NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 10, 2026
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorNate Cardin
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
"Planet of the ___" (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPES→
5A
Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
9A
Take pleasure in (5)
Starts with E, ends with YENJOY→
14A
Size opposite of mini- (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAXI→
15A
Prepares to throw a dart, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIMS→
16A
Crystal-filled rock (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGEODE→
17A
Newspaper opinion piece (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
18A
*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit (10)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEPBYSTEP→
20A
Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix (8)
Starts with R, ends with XRICECHEX→
22A
Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUPS→
23A
Sheep's cry (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABAA→
24A
"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." (3)
Starts with H, ends with THOT→
25A
Attracted to people of any gender, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPAN→
28A
*Detailed, real-time description of events (10)
Starts with P, ends with YPLAYBYPLAY→
33A
Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECANE→
34A
Rodeo rope (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLASSO→
35A
Foggy mental state (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAZE→
36A
Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log" (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANTS→
37A
Wrinkly citrus fruit (4)
Starts with U, ends with IUGLI→
38A
"What a shame" (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSOSAD→
39A
Riverbank deposit (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSILT→
40A
Prompted, on stage (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCUED→
41A
Lyft competitor (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUBER→
42A
Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary" (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERENEE→
43A
Joint sometimes bent in protest (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKNEE→
44A
*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book (10)
Starts with B, ends with DBIRDBYBIRD→
46A
Go on and on and on (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYAP→
47A
LAX posting (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
48A
Frito-___ (3)
Starts with L, ends with YLAY→
49A
Not just some or most (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
50A
Got off the ground, as a start-up company (8)
Starts with L, ends with DLAUNCHED→
55A
59A
Otherworldly glow (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
60A
It means slow (not big!) in music (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLARGO→
61A
"Well, ___ that special!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
62A
Poetry competition (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSLAM→
63A
"See what I'm talkin' ’bout?" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with WYKNOW→
64A
Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swish (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNETS→
65A
Effortlessness (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
Down
1D
Spanish love (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAMOR→
2D
Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz) (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPAPI→
3D
Company bigwig (4)
Starts with E, ends with CEXEC→
4D
*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESIDEBYSIDE→
5D
Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSASHAY→
6D
Lo-cal (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELITE→
7D
Visa or Mastercard rival, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with XAMEX→
8D
Small recipe amt. (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTSP→
9D
Home of the Great Pyramid (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEGYPT→
10D
Loch ___ monster (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNESS→
11D
Scribble (down) (3)
Starts with J, ends with TJOT→
12D
Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
13D
Slangy affirmative (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYEP→
19D
Lifted, as one's spirits (6)
Starts with B, ends with DBUOYED→
21D
___ San Lucas, Mexico (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCABO→
24D
Venture, as a guess (6)
Starts with H, ends with DHAZARD→
25D
Pressed sandwich (6)
Starts with P, ends with IPANINI→
26D
Part of a reindeer's rack (6)
Starts with A, ends with RANTLER→
27D
Prepared one's home for a new arrival (6)
Starts with N, ends with DNESTED→
28D
Spirited and determined (6)
Starts with P, ends with YPLUCKY→
29D
"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts) (6)
Starts with L, ends with ALAGUNA→
30D
Catching some Z's (6)
Starts with A, ends with PASLEEP→
31D
Irrational fear (6)
Starts with P, ends with APHOBIA→
32D
Word before printer or pointer (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLASER→
33D
*Considered individually (10)
Starts with C, ends with ECASEBYCASE→
38D
In a nonobvious way (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSUBTLY→
42D
"Deadpool" actor Reynolds (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRYAN→
45D
Says out loud without thinking (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBLURTS→
47D
Spot for a roller skater's pad (5)
Starts with E, ends with WELBOW→
49D
Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …" (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARGO→
50D
"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement) (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOSE→
51D
Parent's sister (4)
Starts with A, ends with TAUNT→
52D
Hawaiian storytelling dance (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHULA→
53D
Times of one's life, say (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
54D
Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDAME→
55D
Take to the sky (3)
Starts with F, ends with YFLY→
56D
Acorn-bearing tree (3)
Starts with O, ends with KOAK→
57D
Caterer's coffee dispenser (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
58D
Above-water sign of a shark (3)
Starts with F, ends with NFIN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 10, 2026?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Nate Cardin and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Planet of the ___" (APES); Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports (SLAT); Take pleasure in (ENJOY).
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