The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.
While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.
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If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to help. We’ve got all the answers for today’s clues down below.
NYT Crossword answers today
Across
1 Make something possible, so to speak : PAVETHEWAY
11 Celebratory dance : JIG
14 Question from someone bursting through the door : AMITOOLATE
15 Musician’s pitch? : DEMO
16 Builders of pyramids, perhaps : CONARTISTS
17 If not : ELSE
18 Venture (to) : TRY
19 Island home of a goat known as the kri-kri : CRETE
20 Bits of fiction : TALES
21 Dish topped with lime, basil and hoisin sauce : PHO
22 Online provocateur, in slang : EDGELORD
24 Like some watermelons and tennis players : SEEDED
26 Female dog portrayed by nine different male dogs : LASSIE
27 Pro side : YEAS
28 High 90s, say : APLUS
30 Weeding tool : HOE
31 German beer historically consumed by monks : BOCK
32 “The ___ of the System” (David Foster Wallace’s first novel) : BROOM
33 21-Across, e.g. : SOUP
34 Taylor Swift’s “___ Song” : OUR
35 Shells out for dinner, say : PASTA
36 Makes a pick : OPTS
37 Low tie : ONEALL
39 What hilarity often does, it’s said : ENSUES
41 Superhero alter ego for Kathy Kane : BATWOMAN
43 “___ be my pleasure!” : ITD
44 ? ? ? : IMMAD
45 Was downright awful : STANK
47 Sound from a pointer : ARF
50 Smell something fierce : REEK
51 Catcher of drops : RAINBARREL
53 Feast : DINE
54 “False!” : THATISALIE
55 Run after R : STU
56 Setting indicated by a bell with a slash : SILENTMODE
Down
1 Diplomatic success : PACT
2 ___ patriae (Latin for “patriotism”) : AMOR
3 Ivy descriptor : VINY
4 Concourse info, in brief : ETA
5 Items wielded by angry mobs : TORCHES
6 Drag participant? : HOTROD
7 Human rights activist Wiesel : ELIE
8 Underachiever’s issue : WASTEDPOTENTIAL
9 Called out on Instagram, informally : ATTED
10 Consent cue : YES
11 They’re set for a night of drinking : JELLOSHOTS
12 “No, really!” : IMSERIOUS
13 Prepares for a bomb : GOESDEEP
15 Hands out : DEALS
20 Array on a trolley : TEAS
21 Max : PEAK
23 Lugubrious : GLUM
24 What might have sandwiches under wraps? : SECRETMENU
25 All ___ : EARS
27 “I’ll do whatever” : YOUNAMEIT
29 Floated sum : LOAN
31 Fans that are hardly keeping cool : BOOBIRDS
32 Skin soother : BALM
33 Went in the high 90s, say : SPED
35 Drag one’s feet : PLOD
36 Southern hip-hop duo with the #1 hit “Ms. Jackson” : OUTKAST
38 Not out : AWAKE
40 Penalty box, in hockey slang : SINBIN
42 Competitor of Kirin : ASAHI
46 Alternative to blinds : ANTE
47 Janis’s cartoon partner : ARLO
48 Super Bowl-winning coach Andy : REID
49 Become a fugitive : FLEE
51 Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
52 Force (through) : RAM
