NYT Crossword: answers for Thursday, August 8

The New York Times offers a variety of word games these days, like Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, so there’s something for everyone to enjoy. However, the classic daily crossword still stands out as a top choice. It’s packed with fun trivia, sharpens your mind, and gives you bragging rights if you manage to solve it every day.

Even though the NYT crossword can sometimes seem daunting, remember that solving it is a skill that improves with practice. Don’t get discouraged if you can’t fill in every single answer right away.

If you’re stuck on today’s NYT Crossword, don’t worry—we’ve got the answers for you right here.

 

NYT Crossword Answers for Today

Across

  1. Catherine ___, last wife of King Henry VIII: PARR
  2. Basic level of a popular ridesharing app: UBERX
  3. Part of a routine: JOKE
  4. Orchestra tuner: OBOE
  5. “You can’t make me!”: NEVER
  6. Dry: ARID
  7. Mixed drink with an alliterative name: SCOTCHANDSODA
  8. Fuse by heat: WELD
  9. Bad weather forecast, informally: TSTORMS
  10. Preceder of the Three Kingdoms in Chinese history: HANDYNASTY
  11. Slightest idea: CLUE
  12. “The Lucy-___ Comedy Hour” (classic TV release): DESI
  13. Tons: SCADS
  14. Kind of school: MED
  15. Sudden inspirations?: GASPS
  16. He asked Bud “Who’s on first?”: LOU
  17. Cry of a terrier?: ARF
  18. Response to an anticlimactic reveal: OHTHAT
  19. “It’s not as simple as it sounds”: EASIERSAIDTHANDONE
  20. Forever, poetically: ETERNE
  21. A carved one hangs in the chamber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: COD
  22. Itty-bitty: WEE
  23. Galileo, by birth: PISAN
  24. Name spelled out in “The Alphabet Song”: STU
  25. Immune system agent: TCELL
  26. Golden rule preposition: UNTO
  27. Arctic food fish: CHAR
  28. Ornate lighting fixture: CHANDELIER
  29. Sours: GOESBAD
  30. Setting for the FIFA World Cups of 2002 and 2022: ASIA
  31. Part of a clock depicted four times in this puzzle?: MINUTEHAND
  32. Darkness: MURK
  33. It happens: EVENT
  34. Jazz singer Jones: ETTA
  35. Weapon that shares an etymology with “spade” and “spatula”: EPEE
  36. Company with a purple heart in its logo: AETNA
  37. Ricotta ingredient: WHEY

Down

  1. Thread component: POST
  2. Fundamentals: ABCS
  3. Fundamental issues: ROOTCAUSES
  4. Like old chestnuts: RETOLD
  5. “Let go, you brute!”: UNHANDME
  6. Porgy’s partner: BESS
  7. ___ Morales, former president of Bolivia: EVO
  8. Bad way to get caught: REDHANDED
  9. Revealing images: XRAYS
  10. First nonhuman species encountered in the “Star Wars” franchise: JAWA
  11. Valuable deposits: ORES
  12. Bagpiper’s garb: KILT
  13. Circular current: EDDY
  14. French vineyards: CRUS
  15. Ill-advised time for an ocean swim: NIGHT
  16. Actual: DEFACTO
  17. “Don’t give up on your dreams. ___ longer” (quip): SLEEP
  18. Raccoon relative: COATI
  19. ___ Butterworth’s: MRS
  20. Within reach: ATHAND
  21. Hybrid fixture with a tub and nozzle: SHOWERBATH
  22. Group of experts: PANEL
  23. What many tins are made of, despite their name: STEEL
  24. Equal: ARE
  25. Like most primes: ODD
  26. ___ Aldridge, early Black American playwright: IRA
  27. The blahs: ENNUI
  28. The vowels not seen in “bad debt,” ironically: IOU
  29. Try hard: STRIVE
  30. Proverbs pronoun: THEE
  31. Vegan cheese ingredient, often: CASHEW
  32. Site of a Herculean labor: NEMEA
  33. Terra ___: COTTA
  34. Turned out: CAME
  35. Robber’s order: HANDSUP
  36. Where drinks are toasted with “Sláinte!”: EIRE
  37. The Dead Sea is one, technically: LAKE
  38. Tim of “Project Runway”: GUNN
  39. Dealer’s request: ANTE
  40. Its 80-year anniversary was observed in June of 2024: DDAY
  41. Zero preceder: NET
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