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.
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 Bread served with baba ghanouj : PITA
5 Consent (to) : ACCEDE
11 Symbol in the sky above Gotham City : BAT
14 Reddit Q&As : AMAS
15 Like the Bosporus, notably : NARROW
16 Zendaya’s role on “Euphoria” : RUE
17 Washington post? : VALLEYFORGE
19 Sampled a beet, say : ATE
20 Comedy club host : EMCEE
21 Lengthen with unnecessary material, as a speech : PAD
22 Molecule bit : ATOM
23 State trees of Massachusetts : ELMS
26 Hair removal brand : NAIR
28 London lad : CHAP
31 San Francisco examiner? : FORTYNINER
36 Was out in front : LED
37 Nickname for dad : PAPA
38 What tahini is made from : SESAME
39 Walker who wrote “The Color Purple” : ALICE
41 [Not my typo] : SIC
43 Pie variety whose pronunciation inspires debate : PECAN
44 Comes down as a wintry mix : SLEETS
46 Road crew’s supply : SALT
48 Single or double : HIT
49 Boston herald? : PAULREVERE
51 Beltway bigwigs : POLS
52 What baking soda and vinegar simulate, in a classic science fair experiment : LAVA
53 Facts and figures : DATA
55 Signals on set : CUES
58 ___-warrior (certain activist) : ECO
60 Surveys : SCANS
64 One of 20 quadrillion worldwide, per a recent estimate : ANT
65 Kansas City star? : TRAVISKELCE
68 Item in a tailor’s kit : PIN
69 Untapped, as potential : LATENT
70 Derrière : REAR
71 Southwest forecast, for short : ETA
72 Personnel in vestments : CLERGY
73 Evidence of healing : SCAB
Down
1 Smooth over, in a way : PAVE
2 Muslim leader : IMAM
3 Bathroom powder : TALC
4 What someone counting sheep wishes to be : ASLEEP
5 Choice for the indifferent : ANY
6 Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF
7 Trim, as a photo : CROP
8 Like a drive in the woods? : ERRANT
9 Hot summer period named for the constellation Sirius : DOGDAYS
10 Doe : deer :: ___ : sheep : EWE
11 Nanny’s nightmare : BRAT
12 Bronco or Beetle, e.g. : AUTO
13 Overflow (with) : TEEM
18 Fish that can swim backward : EEL
22 Greet the day : ARISE
24 R.I.S.D. grad’s degree : MFA
25 Absorbs, with “up” : SOPS
27 Bumbling : INEPT
28 Necklace fastener : CLASP
29 Very, in slang : HELLA
30 “Bye-bye,” to Bonaparte : ADIEU
32 Hike : RAISE
33 Kind of chip named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya : NACHO
34 Part of an online thread : EMAIL
35 Uses Airbnb or Vrbo : RENTS
37 World Heritage Site in Jordan : PETRA
40 Prison divisions : CELLS
42 One way to pay : CARD
45 Multiple : SEVERAL
47 Grazing land : LEA
50 Clear out : VACATE
51 Hoosier hoopers : PACERS
54 [Shaking my head] : TSK
55 Item of apparel for Zorro or Dracula : CAPE
56 Condo, e.g. : UNIT
57 Sicilian volcano : ETNA
59 Concluded : OVER
61 Smart ___ (wiseacre) : ALEC
62 Org. for the SEC and ACC : NCAA
63 Belgrade native : SERB
65 Extra attention, in brief : TLC
66 Gerund suffix : ING
67 Total dump : STY
