Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, August 3, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, August 3, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "ICECREAMMAKER".
Total Clues
76
Longest
ICECREAMMAKER
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
OAF
Featured Clue
"Kitchen appliance for desserts"
13 Letters
ICECREAMMAKER
ALLComplete Solution List
What's paid
4COST
Slowpoke in a "mobile home"
5SNAIL
Figure that might be measured in acres
4AREA
What a diaper pail helps minimize
4ODOR
___ bear (cuddly toy)
5TEDDY
Device used in a lactation room
4PUMP
Size between mini and maxi
4MIDI
Humiliate
5ABASE
Ancient Peruvian society
4INCA
Idler along the seashore
8BEACHBUM
"Pumpkin eater" in a nursery rhyme
5PETER
Speak at the top of one's lungs
4YELL
Needle-working craft
7CROCHET
Kitchen appliance for desserts
13ICECREAMMAKER
Division in a supermarket
5AISLE
Travel like slime
4OOZE
One lacking refinement
3OAF
Chess game's end
4MATE
Children's author A.A. ___
5MILNE
Throw with force
4HURL
___ constrictor
3BOA
Phase in which users help catch bugs
4BETA
Instrument on which reveille is played
5BUGLE
Series that may feature forensics experts
13TRUECRIMESHOW
Ninja's quality
7STEALTH
__ whiskey
4MALT
Surgery that leaves the patient looking better?
5LASIK
Adjective describing 20-, 26- and 42-Across
8CHILLING
Guesstimates for when planes are due, for short
4ETAS
Donation at some Red Cross events
5BLOOD
"Best Dad ___" (message on a mug)
4EVER
"The King" in soccer
4PELE
Competitive thing to "bring"
5AGAME
Still red, as steak
4RARE
Uno + dos
4TRES
All gone from the dinner plate
5EATEN
Winter forecast
4SNOW
Head-scratcher
4COMB
Garfield's perky-eared canine buddy
4ODIE
Coke or Pepsi
4SODA
Toddler's wheels
8TRICYCLE
Horses' hangout
6STABLE
Cosmic cloud
6NEBULA
Eve's man
4ADAM
Passports and driver's licenses, for short
3IDS
Aid in making soap
3LYE
Per individual
6APIECE
Rehearsal
10RUNTHROUGH
Host with a mic
5EMCEE
A world ___
5APART
Present
4HERE
Hawaiian seafood dish
4POKE
"Let's go, man!"
4CMON
Demolish
4RAZE
First two syllables of "I am what I am," aptly
4IAMB
Farewell in Florence
4CIAO
Opportunity to buy some antiques
10ESTATESALE
Back tooth
5MOLAR
Guthrie who sang "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant"
4ARLO
Went by plane
4FLEW
Convene
4MEET
What a mosquito bite causes
4ITCH
Swindling sorts
8HUSTLERS
Swoleness
4BULK
___ Taco
4BELL
Rewards for excellent employees
6RAISES
Stereotypical cry after "Honey ..."
6IMHOME
___ voyage (first trip)
6MAIDEN
Caught some z's
5SLEPT
Product of Maine or Idaho, informally
5TATER
Jacket
4COAT
Pavlov known for canine experiments
4IVAN
Roman emperor who competed in the Olympics (and "won" every event he was in)
4NERO
Got bigger
4GREW
Snookums
3BAE
Alternative to JFK and EWR
3LGA