NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 2, 2026
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Clues140
Across67
Down73
TitleGoing for a Spin
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Pen name (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBIC→
4A
Garment whose name is a homophone for a board game (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISARI→
8A
Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say (4)
Starts with T, ends with STAGS→
12A
Bellyaches (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCARPS→
17A
Listing of what's on tap (4)
Starts with M, ends with UMENU→
19A
It's right around the present (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWRAP→
20A
Phone notifications (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALERTS→
22A
"For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?" (14)
Starts with O, ends with EOFFROADVEHICLE→
25A
Massachusetts city named for a colonial patriot (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREVERE→
26A
Like phone numbers in infomercials (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETOLLFREE→
27A
Team players (8)
Starts with A, ends with SATHLETES→
29A
Boggy place (3)
Starts with F, ends with NFEN→
30A
Rightmost word on the front of a penny (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRUST→
31A
Their horns don't honk (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAMS→
33A
Kerfuffles (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADOS→
34A
Moccasin decoration (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBEAD→
35A
36A
Ankle part (6)
Starts with T, ends with STARSUS→
39A
"… and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?" (9)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWSHOCKS→
41A
"You will be ___" (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMISSED→
42A
What's to be with Québec? (4)
Starts with E, ends with EETRE→
43A
Focus of many a small private college (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
44A
"… and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?" (12)
Starts with L, ends with SLOWEMISSIONS→
49A
19th-century school item (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLATE→
51A
Emulates Cicero (6)
Starts with O, ends with SORATES→
52A
Food or water (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNEED→
54A
Cover with a black rectangle, say (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREDACT→
58A
Useful pointers? (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVANES→
59A
Rascal (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSCAMP→
62A
Tech models since 1998 (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIMACS→
65A
Country with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
66A
Quickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENTS→
67A
"… and what about the leaky roof?" (11)
Starts with B, ends with SBUCKETSEATS→
69A
Point of intersection (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENODE→
70A
"Here ___!" (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIGO→
71A
Mideast language (5)
Starts with F, ends with IFARSI→
72A
Surprising result (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUPSET→
73A
Pretend (5)
Starts with F, ends with NFEIGN→
74A
Achilles, e.g. (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTENDON→
76A
Family nickname comparable to the Yiddish "bubbe" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANANA→
78A
Smooth, now (6)
Starts with I, ends with DIRONED→
79A
Gains prominence (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRISES→
82A
"… and the broken door locks?" (12)
Starts with K, ends with YKEYLESSENTRY→
86A
"___ just in …" (4)
Starts with T, ends with STHIS→
88A
Big name in plastic (4)
Starts with V, ends with AVISA→
90A
Rudimentary seeds (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOVULES→
91A
"… and the defective speaker system?" (9)
Starts with Q, ends with EQUIETRIDE→
93A
Rudimentary (6)
Starts with P, ends with LPRIMAL→
94A
Calling card, for short? (3)
Starts with S, ends with MSIM→
97A
Safari destinations? (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURLS→
98A
Drink in a red, white and blue cup (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
99A
Donahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time" (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPHIL→
100A
Yemeni neighbor (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOMANI→
102A
Old gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAFL→
103A
End of "Our Town" or "A Doll's House" (8)
Starts with A, ends with EACTTHREE→
105A
Spectacular flops (8)
Starts with D, ends with SDEBACLES→
108A
Upholsterer's sample (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSWATCH→
110A
"… and finally, the missing front tires?" (14)
Starts with R, ends with EREARWHEELDRIVE→
112A
Capital of Zimbabwe (6)
Starts with H, ends with EHARARE→
113A
Pupil's surroundings (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
114A
Like toms and drakes (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMALE→
115A
State as fact (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAVER→
116A
U-Haul alternative (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRYDER→
117A
Legend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPELE→
118A
SoCal sch. (4)
Starts with S, ends with USDSU→
119A
Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head set (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
Down
1D
Caption below the first of two photos (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBEFORE→
2D
Opposite of exodus (6)
Starts with I, ends with XINFLUX→
3D
Dumbbell exercises (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCURLS→
4D
