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 Juice provider : CHARGER
8 Portrayer of Laurie Strode in seven “Halloween” films : CURTIS
14 Where customers can pay to smash household objects to smithereens : RAGEROOM
16 Play without a break : ONEACT
17 Attention-grabbing visuals : EYECANDY
18 Part of many singers’ vocal warm-up routines : HOTTEA
19 Beef variety : ANGUS
20 It’s often playing games : ESPN
22 Playful snarl : ROWR
23 What painful sensations and frying pans can both do : SEAR
24 Shawarma holder : PITA
25 Express one’s displeasure toward : BOOAT
26 Cryptaesthesia, more familiarly : ESP
27 Artist whose full name anagrams to A MAN DETOURED : MANET
28 Modern party planning tool : EVITE
29 Really good time : GAS
30 Orthodontist’s recommendation : RETAINER
32 Digital art? : PAINTBYNUMBER
35 Makes an opposing argument : COUNTERS
36 It generates a lot of buzz : BEE
37 Register, as a complaint : LODGE
38 Voiced amazement : OOHED
40 “There, there” accompanier : PAT
43 Former Israeli P.M. Sharon : ARIEL
44 Stadium sounds : OLES
45 De ___ : NOVO
46 Word before friendly or name : USER
47 ID issuers : DMVS
48 Hit taker : TOKER
49 Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier,” for one : SONATA
51 Phrase typically shortened to its first three letters : ETCETERA
53 Geometry figure : EUCLID
54 Big name in food delivery : DOORDASH
55 Accommodates, in listing-speak : SLEEPS
56 “That was perfect — I don’t have any feedback” : NONOTES
Down
1 Clothing line : CREASE
2 Warren of the Allman Brothers Band : HAYNES
3 Common reason for a missed reference : AGEGAP
4 Come back : RECUR
5 Mardi follower : GRAS
6 Vast span : EON
7 Entered a Wild West town, say : RODEIN
8 “Walking in Memphis” singer Marc : COHN
9 Deep-dish pizza maker : UNO
10 What a ’50s-style diner or arcade bar might have : RETROVIBE
11 “Star Wars” planet that’s home to womp rats : TATOOINE
12 First pitcher, maybe : ICEWATER
13 First pitcher : STARTER
15 “That explains it!” : MYSTERYSOLVED
21 Eucharist plate : PATEN
24 Crafter’s supply : PASTE
25 Showed pride, in a way : BEAMED
27 TV mounting spot : MANTEL
29 Popular remedy for an upset stomach : GINGERALE
31 Penne, rigatoni, etc. : TUBES
32 Sad sack : POORSOUL
33 Market : AUDIENCE
34 Stick in the closet? : BROOM
35 Things of concern to grammarians and negotiators : CLAUSES
39 Moses portrayer in classic film : HESTON
40 Prod : POKEAT
41 Not inclined : AVERSE
42 Scrolls from right to left? : TORAHS
45 Avoid : NOTDO
47 Pops : DADS
48 Fork-tailed bird : TERN
50 Checkout screen option : TIP
52 This is what it sounds like when doves cry : COO
