NYT Crossword Answers 08/10/26

NYT Across Clues

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

NYT Vertical Clues

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