NYT Midi Crossword Answers for Monday, August 10, 2026: “It's Showtime”

Monday, August 10, 2026 · Today's NYT Midi Crossword answers

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NYT Midi Crossword

Monday, August 10, 2026

9×9“It's Showtime”By Ian Livengood

29 clues. Tap Reveal on any clue for just that answer, or open the full solution at the bottom.

This Midi was titled “It's Showtime” — the title hints at the theme.

Across

  1. 1List-shortening abbreviation (4)
    RevealETAL
  2. 5Chinese chairman (3)
    RevealMAO
  3. 8Nicki ___, "Super Bass" rapper (5)
    RevealMINAJ
  4. 10Party-sized coffee vessel (3)
    RevealURN
  5. 112020s crime drama set in Japan (9)
    RevealTOKYOVICE
  6. 13Romantic partners (6)
    RevealLOVERS
  7. 14Morning talk show since 1997 (7)
    RevealTHEVIEW
  8. 16___ Park, geographical name in Chicago and London (4)
    RevealHYDE
  9. 17Not quite right (3)
    RevealOFF
  10. 20Big moment for a diva (9)
    RevealOPERASOLO
  11. 23"Get my point now?!" (3)
    RevealSEE
  12. 24More ill-mannered (5)
    RevealRUDER
  13. 25Spain, on World Cup scoreboards (3)
    RevealESP
  14. 26Device on which you might watch 11- and 14-Across, appropriately (5)
    RevealTVSET

Down

  1. 1Ambulance worker, for short (3)
    RevealEMT
  2. 2Spanish for "uncle" (3)
    RevealTIO
  3. 3Like snow after a storm, perhaps (9)
    RevealANKLEDEEP
  4. 4Break between two legs of travel (7)
    RevealLAYOVER
  5. 5Bay Area forest named for an environmentalist (9)
    RevealMUIRWOODS
  6. 6Shapes of rainbows (4)
    RevealARCS
  7. 7Atomic number of hydrogen (3)
    RevealONE
  8. 9Rock's Jon Bon ___ (4)
    RevealJOVI
  9. 12Pattern of flying geese (3)
    RevealVEE
  10. 14"___ were the days" (5)
    RevealTHOSE
  11. 15Heavily promotes, with "up" (5)
    RevealHYPES
  12. 18Run away (4)
    RevealFLEE
  13. 19Structure made of couch cushions, perhaps (4)
    RevealFORT
  14. 21"The most intense mode of individualism that the world has known," per Oscar Wilde (3)
    RevealART
  15. 22Chevy Suburban, for one (3)
    RevealSUV
Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)

Answers in this NYT Midi Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 166 puzzles since February 2026:

ONE ×10SEE ×7ART ×5ESP ×5URN ×2

Show all 29 answers and the solved grid

Across: 1A ETAL5A MAO8A MINAJ10A URN11A TOKYOVICE13A LOVERS14A THEVIEW16A HYDE17A OFF20A OPERASOLO23A SEE24A RUDER25A ESP26A TVSET

Down: 1D EMT2D TIO3D ANKLEDEEP4D LAYOVER5D MUIRWOODS6D ARCS7D ONE9D JOVI12D VEE14D THOSE15D HYPES18D FLEE19D FORT21D ART22D SUV

About This NYT Midi Crossword

The NYT Midi for Monday, August 10, 2026 was a 9×9 grid by Ian Livengood, titled “It's Showtime”, with 29 clues; the longest answer ran 9 letters. That is 2 fewer than the average Monday before it (31.3).

Also on Aug 10: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Crossword.

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