NYT Crossword
Attach with a needle and thread
Archive answer — August 30, 2026
36 Down
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Across
61 clues- 42Undying?
- 80___ card
- 104KEVIN KLINE
- 114BEA ARTHUR
- 126Instants
Down
79 clues- 29Clear
- 38Unused
- 47Trigger
- 101Second tries
Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Every clue links to a dedicated answer page. Use the list below to scan the complete fill without opening the interactive board.
Across
- 1. "Aladdin" villain
Answer: JAFAR
- 6. "It's yours!"
Answer: SOLD
- 10. Sarcastic "Sure"
Answer: IBET
- 14. Heat setting, in brief?
Answer: NBA
- 17. Dutch Caribbean isle
Answer: ARUBA
- 18. Explosive sound
Answer: KABOOM
- 20. Lacking constraints
Answer: FREEFORM
- 22. MARTIN SHEEN
Answer: HENRIMATISSE
- 24. LIAM NEESON
Answer: SALMINEO
- 25. Chef Hussain of "The Great British Bake Off" fame
Answer: NADIYA
- 26. Discount Chinese e-tailer
Answer: TEMU
- 28. Jumbo shrimp
Answer: PRAWN
- 29. Ben & Jerry's alternative
Answer: EDYS
- 31. Pink-slips
Answer: CANS
- 33. NORMAN REEDUS
Answer: DONNASUMMER
- 37. GREG KINNEAR
Answer: REGINAKING
- 40. Conditions of equilibrium
Answer: STASES
- 41. Historian's division
Answer: ERA
- 42. Undying?
Answer: ALIVE
- 43. Offer illegally, as tickets
Answer: SCALP
- 45. Publicly proclaim
Answer: AVOW
- 46. Scatters messily
Answer: STREWS
- 48. MORGAN FREEMAN
Answer: GEORGEFOREMAN
- 56. Kind of green
Answer: PEA
- 59. Chemist Lilly
Answer: ELI
- 60. Chilean poet who served as a Communist senator
Answer: NERUDA
- 61. Four to two, e.g.
Answer: SQUARE
- 64. Friar with a famous "razor"
Answer: OCCAM
- 68. Turns on the waterworks
Answer: CRIES
- 69. Ones making periodic appearances ... or the link between the capitalized clues and their answers
Answer: RECURRINGCHARACTERS
- 73. 2024's "Joker: ___ à Deux"
Answer: FOLIE
- 74. Alfresco area
Answer: PATIO
- 75. "Everything cool between us?"
Answer: WEGOOD
- 76. Poorly nourished
Answer: ILLFED
- 78. Fill at a fill-up
Answer: GAS
- 80. ___ card
Answer: SIM
- 81. Rite Aid rival
Answer: CVS
- 84. CHRISTIAN SLATER
Answer: ELAINESTRITCH
- 89. City on the Illinois River
Answer: PEORIA
- 92. Grumpy grimace
Answer: MOUE
- 93. Discontinued Swedish cars
Answer: SAABS
- 96. Inauthentic
Answer: PHONY
- 97. "Catch-22" topic
Answer: WAR
- 100. Join, as two metal surfaces
Answer: SOLDER
- 102. ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
Answer: BRIELARSON
- 104. KEVIN KLINE
Answer: EVELKNIEVEL
- 107. Erté's style, informally
Answer: DECO
- 108. Canadian fuel brand
Answer: ESSO
- 109. All-vowel musical refrain
Answer: EIEIO
- 110. Actress Falco with four Emmys
Answer: EDIE
- 112. Sugary secretion
Answer: NECTAR
- 114. BEA ARTHUR
Answer: BABERUTH
- 118. MARLON BRANDO
Answer: ORLANDOBLOOM
- 122. Submitted by the deadline
Answer: INONTIME
- 123. B.L.T. or P.B.J., cutesily
Answer: SAMMIE
- 124. Musician/actress Haim
Answer: ALANA
- 125. Syllable of censure
Answer: TSK
- 126. Instants
Answer: SECS
- 127. High-protein bean
Answer: SOYA
- 128. Big name in truck rentals
Answer: RYDER
Down
- 1. God, to Bob Marley
Answer: JAH
- 2. "___ you done?"
Answer: ARE
- 3. Musical comedy that was 1968's highest-grossing film
Answer: FUNNYGIRL
- 4. Caustic
Answer: ABRASIVE
- 5. Bootlegger's concern
Answer: RAID
- 6. Like 666, popularly
Answer: SATANIC
- 7. Band that's big in Japan?
