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NYT Crossword — August 28, 2026

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

31 clues

1"Oh, what the hell"

8Mythical figure in "Doctor Faustus"

13Worrier's words

15Like a parkour practitioner

16Politician's response, maybe

18Step in the shower

19Christian ___

22"Would ya look at that …"

25Milieu for bathyspheres, with "the"

26"Ignorance is bliss," e.g.

31Rabbit's title

32Lead-in to field or fifties

35___ polo (sport played in Pakistan)

36Asteroids system

41Yellow-and-black ideogram

42World's second-most-populous island

44Hosting, informally

45They might raise your kids

49"Easy-peasy!"

52Customizable avatar for Nintendo games

53Natural exfoliant

54Houdini specialty

57Flower in a Whitman poem written as an elegy for Lincoln

58Kim Cattrall's role on "Sex and the City"

59Move stealthily

60Setting for an uphill climb

Down

37 clues

1Certain elastic band

2Washing the dishes, e.g.

3Brazilian soccer star known for his dribbling flair

4Org. that might do some spring cleaning?

5Actress Ming-Na of "Mulan"

6Shoe fitting concerns

7Golf bag attachments

8Frequent collaborator with Bill Murray

9Members of a Gen Z subculture with online origins

10Screen capture?

14Something read at a table

21Creator of the Hawaiian Islands, in myth

23Building block

24"Our luck has turned!"

28Word with live or chicken

29Residency org.

30Brewing stuff

33Unprofessional letters?

35"The thing is …"

37Sticking point

40Lightning conductor?

41Rock subgenre portmanteau

43Jazz aficionado, e.g.

44Spirit seen on el Día de los Muertos

46The 12th crew member in "Ocean's Twelve"

47Women's Basketball Hall-of-Famer Penicheiro

48Electric instrument played on Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"

50Work like a dog

51Star turns at a concert

56Subj. with two A.P. exams

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Stats & info

Friday, Aug 28, 2026

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 28, 2026

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorJack Hatchett

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split31 across · 37 down

Longest entries

22A"Would ya look at that …"12 ltrs 45AThey might raise your kids12 ltrs 8DFrequent collaborator with Bill Murray11 ltrs 24D"Our luck has turned!"11 ltrs 20ABeamed over10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.