NYT Crossword August 10, 2026 Answers

Across

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

Down

1D Spanish love 4 2D Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz) 4 3D Company bigwig 4 4D *Next to each other, like many washers and dryers 10 5D Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say 6 6D Lo-cal 4 7D Visa or Mastercard rival, informally 4 8D Small recipe amt. 3 9D Home of the Great Pyramid 5 10D Loch ___ monster 4 11D Scribble (down) 3 12D Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite" 3 13D Slangy affirmative 3 19D Lifted, as one's spirits 6 21D ___ San Lucas, Mexico 4 24D Venture, as a guess 6 25D Pressed sandwich 6 26D Part of a reindeer's rack 6 27D Prepared one's home for a new arrival 6 28D Spirited and determined 6 29D "___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts) 6 30D Catching some Z's 6 31D Irrational fear 6 32D Word before printer or pointer 5 33D *Considered individually 10 38D In a nonobvious way 6 42D "Deadpool" actor Reynolds 4 45D Says out loud without thinking 6 47D Spot for a roller skater's pad 5 49D Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …" 4 50D "Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement) 4 51D Parent's sister 4 52D Hawaiian storytelling dance 4 53D Times of one's life, say 4 54D Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson 4 55D Take to the sky 3 56D Acorn-bearing tree 3 57D Caterer's coffee dispenser 3 58D Above-water sign of a shark 3