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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 10, 2026

Complete answer list for the August 10, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Nate CardinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1"Planet of the ___" ↗APES
  2. 5Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports ↗SLAT
  3. 9Take pleasure in ↗ENJOY
  4. 14Size opposite of mini- ↗MAXI
  5. 15Prepares to throw a dart, say ↗AIMS
  6. 16Crystal-filled rock ↗GEODE
  7. 17Newspaper opinion piece ↗OPED
  8. 18*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit ↗STEPBYSTEP
  9. 20Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix ↗RICECHEX
  10. 22Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo ↗UPS
  11. 23Sheep's cry ↗BAA
  12. 24"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." ↗HOT
  13. 25Attracted to people of any gender, for short ↗PAN
  14. 28*Detailed, real-time description of events ↗PLAYBYPLAY
  15. 33Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy ↗CANE
  16. 34Rodeo rope ↗LASSO
  17. 35Foggy mental state ↗HAZE
  18. 36Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log" ↗ANTS
  19. 37Wrinkly citrus fruit ↗UGLI
  20. 38"What a shame" ↗SOSAD
  21. 39Riverbank deposit ↗SILT
  22. 40Prompted, on stage ↗CUED
  23. 41Lyft competitor ↗UBER
  24. 42Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary" ↗RENEE
  25. 43Joint sometimes bent in protest ↗KNEE
  26. 44*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book ↗BIRDBYBIRD
  27. 46Go on and on and on ↗YAP
  28. 47LAX posting ↗ETA
  29. 48Frito-___ ↗LAY
  30. 49Not just some or most ↗ALL
  31. 50Got off the ground, as a start-up company ↗LAUNCHED
  32. 55*Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!) ↗FOURBYFOUR
  33. 59Otherworldly glow ↗AURA
  34. 60It means slow (not big!) in music ↗LARGO
  35. 61"Well, ___ that special!" ↗ISNT
  36. 62Poetry competition ↗SLAM
  37. 63"See what I'm talkin' ’bout?" ↗YKNOW
  38. 64Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swish ↗NETS
  39. 65Effortlessness ↗EASE

Down 39

  1. 1Spanish love ↗AMOR
  2. 2Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz) ↗PAPI
  3. 3Company bigwig ↗EXEC
  4. 4*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers ↗SIDEBYSIDE
  5. 5Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say ↗SASHAY
  6. 6Lo-cal ↗LITE
  7. 7Visa or Mastercard rival, informally ↗AMEX
  8. 8Small recipe amt. ↗TSP
  9. 9Home of the Great Pyramid ↗EGYPT
  10. 10Loch ___ monster ↗NESS
  11. 11Scribble (down) ↗JOT
  12. 12Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite" ↗ODE
  13. 13Slangy affirmative ↗YEP
  14. 19Lifted, as one's spirits ↗BUOYED
  15. 21___ San Lucas, Mexico ↗CABO
  16. 24Venture, as a guess ↗HAZARD
  17. 25Pressed sandwich ↗PANINI
  18. 26Part of a reindeer's rack ↗ANTLER
  19. 27Prepared one's home for a new arrival ↗NESTED
  20. 28Spirited and determined ↗PLUCKY
  21. 29"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts) ↗LAGUNA
  22. 30Catching some Z's ↗ASLEEP
  23. 31Irrational fear ↗PHOBIA
  24. 32Word before printer or pointer ↗LASER
  25. 33*Considered individually ↗CASEBYCASE
  26. 38In a nonobvious way ↗SUBTLY
  27. 42"Deadpool" actor Reynolds ↗RYAN
  28. 45Says out loud without thinking ↗BLURTS
  29. 47Spot for a roller skater's pad ↗ELBOW
  30. 49Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …" ↗ARGO
  31. 50"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement) ↗LOSE
  32. 51Parent's sister ↗AUNT
  33. 52Hawaiian storytelling dance ↗HULA
  34. 53Times of one's life, say ↗ERAS
  35. 54Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson ↗DAME
  36. 55Take to the sky ↗FLY
  37. 56Acorn-bearing tree ↗OAK
  38. 57Caterer's coffee dispenser ↗URN
  39. 58Above-water sign of a shark ↗FIN