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 Friend on “Friends” : JOEY
5 Besmirch : SMEAR
10 U.S. immigration policy, familiarly : DACA
14 From which Christmas lights might hang : EAVE
15 Dystopian horror film of 2013, with “The” : PURGE
16 Birds with wings about one-tenth the length of their bodies : EMUS
17 Three tickets : TRESPASSES
19 Cheeky : PERT
20 “Is that OK with you?” : MAYI
21 “Despite all that …” : EVENSO
23 L’il ___ : ABNER
26 With money : CONTENDER
29 Makes apprehensive : DAUNTS
31 Put forth, as a question : POSED
32 Well-worn : OLD
33 Onetime Houston athlete whose helmet featured a derrick : OILER
35 Frodo Baggins’s pursuers : ORCS
39 Introductory foreign language class suggested by this puzzle’s theme : BEGINNERSPANISH
43 First British P.M. appointed by Queen Elizabeth II : EDEN
44 Sung tribute : PAEAN
45 Tax prep pro : CPA
46 “Tangible” balance sheet item : ASSET
49 Host : MYRIAD
51 More revered : MASSACRED
55 Comedian Youngman : HENNY
56 Goddess associated with the owl : ATHENA
57 Outback hoppers : ROOS
59 Suffix with Jumbo : TRON
60 Crazy reason : LOCOMOTIVE
66 Bits of advice : TIPS
67 Object of finger-pointing on “Fantasy Island” : PLANE
68 Instruments heard at luaus, for short : UKES
69 Subside : EASE
70 Number of blessings at a Jewish wedding : SEVEN
71 See 64-Down : PETS
Down
1 Li of martial arts fame : JET
2 Item on a boathouse wall : OAR
3 Time of anticipation : EVE
4 Sycophants : YESMEN
5 Neuter : SPAY
6 “Thou sing’st sweet ___”: Shak. : MUSIC
7 Hosp. areas usually on the ground floor : ERS
8 Get wiser, supposedly : AGE
9 Computer troubleshooting options : RESETS
10 Look to for support : DEPENDON
11 Revise : AMEND
12 Drop an F-bomb, say : CURSE
13 Founder of the Pacific Fur Company, 1810 : ASTOR
18 Singer with the 2008 album “Backwoods Barbie” : PARTON
22 V.I.P. section? : VEE
23 InDesign developer : ADOBE
24 Bundled, as hay : BALED
25 Nonverbal attention-getter : NUDGE
27 Run : OPERATE
28 Like Loki and Thor : NORSE
30 Transgress : SIN
34 One miraculously healed by Jesus : LEPER
36 Poison found naturally in castor beans : RICIN
37 Airer of hearings : CSPAN
38 Suspect : SHADY
40 Somewhat : INASENSE
41 “The Office” role : PAM
42 “Alrighty, then. As I was saying …” : ANYHOO
47 ___ Juan : SAN
48 Resells at hiked-up prices : SCALPS
50 What to do before a marathon, perhaps : RESTUP
51 Lacking gloss : MATTE
52 Open courtyards : ATRIA
53 Looks to sell : SHOPS
54 It might go way over your head : DRONE
58 The appearance of a butterfly in a home, for some : OMEN
61 Fútbol cheer : OLE
62 Basketball’s King James, from 2003-10 and 2014-18 : CAV
63 Prez #34 : IKE
64 Doc treating 71-Across : VET
65 Symbol on the collar of Krypto the Superdog : ESS