Answer: OBI
- 8. Disoriented
Answer: LOST
- 9. Administered, as a drug
Answer: DOSED
- 10. Potentialities
Answer: IFS
- 11. Something found under a top
Answer: BRA
- 12. Wriggler in a stream
Answer: EEL
- 13. "___ fugit"
Answer: TEMPUS
- 14. Star's opposite
Answer: NONAME
- 15. Stout figure?
Answer: BREWER
- 16. Supreme Egyptian god
Answer: AMONRA
- 18. Inuit watercraft
Answer: KAYAKS
- 19. Office messages
Answer: MEMOS
- 21. Like some mattresses and offers
Answer: FIRM
- 23. Mineral that makes cosmetics shimmer
Answer: MICA
- 27. Remove an identifier from, as on Instagram
Answer: UNTAG
- 29. Clear
Answer: ERASE
- 30. Shoulder press targets, to trainers
Answer: DELTS
- 32. Hit a ___
Answer: SNAG
- 34. Where a flock may gather
Answer: NAVE
- 35. Beginning on
Answer: ASOF
- 36. Attach with a needle and thread
Answer: SEWON
- 38. Unused
Answer: NEW
- 39. Extreme happiness
Answer: GLEE
- 44. Double-breasted pieces of menswear
Answer: POLOCOATS
- 47. Trigger
Answer: SPUR
- 49. Like Scrooge McDuck
Answer: RICH
- 50. Right-hand page of a book
Answer: RECTO
- 51. Made muffs
Answer: ERRED
- 52. John ___ Day (California commemoration)
Answer: MUIR
- 53. Citrus refreshments
Answer: ADES
- 54. "N.Y. State of Mind" rapper
Answer: NAS
- 57. 1994 Costner title role
Answer: EARP
- 58. Diva's time to shine
Answer: ARIA
- 61. "Dune" genre
Answer: SCIFI
- 62. Mary or Elizabeth
Answer: QUEEN
- 63. Towering creature in "The Two Towers"
Answer: ENT
- 65. Sound in a cornfield
Answer: CAW
- 66. Half brother of Apollo
Answer: ARES
- 67. Christmas presence?
Answer: MAGI
- 69. Sushi bar serving
Answer: ROLL
- 70. Jazz great Fitzgerald
Answer: ELLA
- 72. Give gratis
Answer: COMP
- 73. Shakespearean shout
Answer: FIE
- 77. That's the spirit!
Answer: DEMON
- 79. Strike defier
Answer: SCAB
- 81. Part of an intersection
Answer: CROSSROAD
- 82. Barolos e Brunellos
Answer: VINOS
- 83. Turn someone down
Answer: SAYNO
- 85. Unshared numbers
Answer: SOLI
- 86. Hostile manner, informally
Answer: TUDE
- 87. Actor and disability activist Christopher
Answer: REEVE
- 88. Like some liquors
Answer: HARD
- 90. Org. regulating air quality
Answer: EPA
- 91. "You sure about that?"
Answer: OHREALLY
- 94. Periods of 730 days
Answer: BIENNIA
- 95. Withdraw from a union
Answer: SECEDE
- 97. Teensy amount
Answer: WEEBIT
- 98. Feathered fliers
Answer: AVIANS
- 99. Shoe brand named for an antelope
Answer: REEBOK
- 100. Hybrid tennis bottoms
Answer: SKORTS
- 101. Second tries
Answer: REDOS
- 103. El Pollo ___ (chicken chain)
Answer: LOCO
- 105. Creditor's claim
Answer: LIEN
- 106. Turkish money
Answer: LIRAS
- 111. Fad toy of 1996
Answer: ELMO
- 113. Snowboarder's transport
Answer: TBAR
- 115. Often-illegal turn, slangily
Answer: UIE
- 116. Cinephile's cable choice
Answer: TMC
- 117. Boars and bulls
Answer: HES
- 119. Comedian Sedaris
Answer: AMY
- 120. I, to Augustus
Answer: ONE
- 121. Smudge or smear, say
Answer: MAR
The answer to “Attach with a needle and thread” in the NYT Crossword is SEWON — a 5-letter word. It appears in our available data for August 30, 2026 at 36-Down. Below you can reveal the fill one letter at a time, check the full puzzle, and open every related clue page.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Attach with a needle and thread”?
The answer is SEWON.
How many letters are in the answer?
5 letters: SEWON.
When did this clue appear?
It appears in the NYT Crossword for August 30, 2026 at 36-Down.
Can this clue have a different answer?
Yes. Crossword clues may be reused with a different fill depending on the grid. Recent matching appearances are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day’s answers?
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