Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, August 10, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, August 10, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "STEPBYSTEP".
Total Clues
78
Longest
STEPBYSTEP
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
UPS
Featured Clue
"*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit"
10 Letters
STEPBYSTEP
ALLComplete Solution List
Planet of the ___
4APES
Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supports
4SLAT
Take pleasure in
5ENJOY
Size opposite of mini-
4MAXI
Prepares to throw a dart, say
4AIMS
Crystal-filled rock
5GEODE
Newspaper opinion piece
4OPED
*Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hit
10STEPBYSTEP
Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mix
8RICECHEX
Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo
3UPS
Sheep's cry
3BAA
"___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."
3HOT
Attracted to people of any gender, for short
3PAN
*Detailed, real-time description of events
10PLAYBYPLAY
Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candy
4CANE
Rodeo rope
5LASSO
Foggy mental state
4HAZE
Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"
4ANTS
Wrinkly citrus fruit
4UGLI
What a shame
5SOSAD
Riverbank deposit
4SILT
Prompted on stage
4CUED
Lyft competitor
4UBER
Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"
5RENEE
Joint sometimes bent in protest
4KNEE
*How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott book
10BIRDBYBIRD
Go on and on and on
3YAP
LAX posting
3ETA
Frito-__
3LAY
Not just some or most
3ALL
Got off the ground, as a start-up company
8LAUNCHED
*Many an off-road vehicle ... or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)
10FOURBYFOUR
Otherworldly glow
4AURA
It means slow (not big!) in music
5LARGO
Well, ___ that special!
4ISNT
Poetry competition
4SLAM
See what I'm talkin' 'bout?
5YKNOW
Brooklyn basketballers ... and what they swish
4NETS
Effortlessness
4EASE
Spanish "love"
4AMOR
Big ___, nickname of baseball's David Ortiz
4PAPI
Company bigwig
4EXEC
*Next to each other, like many washers and dryers
10SIDEBYSIDE
Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, say
6SASHAY
Lo-cal
4LITE
Visa or MasterCard rival, informally
4AMEX
Small recipe amt.
3TSP
Home of the Great Pyramid
5EGYPT
Loch ___ monster
4NESS
Scribble (down)
3JOT
Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
3ODE
Slangy affirmative
3YEP
Lifted, as one's spirits
6BUOYED
___ San Lucas, Mexico
4CABO
Venture, as a guess
6HAZARD
Pressed sandwich
6PANINI
Part of a reindeer's rack
6ANTLER
Prepared one's home for a new arrival
6NESTED
Spirited and determined
6PLUCKY
"___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)
6LAGUNA
Catching some z's
6ASLEEP
Irrational fear
6PHOBIA
Word before printer or pointer
5LASER
Considered individually
10CASEBYCASE
In a nonobvious way
6SUBTLY
Deadpool actor Reynolds
4RYAN
Says out loud without thinking
6BLURTS
Spot for a roller skater's pad
5ELBOW
Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to ..."
4ARGO
"Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)
4LOSE
Parent's sister
4AUNT
Hawaiian storytelling dance
4HULA
Times of one's life, say
4ERAS
Title for Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson
4DAME
Take to the sky
3FLY
Acorn-bearing tree
3OAK
Caterer's coffee dispenser?
3URN
Above-water sign of a shark
3FIN