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 Exams first administered in 1926 : SATS
5 View from St. Moritz : ALPS
9 “I thought you were my friend!?” : ETTU
13 Load of laundry : WASH
17 Jeweler’s unit : KARAT
19 Complete journey … or what 84-Down makes in this puzzle? : ROUNDTRIP
21 Woodworker’s spinner : LATHE
22 Like Yeats, but not Keats : IRISH
23 Aids in car buying : AUTOLOANS
24 Remove from packaging : UNBOX
25 Complete some reps : DOASET
27 In the red : OWING
28 Do-to-do delivery? : OCTAVE
29 Joan Cusack and Robert Downey Jr. each spent one season on it, for short : SNL
30 Certain court documents : BRIEFS
33 In which 1 + 1 equals 10 : BINARY
36 Former senator Kennedy : TED
37 Completing a cycle, like 84-Down in this puzzle? : GOINGFULLCIRCLE
40 “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” for one : WARSONG
42 Borrower’s note : IOU
43 Like many verification codes : EMAILED
46 Impressively tough, in slang : BADASS
47 Crocheting template : PATTERN
50 Re-lease? : SUBLET
52 Nickname for a 2000s Yankee slugger : AROD
53 Montreal hockey player, to fans : HAB
54 Check scanner, for short : ATM
56 A.P.R.-lowering option : REFI
57 A.P., Reuters, etc. : WIRES
59 Hudson Bay or the Caspian : INLANDSEA
63 Hair-lightening brand : SUNIN
64 Sherlock Holmes, e.g. : LONDONER
66 Apt central entry for this puzzle : EARTH
67 The Lone Ranger, to Tonto : KEMOSABE
69 Gender-neutral possessive : ONES
71 Possesses : HAS
72 Office message : MEMO
73 Millimeter-wide photo used for conveying secret messages : MICRODOT
77 Pants, informally : BRITCHES
81 Roofed porch : LANAI
82 Late-night sub, say : GUESTHOST
86 Garfield’s predecessor : HAYES
88 Weary cry : ICANTGOON
90 Company whose name ends in an exclamation point : YAHOO
91 Steak option in northern Canada : MOOSEMEAT
93 Celebrity chef Hussain who won “The Great British Bake Off” : NADIYA
94 However : YET
95 Fit to serve, in a way : EDIBLE
96 Ireland, poetically : ERIN
97 Newlyweds’ booking : HONEYMOONSUITE
104 Behind : LATE
105 Gives a lot of attention, with “on” : DOTES
107 Old ___, Conn. : LYME
108 Supermodel with a palindromic name : EMME
109 ___ Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state : ELLEN
110 “What have we here!” : OOH
111 “They’ll grow out of that” … or a description of eight squares in this puzzle : ITSJUSTAPHASE
115 Every member of the C.I.A.’s K-9 unit : LAB
116 “___ Affaire de Femmes” (1988 French classic) : UNE
117 It can be quite sappy : TREE
118 Half of an exchange : TAT
119 “Let’s do it!” : IMIN
120 Texter’s “As I see it …” : IMO
121 Co. that introduced Dungeons & Dragons : TSR
122 Means of getting unstuck : HINT
123 Black ___ : OPS
124 Margaret Thatcher, e.g. : TORY
125 Chiding sound : TSK
Down
1 Hits a rough patch, perhaps : SKIDS
2 Judge seen on a bench : AARON
3 Major ordeal : TRIAL
4 Lip : SASS
5 Constellation in the southern sky : ARA
6 Reed or Rawls : LOU
7 Delay : PUTOFF
8 Sledder’s outfit : SNOWSUIT
9 Color named for a famed prep school : ETONBLUE
10 Oh-so-regrettable : TRAGIC
11 What’s mined in a stannary : TIN
12 Big name in shipping : UPS
13 Wish list item : WANT
14 Time “up” : ATBAT
15 Act rudely in a crowd : SHOVE
16 Did some spelling? : HEXED
18 Jersey-born rock icon, familiarly : THEBOSS
20 Roman numeral that anagrams to part of the eye : DLI
21 “Charlie’s Angels” actress : LUCYLIU
26 Charlie’s Angels and others : TRIOS
28 Their dorsal fins can reach six feet in height : ORCAS
31 Stopover : INN
32 Vessel for an omelet : EGGPAN
34 Diminuendo al ___ (“fade to nothingness,” on a score) : NIENTE
35 Slot machine lever : ARM
37 Marked : GRADED
38 Property unit : LOT
39 Europe’s highest volcano : ELBRUS
40 Nintendo antagonist in purple overalls : WARIO
41 Decorate : ADORN
44 First name on the Supreme Court : ELENA
45 Lifesaving device, for short : DEFIB
46 Cry loudly : BAWL
48 Skilled : ABLE
49 Symptom of an allergic reaction : RASH
51 Fork part : TINE
53 Mob enforcer : HIREDGOON
55 Add milk to a customer’s coffee, in diner lingo : MAKEITMOO
58 Feature of James Earl Jones’s voice : SONORITY
60 “That hits the spot!” : AAH
61 Gun lobby org. : NRA
62 Some N.F.L. linemen, in brief : DTS
63 Gave a big kiss : SMOOCHED
65 Big name in experimental music : ENO
68 CPR expert : EMT
70 Insignificant amount : SOU
72 “___ Robinson” (Simon & Garfunkel hit) : MRS
73 Cookies made with ground almond or coconut : MACAROONS
74 Highly agitated : INADITHER
75 Ain’t that the tooth! : CANINE
76 Crime novelist Josephine : TEY
77 Sound from beneath a sheet : BOO
78 Skywalker portrayer : HAMILL
79 Guesstimate : EYEBALLIT
80 Elite naval groups : SEALTEAMS
81 Nearly succeeded … but there’s a catch! : LINEDOUT
83 Green-light : SAYYESTO
84 This puzzle’s subject : THEMOON
85 Places for grilling : HOTSEATS
87 Horned antelope of southern Africa : STEENBOK
89 Cry of frustration : GAH
92 “You follow?” : SEE
98 Elizabeth of “WandaVision” : OLSEN
99 A.F.C. East player : NYJET
100 Bird that’s incapable of walking backward : EMU
101 Ballpark figure : UMP
102 Cry in a laser tag arena : IMHIT
103 Spanish “I love you” : TEAMO
106 Jedi foe : SITH
109 Nonsense word in a playground rhyme : EENY
112 Prefix with glyceride : TRI
113 Gentle attention-getter : TAP
114 Polite term of address : SIR