Giant or dwarf (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAR→
5D
___-de-camp (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAIDE→
6D
Backs out, say (8)
Starts with R, ends with SREVERSES→
7D
Indignation (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIRE→
8D
Ninnies (5)
Starts with T, ends with STWITS→
9D
What someone flat-footed lacks (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
10D
Like an honorable knight (7)
Starts with G, ends with TGALLANT→
11D
They might be on one's radar (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSPEEDERS→
13D
Porters, for example (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
14D
Race prior to a race? (3)
Starts with R, ends with VREV→
15D
Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPREFECT→
16D
Barely runs? (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTREAKS→
17D
Fruit snack brand (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOTTS→
21D
Excites (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSENDS→
23D
Again and again, in verse (8)
Starts with O, ends with SOFTTIMES→
24D
Over-the-top performers (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHAMS→
28D
Item on a rack (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTOWEL→
32D
Mercedes alternative (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAUDI→
34D
Idly doodling, maybe (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBORED→
37D
How the car in this puzzle's theme would be sold (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
38D
Blog feed letters (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRSS→
40D
Disrelishes and then some (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHATES→
41D
Hands (out) (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMETES→
42D
Linguistic suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
44D
"Fabulous!" (6)
Starts with L, ends with TLOVEIT→
45D
It has a rind but supposedly no rhyme (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORANGE→
46D
Deliberately malicious (6)
Starts with W, ends with NWANTON→
47D
Opposite of "You'll pay for that!"? (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONME→
48D
God who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the "Aeneid" (7)
Starts with N, ends with ENEPTUNE→
50D
Long stories have them (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARCS→
53D
Runs out of gas (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDIES→
55D
Divinely elect (6)
Starts with A, ends with TANOINT→
56D
Old yeller? (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCODGER→
57D
Faddish (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTRENDY→
59D
California's Big ___ (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSUR→
60D
Keeps in the loop, electronically (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCCS→
61D
Similar (to) (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAKIN→
63D
Pioneering astronaut Jemison (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
64D
"The Good Wife" figure: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with TATT→
67D
Declares off limits (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBANS→
68D
Fix a litter problem? (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSPAY→
69D
Show signs (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEONS→
71D
Palm off (on) (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFOIST→
75D
Hangs on a clothesline (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDRIES→
77D
Isis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAKA→
78D
Madonna's "La ___ Bonita" (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISLA→
80D
Kick out (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEVICT→
81D
Planned detour (8)
Starts with S, ends with PSIDETRIP→
83D
"Shark Tank" shark Greiner (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILORI→
84D
Horror franchise that includes 1992's "Army of Darkness" (8)
Starts with E, ends with DEVILDEAD→
85D
It all adds up to this (3)
Starts with S, ends with MSUM→
86D
"West Side Story" conflict (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTURFWAR→
87D
Edmund who wrote "View From the Summit" (7)
Starts with H, ends with YHILLARY→
89D
"Now, wait just one minute!" (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESEEHERE→
91D
Suppress (5)
Starts with Q, ends with HQUASH→
92D
Like cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake (6)
Starts with R, ends with RRICHER→
93D
"That was a close one!" (4)
Starts with P, ends with WPHEW→
94D
What wets the appetite? (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASALIVA→
95D
"The idea!" (6)
Starts with I, ends with RINEVER→
96D
Penny pincher (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMISER→
99D
Intrinsically (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPERSE→
101D
Jazz singer Carmen (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMCRAE→
103D
Part of a plot, at times (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
104D
The third one is dangerous (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAIL→
106D
Once-common fish in the Thames (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEELS→
107D
Veal cordon ___ (4)
Starts with B, ends with UBLEU→
109D
Smidgen (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTAD→
111D
Inits. at sea (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHMS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 2, 2026?+
140 clues: 67 Across and 73 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ralph Sharaga and Doug Peterson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Pen name (BIC); Garment whose name is a homophone for a board game (SARI); Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say (TAGS).
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