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NYT Crossword — August 27, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues
1Open with one's teeth?
6Network that launched in 1994 with the film "Scent of a Woman"
11Bed threads
14Pre-Inca civilization known for its underground aqueducts and geoglyphs
15November birthstone
16CNBC subj.
17Currently being tried
18Apt synonym for "wake-up call"
20Seattle pro soccer team
22Look at this!
23Make a right turn?
24Greek organization, informally
264x platinum self-titled album of 2001
27More saplike
29"Sesame Street" character with a pet rock named Rocco
32Alertness aid
34Founder of Stoicism
35Go the other way
36Not just my
37Loaded with energy
40When doubled, first name in classic Hollywood
41___ Khamenei, former supreme leader of Iran
42Daughter of Saturn, in Roman myth
43Just sat around
45One sitting on a coop board?
46Colombian offerings that may be served with hogao
49Conditions
50"___ counting?"
51Check-in from a texter
53Discombobulated
56Large storage unit
59Be a rat
622007 horror sequel
63"The Simpsons" character ___ Nahasapeemapetilon
64Monotonous hum
65Hat decoration in a marching band
66Relay division
67Word before park or after cheap
68Less candid, perhaps

Down

39 clues
1Some, in León
2Allied grp.
3Astronaut for whom a Pixar character is named
4"You're not the only one!"
5Longtime "Saturday Night Live" announcer Don
6Start to type?
7Action figures and such
8Parrot
9Indian P.M., 1991-96
10Totino's frozen food offering
11Tropical fruta
12Pic file format
13Put out
19911 responder
21"Music for Airports" composer
24Feudal estate
25Lens solution brand
2610,000,000 ergs
282004 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ... and a hint to 3-, 10-, 29- and 33-Down
29Bear of children's rhyme
30Desert havens
31"Heavens to Murgatroyd!"
32Biblical "captain"
33Gesture also known as "spirit fingers"
38French bread?
39Console for Chrono Trigger, in brief
44Completely missed shot
47"It makes sense now!"
48Soak
50Microscopic
52Insects responsible for virtually all fig pollination
53Obsessively oriented
54Record, in a way
55A little too pleased with oneself
56Bloke
57"The devourer of all things," per Ovid
58Perpetually
60Clumsy vessel
61Bygone cousin of a kiwi

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Stats & info

Thursday, Aug 27, 2026
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
40/185
Black / letter cells
4.7
Avg entry length
10 ltrs
Longest entry
Tricky
Thursday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedAug 27, 2026
DayThursday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorZachary David Levy
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split39 across · 39 down
Longest entries
3DAstronaut for whom a Pixar character is named10 ltrs29DBear of children's rhyme10 ltrs18AApt synonym for "wake-up call"9 ltrs59ABe a rat9 ltrs10DTotino's frozen food offering9 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.