NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 30. August, 2026
The Crossword #24350 for Sunday, August 30, 2026 is a 21x21 grid with 140 clues (61 Across, 79 Down), starting with 1-Across: “"Aladdin" villain”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.
Across
6 Across: "It's yours!"
10 Across: Sarcastic "Sure"
14 Across: Heat setting, in brief?
17 Across: Dutch Caribbean isle
18 Across: Explosive sound
20 Across: Lacking constraints
22 Across: MARTIN SHEEN
24 Across: LIAM NEESON
25 Across: Chef Hussain of "The Great British Bake Off" fame
26 Across: Discount Chinese e-tailer
28 Across: Jumbo shrimp
29 Across: Ben & Jerry's alternative
31 Across: Pink-slips
33 Across: NORMAN REEDUS
37 Across: GREG KINNEAR
40 Across: Conditions of equilibrium
41 Across: Historian's division
42 Across: Undying?
43 Across: Offer illegally, as tickets
45 Across: Publicly proclaim
46 Across: Scatters messily
48 Across: MORGAN FREEMAN
55 Across: Class for some recent arrivals, for short
56 Across: Kind of green
59 Across: Chemist Lilly
60 Across: Chilean poet who served as a Communist senator
61 Across: Four to two, e.g.
64 Across: Friar with a famous "razor"
68 Across: Turns on the waterworks
69 Across: Ones making periodic appearances ... or the link between the capitalized clues and their answers
73 Across: 2024's "Joker: ___ à Deux"
74 Across: Alfresco area
75 Across: "Everything cool between us?"
76 Across: Poorly nourished
78 Across: Fill at a fill-up
80 Across: ___ card
81 Across: Rite Aid rival
84 Across: CHRISTIAN SLATER
89 Across: City on the Illinois River
92 Across: Grumpy grimace
93 Across: Discontinued Swedish cars
96 Across: Inauthentic
97 Across: "Catch-22" topic
100 Across: Join, as two metal surfaces
102 Across: ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
104 Across: KEVIN KLINE
107 Across: Erté's style, informally
108 Across: Canadian fuel brand
109 Across: All-vowel musical refrain
110 Across: Actress Falco with four Emmys
112 Across: Sugary secretion
114 Across: BEA ARTHUR
118 Across: MARLON BRANDO
122 Across: Submitted by the deadline
123 Across: B.L.T. or P.B.J., cutesily
124 Across: Musician/actress Haim
125 Across: Syllable of censure
126 Across: Instants
127 Across: High-protein bean
128 Across: Big name in truck rentals
Down
1 Down: God, to Bob Marley
2 Down: "___ you done?"
3 Down: Musical comedy that was 1968's highest-grossing film
4 Down: Caustic
5 Down: Bootlegger's concern
6 Down: Like 666, popularly
7 Down: Band that's big in Japan?
8 Down: Disoriented
9 Down: Administered, as a drug
10 Down: Potentialities
11 Down: Something found under a top
12 Down: Wriggler in a stream
13 Down: "___ fugit"
14 Down: Star's opposite
15 Down: Stout figure?
16 Down: Supreme Egyptian god
18 Down: Inuit watercraft
19 Down: Office messages
21 Down: Like some mattresses and offers
23 Down: Mineral that makes cosmetics shimmer
27 Down: Remove an identifier from, as on Instagram
29 Down: Clear
30 Down: Shoulder press targets, to trainers
32 Down: Hit a ___
34 Down: Where a flock may gather
35 Down: Beginning on
36 Down: Attach with a needle and thread
38 Down: Unused
39 Down: Extreme happiness
44 Down: Double-breasted pieces of menswear
47 Down: Trigger
49 Down: Like Scrooge McDuck
50 Down: Right-hand page of a book
51 Down: Made muffs
52 Down: John ___ Day (California commemoration)
53 Down: Citrus refreshments
54 Down: "N.Y. State of Mind" rapper
57 Down: 1994 Costner title role
58 Down: Diva's time to shine
61 Down: "Dune" genre
62 Down: Mary or Elizabeth
63 Down: Towering creature in "The Two Towers"
65 Down: Sound in a cornfield
66 Down: Half brother of Apollo
67 Down: Christmas presence?
69 Down: Sushi bar serving
70 Down: Jazz great Fitzgerald
71 Down: Along with "CODA" and "Argo," the only other four-letter Best Picture winner
72 Down: Give gratis
73 Down: Shakespearean shout
77 Down: That's the spirit!
79 Down: Strike defier
81 Down: Part of an intersection
82 Down: Barolos e Brunellos
83 Down: Turn someone down
85 Down: Unshared numbers
86 Down: Hostile manner, informally
87 Down: Actor and disability activist Christopher
88 Down: Like some liquors
90 Down: Org. regulating air quality
91 Down: "You sure about that?"
94 Down: Periods of 730 days
95 Down: Withdraw from a union
97 Down: Teensy amount
98 Down: Feathered fliers
99 Down: Shoe brand named for an antelope
100 Down: Hybrid tennis bottoms
101 Down: Second tries
103 Down: El Pollo ___ (chicken chain)
105 Down: Creditor's claim
106 Down: Turkish money
111 Down: Fad toy of 1996
113 Down: Snowboarder's transport
115 Down: Often-illegal turn, slangily
116 Down: Cinephile's cable choice
117 Down: Boars and bulls
119 Down: Comedian Sedaris
120 Down: I, to Augustus
121 Down: Smudge or smear, say
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Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24350, 2026-08-30) has 140 clues — 61 Across and 79 Down.
What size is today's Crossword grid?
A 21x21 grid.
What's the longest answer today?
19 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.