for Nintendo games
3MII
Natural exfoliant
5LOOFA
Houdini specialty
9ESCAPEACT
Flower in a Whitman poem written as an elegy for Lincoln
5LILAC
Kim Cattrall's role on "Sex and the City"
8SAMANTHA
Move stealthily
5SLINK
Setting for an uphill climb
7LOWGEAR
Certain elastic band
5SINEW
Washing the dishes, e.g.
5CHORE
Brazilian soccer star known for his dribbling flair
10RONALDINHO
Org. that might do some spring cleaning?
3EPA
Actress Ming-Na of "Mulan"
3WEN
Shoe fitting concerns
7INSTEPS
Golf bag attachments
6TOWELS
Frequent collaborator with Bill Murray
11HAROLDRAMIS
Members of a Gen Z subculture with online origins
6EGIRLS
Screen capture?
4LINT
Choice word
4ELSE
Sine qua non
4NEED
Something read at a table
4TELL
Overhaul
6REWORK
Creator of the Hawaiian Islands, in myth
4PELE
Building block
4LEGO
"Our luck has turned!"
11WEARESOBACK
Blend
10AMALGAMATE
Word with live or chicken
4WIRE
Residency org.
3AMA
Brewing stuff
4MASH
Outlaw
3BAN
Unprofessional letters?
3DIY
The thing is ...
6YOUSEE
Sticking point?
4TINE
Lightning conductor?
4THOR
Rock subgenre portmanteau
7SCREAMO
Jazz aficionado, e.g.
6NBAFAN
Spirit seen on el Día de los Muertos
6MEZCAL
The 12th crew member in "Ocean's Twelve"
4TESS
Women's Basketball Hall-of-Famer Penicheiro
5TICHA
Electric instrument played on Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
5SITAR
Afflictions
4ILLS
Work like a dog
4TOIL
Star turns at a concert
4SOLI
Print maker?
3PAW
Subj. with two A.P. exams
3ENG