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
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Across
1 Recedes, as the tide : EBBS5 Server error? : FAULT10 Musical staff symbol : CLEF14 Long hike : TREK15 Politico Marco : RUBIO16 Tomato variety that, despite its name, was actually developed in Maryland : ROMA17 Lincoln, Jackson or Madison : CITY18 “___ we all!” : AREN’T19 Fairy tale’s second word, often : … UPON20 *Base of operations : HEADQUARTERS23 Birth control options, for short : IUDS24 Bother greatly : EAT AT28 Three-time Super Bowl winner Kelce : TRAVIS31 *Lively get-togethers : SHINDIGS34 Constant critic : HATER35 Like a cherry vis-à-vis a sundae : ATOP36 Fashion magazine founded in Paris : ELLE37 Japanese vegetable : UDO38 *One of a pair that a skater might wear : KNEEPAD41 Ease (up) : LET42 Bite-size, say : MINI44 The ___ Tour (Taylor Swift concert series) : ERAS45 Stimulates, as an appetite : WHETS47 *Figurative setting for a shady deal : BACKROOM49 Vehicle in a funeral procession : HEARSE50 Stylishly streamlined : SLEEK51 “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” frames : CELS52 Weightlifter’s pursuit … or a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues : BODYBUILDING59 Where you might sleep while “in the doghouse” : SOFA62 Defeats by a large margin : ROUTS63 Mental spark : IDEA64 Fe, on the periodic table : IRON65 Own up (to) : ADMIT66 Spam spewers : BOTS67 Prefix with phone or church : MEGA-68 Key Watergate evidence : TAPES69 Result of ignoring a “Caution: Wet Floor” sign, perhaps : SLIP
Down
1 Carve in stone : ETCH2 Soft French cheese : BRIE3 Β or β : BETA4 Take a leap of faith, quite literally : SKYDIVE5 Impostors : FRAUDS6 Invisible emanations : AURAS7 Sedan summoned with a smartphone, say : UBER8 Fuzzy stuff in a trap : LINT9 Carry around : TOTE10 Relentless campaign : CRUSADE11 Cut (off) : LOP12 Broody subculture : EMO13 Ceiling spinner : FAN21 Peculiarity : QUIRK22 Stimpy’s cartoon pal : REN25 Farm tool for breaking up soil : TILLER26 Shoelace tips : AGLETS27 African fly with a reduplicative name : TSETSE28 Rating units for Siskel and Ebert : THUMBS29 Like the symmetry of a starfish : RADIAL30 Immediately : AT ONCE31 Eruption from a geyser : STEAM32 What gives beer its bitterness : HOPS33 Bitter beer, in brief : IPA35 Prefix with dynamic : AERO-39 “The Matrix” hero : NEO40 Reside : DWELL43 Japanese art of flower arranging : IKEBANA46 Stakes a claim (on) : HAS DIBS48 Studio behind “King Kong” and “Citizen Kane” : RKO49 The “jobs” in “The Italian Job,” e.g. : HEISTS51 ___ patootie : CUTIE53 “Well, shucks!” : DRAT!54 A Jedi mentor, he was : YODA55 Protuberance : BUMP56 Ariana Grande, to Arianators, e.g. : IDOL57 ___ pot, container for rinsing nasal passages : NETI58 Sound of shock : GASP59 Computer replication of real-world events, for short : SIM60 Mined matter : ORE61 Ground-hugging cloud : FOG
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