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 Fed the kitty, perhaps : CATSAT
7 Salve : BALM
11 #1 pal : BFF
14 Hercule’s creator : AGATHA
15 One who might make a comeback? : ALUM
16 Hebrew name meaning “my God” : ELI
17 Much ado about some punctuation? : PERIODDRAMA
19 No pro : CON
20 It’s often gained by knocking : ENTRY
21 Only city that entirely surrounds a country : ROME
22 Request from Oliver Twist : MORE
23 Nutrition fig. : RDA
24 Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence? : RUNONFUMES
26 She served on the court with Antonin and Anthony : SANDRA
29 Silky fabrics : SATINS
30 Hunting cap feature : EARLAP
34 1930s vice president John ___ Garner : NANCE
35 Harsh words regarding the past and the present? : TENSEEXCHANGE
38 Harbor sights : BOATS
39 Take off : DEPART
40 Commercial success? : ADSALE
42 Shipmate of Capt. Kirk : LTSULU
46 Brawl over what to call a piece of writing? : TITLEFIGHT
50 Toddler’s need, maybe : NAP
51 Grassy expanses : LEAS
52 Regarding : INRE
53 Build, as a relationship : FORGE
55 Possibilities : IFS
56 Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across? : ALTERCATION
58 Ornamental pond fish : KOI
59 Cross paths : MEET
60 Pill bug, e.g. : ISOPOD
61 The Middle Ages or the Renaissance : ERA
62 ___ Nublar, fictional setting of “Jurassic Park” : ISLA
63 Ending point of the first marathon : ATHENS
Down
1 Sprinkling on a lox bagel : CAPERS
2 What is to be done? : AGENDA
3 Pattern of intersecting stripes : TARTAN
4 Use a spoon, say : STIR
5 What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greeting : AHOY
6 Thomas Lincoln, familiarly : TAD
7 Industry mogul : BARON
8 Don’t you forget it! : ALAMO
9 Light units : LUMENS
10 Violent sport, for short : MMA
11 Flattering, as clothing : BECOMING
12 First city in Europe with paved streets (1339) : FLORENCE
13 Touch : FINESSE
18 Gru’s twin brother in the “Despicable Me” franchise : DRU
22 Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g. : MUTANTS
24 Half-baked? : RARE
25 Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law : FANART
27 Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth : DENTALS
28 Do some grapplin’ : RASSLE
31 Was up : LED
32 Big feller? : AXE
33 Drug also called “rocket fuel” or “ozone,” for short : PCP
35 Absolutely amazing : TODIEFOR
36 One side of a perpetual war in Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” : EASTASIA
37 “Stop right there!” : HALT
38 Tall and pointy, as ears : BATLIKE
41 Uses TurboTax, perhaps : EFILES
43 Green, say : UNRIPE
44 Scenic spot to snorkel : LAGOON
45 Overturns : UPENDS
47 Dirt : INTEL
48 Climate activist Thunberg : GRETA
49 Billy Joel’s “Tell ___ About It” : HER
53 Observe Ramadan, in a way : FAST
54 “Then again …,” in a text : OTOH
56 Bon ___ : AMI
57 K.G.B. rival during the Cold War : CIA
