Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, August 31, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, August 31, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "BUTTERFINGERS".
Total Clues
78
Longest
BUTTERFINGERS
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
LES
Featured Clue
"One who regularly drops things"
13 Letters
BUTTERFINGERS
ALLComplete Solution List
Part of a dance
4STEP
Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper
4UCLA
Slightly intoxicated
5TIPSY
Fancy
4LUXE
Worms and such on hooks
4BAIT
Be of the same mind
5AGREE
Redding with two posthumous Grammys
4OTIS
"Sesame Street" character who was once sung to sleep by Andrea Bocelli
4ELMO
Ransacks
5LOOTS
One who regularly drops things
13BUTTERFINGERS
The : English :: ___ : French
3LES
Letter after sigma
3TAU
One dining on Friskies
3CAT
Role for Selena Gomez on "Only Murders in the Building"
5MABEL
Umbrella-shaped sea creature
9JELLYFISH
Director DuVernay
3AVA
Pathetic
3SAD
Examine at length
6PERUSE
Took shots first, then paid for them later
7RANATAB
Clothing sizes for shorter women
7PETITES
Ski in zigzags
6SLALOM
Far out
3RAD
Tetra- minus one
3TRI
Newlyweds' getaway
9HONEYMOON
Owl sounds
5HOOTS
Actress ___ de Armas
3ANA
401(k) relative
3IRA
Need an ark? I Noah guy!, e.g.
3PUN
"Tell everyone!" ... or what to do with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across?
13SPREADTHEWORD
Inuit for "house"
5IGLOO
Italian hello
4CIAO
Et ___ (and others: Lat.)
4ALIA
Tennis locale
5COURT
Pre-Easter observance
4LENT
R-rated, maybe
4RACY
A cube has 12 of them
5EDGES
Petrol brand
4ESSO
Easter egg decorating supplies
4DYES
Mess maker
4SLOB
Attire for the Sugar Plum Fairy
4TUTU
Off-ramp
4EXIT
Pulverizing tool
6PESTLE
Alternatives to Lyfts
5UBERS
Baby whale
4CALF
In finite supply
7LIMITED
Lacking a musical key
6ATONAL
A ___ as old as time
4TALE
Composer Stravinsky
4IGOR
Ham on an antipasto platter
10PROSCIUTTO
Solidify
3SET
You called?
3YES
Sinuous swimmer
3EEL
Swallowed hard
6GULPED
Aver
6ASSERT
Graduate student's project
6THESIS
___ P. Johnson (gay rights activist)
6MARSHA
Island of Arthurian legend
6AVALON
Fruit-resembling mollusk
10BANANASLUG
The "one" of a one-two
3JAB
So far
3YET
Part of the week that workers look forward to: Abbr.
3FRI
Lunch item that might be made with cold cuts, in slang
6SAMMIE
Ginger ___
3ALE
Cup-and-ball or yo-yo
3TOY
Deep-dish vessel
3PAN
Support staff for a rock band
7ROADIES
Soothsayer
6ORACLE
Tint
3HUE
To victory!
6ONWARD
Part of an Instagram post
5PHOTO
Skin opening
4PORE
Goes bad
4ROTS
Gets bronzed at the beach
4TANS
Brand with "anti-aging" products
4OLAY
Bibimbap base
4RICE
Pages on a desk calendar
4DAYS
Rocks, at a bar
3ICE
Lead-in to forbid or forsaken
3GOD