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 “RuPaul’s Drag Race” airer : MTV
4 Self-assurance : APLOMB
10 Letter that’s sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last : ZETA
14 “I’m on vacation” email inits. : OOO
15 High-end German car, casually : BEEMER
16 Dwarf planet with the largest mass : ERIS
17 Fanatic : NUT
18 Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across : CAMERAFLASH
20 Coffee order specification : ICED
22 Like Igor’s posture : HUNCHED
23 N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across : CHARGERS
25 Relish : LAPUP
29 Arm of the Mediterranean : AEGEAN
30 Lick … or slick : WET
32 Game whose name is shouted : UNO
33 Episode interruptions : ADS
34 Hitch : SNAG
36 Buy and then quickly sell : FLIP
37 What’s formed by connecting this puzzle’s circled letters from A to F and then back to A : LIGHTNINGBOLT
40 Port, for one : WINE
41 Far from friendly : COLD
42 Poetic praise : ODE
43 “___ So Fine” (1963 #1 hit) : HES
44 Deli order : SUB
45 Houses : ABODES
48 Ready to be drawn, perhaps : ONTAP
50 Drink with a 37-Across in its logo : GATORADE
52 Shield : PROTECT
55 Muslim denomination : SHIA
56 Character with a 37-Across on his forehead : HARRYPOTTER
60 Counterpart of flow : EBB
61 [Gasp!] : OHNO
62 Tangle : ENMESH
63 Drink aptly found within “social event” : ALE
64 Tikka masala go-with : NAAN
65 Don’t have a choice : NEEDTO
66 Dead end? : DEE
Down
1 Friend on “Friends” : MONICA
2 “Fair point!” : TOUCHE
3 Ixnay : VOTEAGAINST
4 Jackson 5 song that begins “You went to school to learn, girl” : ABC
5 Bird with a showy mate : PEAHEN
6 Madagascar mammal : LEMUR
7 Portentous signs : OMENS
8 Soldier for hire, in brief : MERC
9 Surfer dude : BRAH
10 Princess of Nintendo games : ZELDA
11 Queen Victoria has one named for her : ERA
12 “___ the Voice of the Lobster” (Lewis Carroll poem) : TIS
13 Pale wood : ASH
19 Fedora fabric : FELT
21 Coat, as with flour : DREDGE
24 This is a deep cut : GASH
26 Took the lead : PULLEDAHEAD
27 Squadron, e.g. : UNIT
28 Grammy category : POP
30 What might be out for a spell? : WAND
31 French toast ingredient : EGG
34 Haughty sort : SNOB
35 Naught : NIL
36 Big name in tourism guides : FODORS
37 Concern when transferring a title deed : LIEN
38 The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A. : TCU
39 Common clown name : BOBO
40 “Doctor ___” : WHO
44 Agile : SPRY
45 Certify : ATTEST
46 Pot brownie, e.g. : EDIBLE
47 Naval engineer : SEABEE
49 Kitchen cover-up : APRON
50 “Catch my drift?” : GETME
51 Was part of a series, say : ACTED
53 Neon sign word : OPEN
54 Soften, with “down” : TONE
56 Sweetie : HON
57 “I’ve got it!” : AHA
58 Molecule involved in protein synthesis : RNA
59 Greek consonant : RHO
