NYT Crossword August 10 2026 Answers

All 78 clues from the Monday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Nate CardinEdited by Will Shortz

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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES78 CLUES

ACROSS

1A"Planet of the ___"4 lettersAPES

5AWood strip found in many Ikea bed supports4 lettersSLAT

9ATake pleasure in5 lettersENJOY

14ASize opposite of mini-4 lettersMAXI

15APrepares to throw a dart, say4 lettersAIMS

16ACrystal-filled rock5 lettersGEODE

17ANewspaper opinion piece4 lettersOPED

18A*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit10 lettersSTEPBYSTEP

20ACereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix8 lettersRICECHEX

22AVertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo3 lettersUPS

23ASheep's cry3 lettersBAA

24A"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."3 lettersHOT

25AAttracted to people of any gender, for short3 lettersPAN

28A*Detailed, real-time description of events10 lettersPLAYBYPLAY

33AShape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy4 lettersCANE

34ARodeo rope5 lettersLASSO

35AFoggy mental state4 lettersHAZE

36ARaisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"4 lettersANTS

37AWrinkly citrus fruit4 lettersUGLI

38A"What a shame"5 lettersSOSAD

39ARiverbank deposit4 lettersSILT

40APrompted, on stage4 lettersCUED

41ALyft competitor4 lettersUBER

42AZellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"5 lettersRENEE

43AJoint sometimes bent in protest4 lettersKNEE

44A*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book10 lettersBIRDBYBIRD

46AGo on and on and on3 lettersYAP

47ALAX posting3 lettersETA

48AFrito-___3 lettersLAY

49ANot just some or most3 lettersALL

50AGot off the ground, as a start-up company8 lettersLAUNCHED

55A*Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)10 lettersFOURBYFOUR

59AOtherworldly glow4 lettersAURA

60AIt means slow (not big!) in music5 lettersLARGO

61A"Well, ___ that special!"4 lettersISNT

62APoetry competition4 lettersSLAM

63A"See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"5 lettersYKNOW

64ABrooklyn basketballers … and what they swish4 lettersNETS

65AEffortlessness4 lettersEASE

DOWN

1DSpanish love4 lettersAMOR

2DBig ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz)4 lettersPAPI

3DCompany bigwig4 lettersEXEC

4D*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers10 lettersSIDEBYSIDE

5DStrut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say6 lettersSASHAY

6DLo-cal4 lettersLITE

7DVisa or Mastercard rival, informally4 lettersAMEX

8DSmall recipe amt.3 lettersTSP

9DHome of the Great Pyramid5 lettersEGYPT

10DLoch ___ monster4 lettersNESS

11DScribble (down)3 lettersJOT

12DSappho's "___ to Aphrodite"3 lettersODE

13DSlangy affirmative3 lettersYEP

19DLifted, as one's spirits6 lettersBUOYED

21D___ San Lucas, Mexico4 lettersCABO

24DVenture, as a guess6 lettersHAZARD

25DPressed sandwich6 lettersPANINI

26DPart of a reindeer's rack6 lettersANTLER

27DPrepared one's home for a new arrival6 lettersNESTED

28DSpirited and determined6 lettersPLUCKY

29D"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)6 lettersLAGUNA

30DCatching some Z's6 lettersASLEEP

31DIrrational fear6 lettersPHOBIA

32DWord before printer or pointer5 lettersLASER

33D*Considered individually10 lettersCASEBYCASE

38DIn a nonobvious way6 lettersSUBTLY

42D"Deadpool" actor Reynolds4 lettersRYAN

45DSays out loud without thinking6 lettersBLURTS

47DSpot for a roller skater's pad5 lettersELBOW

49DBest Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …"4 lettersARGO

50D"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)4 lettersLOSE

51DParent's sister4 lettersAUNT

52DHawaiian storytelling dance4 lettersHULA

53DTimes of one's life, say4 lettersERAS

54DTitle for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson4 lettersDAME

55DTake to the sky3 lettersFLY

56DAcorn-bearing tree3 lettersOAK

57DCaterer's coffee dispenser3 lettersURN

58DAbove-water sign of a shark3 lettersFIN

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