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 Place for gladiatorial combat : ARENA
6 ___ and seek : HIDE
10 “Money, Money, Money” group : ABBA
14 Some jazz instruments, informally : SAXES
15 Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack : IHOP
16 “Dagnabbit!” : DRAT
17 Quality of a statement that feels plausible : TRUTHINESS
19 Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale : FORT
20 Purges (of) : RIDS
21 Holding hands outside, e.g., for short : PDA
22 Shelf on a cliff : LEDGE
23 Chewed and swallowed : ATE
24 High school or college seniors, usually : FOURTHYEARS
27 Disinfectant brand with the tagline “Healthing” : LYSOL
29 Sweetheart, slangily : BAE
30 Tit for ___ : TAT
31 Strings along : LEADSON
35 Visibly supports, as a university or sports team : REPS
36 Tongue of Chaucer … or what’s literally shown in the shaded squares? : MIDDLEENGLISH
39 Queue : LINE
40 Tightens one’s ice skates, e.g. : LACESUP
41 German “Phooey!” : ACH
42 Give in to gravity : SAG
43 Gave up, as territory : CEDED
47 Feel relief from anxiety : BREATHEEASY
52 Do a whoopsie : ERR
53 “Rick and ___” (adult animated sitcom) : MORTY
54 Card that can have the highest or lowest value : ACE
55 Leave roaring with laughter : SLAY
56 “Beware the ___ of March” : IDES
57 Aid in preventing a shipwreck : LIGHTHOUSE
60 Edible ice cream holder : CONE
61 Competent : ABLE
62 More than willing : EAGER
63 “At Last” singer James : ETTA
64 Sent a private text, for short : DMED
65 Journalism : PRESS
Down
1 Word before plane or projection : ASTRAL
2 Uncommon thing : RARITY
3 Oozes, as charm : EXUDES
4 Basketball goals : NETS
5 Cigarette byproduct : ASH
6 Holi celebrant : HINDU
7 “Rumor has it …” : IHEAR
8 Uno x 2 : DOS
9 Mini-albums, for short : EPS
10 Cost for a commercial : ADFEE
11 Hangout events for two guy friends : BRODATES
12 Common chart for comparing data : BARGRAPH
13 Swears (to) : ATTESTS
18 Stock market debut, for short : IPO
22 Caustic drain cleaner : LYE
24 Made a quick retreat : FLED
25 Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet : TBONE
26 Chillaxes with friends : HANGS
28 Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
32 Arabic for God : ALLAH
33 Digitally make to look younger : DEAGE
34 Brief moment : SEC
35 Ready to eat, as fruit : RIPE
36 Minuscule picture used in spycraft : MICRODOT
37 Essential to the character of something : INHERENT
38 Football holder in “Peanuts” : LUCY
39 Cheese-loving test subjects : LABMICE
42 Pigpen : STY
44 Downpour : DELUGE
45 Wipes out : ERASES
46 Spinners in laundromats : DRYERS
48 On the ocean : ATSEA
49 Sharp-eyed bird : EAGLE
50 Felt sore : ACHED
51 “Quiet on the ___!” : SET
55 Fly high : SOAR
57 Young feller : LAD
58 Company nicknamed “Big Blue” : IBM
59 With it, in last-century slang : HEP
