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NYT Crossword — August 10, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1"Planet of the ___"

5Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports

9Take pleasure in

14Size opposite of mini-

15Prepares to throw a dart, say

16Crystal-filled rock

17Newspaper opinion piece

18*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit

20Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix

22Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo

24"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."

25Attracted to people of any gender, for short

28*Detailed, real-time description of events

33Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy

35Foggy mental state

36Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"

37Wrinkly citrus fruit

38"What a shame"

39Riverbank deposit

40Prompted, on stage

41Lyft competitor

42Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"

43Joint sometimes bent in protest

44*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book

46Go on and on and on

49Not just some or most

50Got off the ground, as a start-up company

55*Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)

59Otherworldly glow

60It means slow (not big!) in music

61"Well, ___ that special!"

62Poetry competition

63"See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"

64Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swish

65Effortlessness

Down

39 clues

2Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz)

3Company bigwig

4*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers

5Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say

7Visa or Mastercard rival, informally

8Small recipe amt.

9Home of the Great Pyramid

10Loch ___ monster

11Scribble (down)

12Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"

13Slangy affirmative

19Lifted, as one's spirits

21___ San Lucas, Mexico

24Venture, as a guess

25Pressed sandwich

26Part of a reindeer's rack

27Prepared one's home for a new arrival

28Spirited and determined

29"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)

30Catching some Z's

31Irrational fear

32Word before printer or pointer

33*Considered individually

38In a nonobvious way

42"Deadpool" actor Reynolds

45Says out loud without thinking

47Spot for a roller skater's pad

49Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …"

50"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)

51Parent's sister

52Hawaiian storytelling dance

53Times of one's life, say

54Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson

55Take to the sky

56Acorn-bearing tree

57Caterer's coffee dispenser

58Above-water sign of a shark

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Stats & info

Monday, Aug 10, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 10, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorNate Cardin

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

18A*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit10 ltrs 28A*Detailed, real-time description of events10 ltrs 44A*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book10 ltrs 55A*Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)10 ltrs 4D*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.