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 Birth day party? : DOULA
6 Oyster relative : CLAM
10 Pick up the tab : BUY
13 Canvas holder : EASEL
14 Princess with “space buns” : LEIA
15 Warrior I or Warrior II, in yoga : POSE
16 B.A. in Communications? : BRAILLEALPHABET
19 Energizing force : SPARK
20 Doha native : QATARI
21 “Is that true about me?” : AMI
24 Stat for a successful squeeze play : RBI
25 Confident : SURE
26 M.S. in Biology? : MICROSCOPESLIDE
32 Cunning plans : PLOYS
33 Accessory that might read “Prom King” or “Bride to Be” : SASH
34 Website builder, for short : DEV
35 Reasonable : SANE
36 Not accidental : MEANT
38 Tinder can be used for this : FIRE
39 College, to an Aussie : UNI
40 Spot for drying dishes : RACK
41 Contribute to the mix : ADDIN
42 Ph.D. in Computing? : POCKETHARDDRIVE
46 “It seems to me,” in online shorthand : IMHO
47 “___ Mubarak!” (greeting around Ramadan) : EID
48 Marshall’s friend on “How I Met Your Mother” : TED
49 Genre for James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room,” familiarly : GAYLIT
52 “Nothing runs like a ___” (ad slogan) : DEERE
54 Not distinguished by large differences … or an apt title for this puzzle? : AMATTEROFDEGREE
59 Gets along well : GELS
60 Source of many an anonymous political quote : AIDE
61 Needing rinsing, maybe : SOAPY
62 ___ throwing (trendy sport) : AXE
63 Secure to a dock : MOOR
64 Fashion sense : STYLE
Down
1 Cabinet member Haaland : DEB
2 Item fit into a thole : OAR
3 Largest NATO member : USA
4 Graduation day wear at the University of Hawaii : LEIS
5 Distinguished athletes : ALLPROS
6 Dungeons & Dragons character with healing powers : CLERIC
7 Hissing tire’s problem : LEAK
8 Afflict : AIL
9 Website that contributed to the decline of road atlases : MAPQUEST
10 “Pearls” in a drink : BOBA
11 Word with error or experience : USER
12 Creature in the animated film “Abominable” : YETI
15 Pi’s last name in “Life of Pi” : PATEL
17 Bloodwork and such, in medical lingo : LABS
18 Severe : HARSH
21 Energizes : AMPSUP
22 Italian fashion capital, to Italians : MILANO
23 Truly legendary : ICONIC
25 Time period : SPAN
27 Alternative to white or wheat : RYE
28 Tennis champion Naomi : OSAKA
29 “Hooray for me!” : IDIDIT
30 Obtain through logic : DERIVE
31 Balanced : EVENED Group of problem solvers? : MATHTEAM
37 Bounce off the walls, say : ECHO
38 Prez depicted in a wheelchair at his D.C. memorial : FDR
40 Verb on an invoice : REMIT
41 Speak to : ADDRESS
43 Garments worn by caber tossers : KILTS
44 Pot : REEFER
45 Ran out of battery : DIED
49 Madly in love : GAGA
50 Plastic option, for short : AMEX
51 School that’s home to Grace Hopper College : YALE
52 Bird symbolizing obsolescence : DODO
53 Acronymic achievement for Viola Davis : EGOT
55 South America’s ___ de la Plata : RIO
56 Sunbeam : RAY
57 Soccer org. for Chelsea and Manchester United : EPL
58 Symbol atop the pyramid on a dollar bill : EYE
