The full solution for the NY Times August 02 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Ralph Sharaga and Doug Peterson and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is Going for a Spin.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Pen name BIC
- 4A Garment whose name is a homophone for a board game SARI
- 8A Keywords accompanying a YouTube video, say TAGS
- 12A Bellyaches CARPS
- 17A Listing of what’s on tap MENU
- 18A Story TIER
- 19A It’s right around the present WRAP
- 20A Phone notifications ALERTS
- 22A “For our ad, how should we list the car that we found in the ditch?” OFFROADVEHICLE
- 25A Massachusetts city named for a colonial patriot REVERE
- 26A Like phone numbers in infomercials TOLLFREE
- 27A Team players ATHLETES
- 29A Boggy place FEN
- 30A Rightmost word on the front of a penny TRUST
- 31A Their horns don’t honk RAMS
- 33A Kerfuffles ADOS
- 34A Moccasin decoration BEAD
- 35A “Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it” (quote attributed to Richard Feynman) SEX
- 36A Ankle part TARSUS
- 39A “? and how do we add that it was just struck by lightning?” NEWSHOCKS
- 41A “You will be ___” MISSED
- 42A What’s to be with Québec? ETRE
- 43A Focus of many a small private college ARTS
- 44A “? and that the tailpipe is dragging on the ground?” LOWEMISSIONS
- 49A 19th-century school item SLATE
- 51A Emulates Cicero ORATES
- 52A Food or water NEED
- 54A Cover with a black rectangle, say REDACT
- 58A Useful pointers? VANES
- 59A Rascal SCAMP
- 62A Tech models since 1998 IMACS
- 65A Country with the all-time greatest number of medals at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. NOR
- 66A Quickbeam and Leaflock, in fantasy ENTS
- 67A “? and what about the leaky roof?” BUCKETSEATS
- 69A Point of intersection NODE
- 70A “Here ___!” IGO
- 71A Mideast language FARSI
- 72A Surprising result UPSET
- 73A Pretend FEIGN
- 74A Achilles, e.g. TENDON
- 76A Family nickname comparable to the Yiddish “bubbe” NANA
- 78A Smooth, now IRONED
- 79A Gains prominence RISES
- 82A “? and the broken door locks?” KEYLESSENTRY
- 86A “___ just in ?” THIS
- 88A Big name in plastic VISA
- 90A Rudimentary seeds OVULES
- 91A “? and the defective speaker system?” QUIETRIDE
- 93A Rudimentary PRIMAL
- 94A Calling card, for short? SIM
- 97A Safari destinations? URLS
- 98A Drink in a red, white and blue cup ICEE
- 99A Donahue on TV Guide’s list of “50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time” PHIL
- 100A Yemeni neighbor OMANI
- 102A Old gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots AFL
- 103A End of “Our Town” or “A Doll’s House” ACTTHREE
- 105A Spectacular flops DEBACLES
- 108A Upholsterer’s sample SWATCH
- 110A “? and finally, the missing front tires?” REARWHEELDRIVE
- 112A Capital of Zimbabwe HARARE
- 113A Pupil’s surroundings IRIS
- 114A Like toms and drakes MALE
- 115A State as fact AVER
- 116A U-Haul alternative RYDER
- 117A Legend who occasionally used his head to achieve greatness PELE
- 118A SoCal sch. SDSU
- 119A Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head set EAR
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Caption below the first of two photos BEFORE
- 2D Opposite of exodus INFLUX
- 3D Dumbbell exercises CURLS
- 4D Giant or dwarf STAR
- 5D ___-de-camp AIDE
- 6D Backs out, say REVERSES
- 7D Indignation IRE
- 8D Ninnies TWITS
- 9D What someone flat-footed lacks ARCH
- 10D Like an honorable knight GALLANT
- 11D They might be on one’s radar SPEEDERS
- 12D Pet CARESS
- 13D Porters, for example ALES
- 14D Race prior to a race? REV
- 15D Fifth-year student leader at Hogwarts PREFECT
- 16D Barely runs? STREAKS
- 17D Fruit snack brand MOTTS
- 21D Excites SENDS
- 23D Again and again, in verse OFTTIMES
- 24D Over-the-top performers HAMS
- 28D Item on a rack TOWEL
- 32D Mercedes alternative AUDI
- 34D Idly doodling, maybe BORED
- 37D How the car in this puzzle’s theme would be sold ASIS
- 38D Blog feed letters RSS
- 40D Disrelishes and then some HATES
- 41D Hands (out) METES
- 42D Linguistic suffix ESE
- 44D “Fabulous!” LOVEIT
- 45D It has a rind but supposedly no rhyme ORANGE
- 46D Deliberately malicious WANTON
- 47D Opposite of “You’ll pay for that!”? ONME
- 48D God who aids the Trojan fleet in the first book of the “Aeneid” NEPTUNE
- 50D Long stories have them ARCS
- 53D Runs out of gas DIES
- 55D Divinely elect ANOINT
- 56D Old yeller? CODGER
- 57D Faddish TRENDY
- 59D California’s Big ___ SUR
- 60D Keeps in the loop, electronically CCS
- 61D Similar (to) AKIN
- 63D Pioneering astronaut Jemison MAE
- 64D “The Good Wife” figure: Abbr. ATT
- 67D Declares off limits BANS
- 68D Fix a litter problem? SPAY
- 69D Show signs NEONS
- 71D Palm off (on) FOIST
- 73D Mooch FREELOAD
- 75D Hangs on a clothesline DRIES
- 77D Isis Naija Gaston, ___ Ice Spice AKA
- 78D Madonna’s “La ___ Bonita” ISLA
- 80D Kick out EVICT
- 81D Planned detour SIDETRIP
- 83D “Shark Tank” shark Greiner LORI
- 84D Horror franchise that includes 1992’s “Army of Darkness” EVILDEAD
- 85D It all adds up to this SUM
- 86D “West Side Story” conflict TURFWAR
- 87D Edmund who wrote “View From the Summit” HILLARY
- 89D “Now, wait just one minute!” SEEHERE
- 91D Suppress QUASH
- 92D Like cheesecake vis-à-vis sponge cake RICHER
- 93D “That was a close one!” PHEW
- 94D What wets the appetite? SALIVA
- 95D “The idea!” INEVER
- 96D Penny pincher MISER
- 99D Intrinsically PERSE
- 101D Jazz singer Carmen MCRAE
- 103D Part of a plot, at times ACRE
- 104D The third one is dangerous RAIL
- 106D Once-common fish in the Thames EELS
- 107D Veal cordon ___ BLEU
- 109D Smidgen TAD
- 111D Inits. at sea HMS
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