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NYT Crossword August 10 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated August 10 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, August 10 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Nate Cardin · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1"Planet of the ___"4 lettersSee answer ›5Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports4 lettersSee answer ›9Take pleasure in5 lettersSee answer ›14Size opposite of mini-4 lettersSee answer ›15Prepares to throw a dart, say4 lettersSee answer ›16Crystal-filled rock5 lettersSee answer ›17Newspaper opinion piece4 lettersSee answer ›18*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit10 lettersSee answer ›20Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix8 lettersSee answer ›22Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo3 lettersSee answer ›23Sheep's cry3 lettersSee answer ›24"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."3 lettersSee answer ›25Attracted to people of any gender, for short3 lettersSee answer ›28*Detailed, real-time description of events10 lettersSee answer ›33Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy4 lettersSee answer ›34Rodeo rope5 lettersSee answer ›35Foggy mental state4 lettersSee answer ›36Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"4 lettersSee answer ›37Wrinkly citrus fruit4 lettersSee answer ›38"What a shame"5 lettersSee answer ›39Riverbank deposit4 lettersSee answer ›40Prompted, on stage4 lettersSee answer ›41Lyft competitor4 lettersSee answer ›42Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"5 lettersSee answer ›43Joint sometimes bent in protest4 lettersSee answer ›44*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book10 lettersSee answer ›46Go on and on and on3 lettersSee answer ›47LAX posting3 lettersSee answer ›48Frito-___3 lettersSee answer ›49Not just some or most3 lettersSee answer ›50Got off the ground, as a start-up company8 lettersSee answer ›55*Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)10 lettersSee answer ›59Otherworldly glow4 lettersSee answer ›60It means slow (not big!) in music5 lettersSee answer ›61"Well, ___ that special!"4 lettersSee answer ›62Poetry competition4 lettersSee answer ›63"See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"5 lettersSee answer ›64Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swish4 lettersSee answer ›65Effortlessness4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Spanish love4 lettersSee answer ›2Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz)4 lettersSee answer ›3Company bigwig4 lettersSee answer ›4*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers10 lettersSee answer ›5Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say6 lettersSee answer ›6Lo-cal4 lettersSee answer ›7Visa or Mastercard rival, informally4 lettersSee answer ›8Small recipe amt.3 lettersSee answer ›9Home of the Great Pyramid5 lettersSee answer ›10Loch ___ monster4 lettersSee answer ›11Scribble (down)3 lettersSee answer ›12Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"3 lettersSee answer ›13Slangy affirmative3 lettersSee answer ›19Lifted, as one's spirits6 lettersSee answer ›21___ San Lucas, Mexico4 lettersSee answer ›24Venture, as a guess6 lettersSee answer ›25Pressed sandwich6 lettersSee answer ›26Part of a reindeer's rack6 lettersSee answer ›27Prepared one's home for a new arrival6 lettersSee answer ›28Spirited and determined6 lettersSee answer ›29"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)6 lettersSee answer ›30Catching some Z's6 lettersSee answer ›31Irrational fear6 lettersSee answer ›32Word before printer or pointer5 lettersSee answer ›33*Considered individually10 lettersSee answer ›38In a nonobvious way6 lettersSee answer ›42"Deadpool" actor Reynolds4 lettersSee answer ›45Says out loud without thinking6 lettersSee answer ›47Spot for a roller skater's pad5 lettersSee answer ›49Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …"4 lettersSee answer ›50"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)4 lettersSee answer ›51Parent's sister4 lettersSee answer ›52Hawaiian storytelling dance4 lettersSee answer ›53Times of one's life, say4 lettersSee answer ›54Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson4 lettersSee answer ›55Take to the sky3 lettersSee answer ›56Acorn-bearing tree3 lettersSee answer ›57Caterer's coffee dispenser3 lettersSee answer ›58Above-water sign of a shark3 lettersSee answer ›