NYT Crossword August 10 2026 Answers (8/10/26)

Our NYT Crossword August 10, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword August 10, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 8/10/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	"Planet of the ___"
5A	Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports
9A	Take pleasure in
14A	Size opposite of mini-
15A	Prepares to throw a dart, say
16A	Crystal-filled rock
17A	Newspaper opinion piece
18A	*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit
20A	Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix
22A	Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo
23A	Sheep's cry
24A	"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."
25A	Attracted to people of any gender, for short
28A	*Detailed, real-time description of events
33A	Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy
34A	Rodeo rope
35A	Foggy mental state
36A	Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"
37A	Wrinkly citrus fruit
38A	"What a shame"
39A	Riverbank deposit
40A	Prompted, on stage
41A	Lyft competitor
42A	Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"
43A	Joint sometimes bent in protest
44A	*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book
46A	Go on and on and on
47A	LAX posting
48A	Frito-___
49A	Not just some or most
50A	Got off the ground, as a start-up company
55A	*Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)
59A	Otherworldly glow
60A	It means slow (not big!) in music
61A	"Well, ___ that special!"
62A	Poetry competition
63A	"See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"
64A	Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swish
65A	Effortlessness
1D	Spanish love
2D	Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz)
3D	Company bigwig
4D	*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers
5D	Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say
6D	Lo-cal
7D	Visa or Mastercard rival, informally
8D	Small recipe amt.
9D	Home of the Great Pyramid
10D	Loch ___ monster
11D	Scribble (down)
12D	Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
13D	Slangy affirmative
19D	Lifted, as one's spirits
21D	___ San Lucas, Mexico
24D	Venture, as a guess
25D	Pressed sandwich
26D	Part of a reindeer's rack
27D	Prepared one's home for a new arrival
28D	Spirited and determined
29D	"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)
30D	Catching some Z's
31D	Irrational fear
32D	Word before printer or pointer
33D	*Considered individually
38D	In a nonobvious way
42D	"Deadpool" actor Reynolds
45D	Says out loud without thinking
47D	Spot for a roller skater's pad
49D	Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …"
50D	"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)
51D	Parent's sister
52D	Hawaiian storytelling dance
53D	Times of one's life, say
54D	Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson
55D	Take to the sky
56D	Acorn-bearing tree
57D	Caterer's coffee dispenser
58D	Above-water sign of a shark

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