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 “It can’t be!” : THATSIMPOSSIBLE
16 Blissful stretch : HONEYMOONPERIOD
17 “Nobody can do this alone” : ITTAKESAVILLAGE
18 Put down : SHAMED
19 Make an example of : CITE
20 First name in classic horror films : LON
21 Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore : RUS
22 ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail) : CHE
23 Set against? : NAYS
25 Letters on old kopecks : CCCP
27 “Well, I’ll be darned!” : GEEWHIZ
29 Word before “tip” or after “top” : HAT
30 Chickpea, e.g. : SEED
31 Liszt’s “Transcendental ___” : ETUDES
35 “Is it just me …?” : AMINUTS
37 Direct flight? : BEELINE
38 Boil down : DECOCT
39 Lubricants used in oil drilling : MUDS
40 Zest for life: Abbr. : SYN
41 Lofty passages : SKYWAYS
43 Future D.O.’s exam : MCAT
44 Disgruntled grunts : UGHS
46 Legal V.I.P.s : AGS
47 Invite qualifier, for short : BYO
48 Good point : PRO
49 What flashers do : WARN
51 Takes for a ride : DRIVES
54 Unable to make progress, say : HITTINGADEADEND
57 Verbally backpedaling : EATINGONESWORDS
58 “See?” : WHATDIDITELLYOU
Down
1 See 51-Down : THIS
2 Ice planet in “The Empire Strikes Back” : HOTH
3 Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova : ANTARCTIC
4 Ally : TEAMUP
5 Co-creator and co-star of Netflix’s “The Upshaws” : SYKES
6 Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g. : IMED
7 Approaches, briefly : MOS
8 Took in a bad way : POACHED
9 Displayed : ONVIEW
10 Narrow peninsula : SPIT
11 Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells’s “The First Men in the Moon” : SELENITES
12 Texter’s “off-line” : IRL
13 Polish roll : BIALY
14 Corporate figures : LOGOS
15 Blissful patch : EDEN
22 Pair of accessories? : CEES
24 Un color on El Salvador’s flag : AZUL
25 Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries : CHAD
2 Made it : CAME
27 L.A. museum, with “the” : GETTY
28 Takes to heart : HEEDS
30 Doesn’t breathe easy : SUCKSWIND
32 Find : DISCOVERY
33 Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages : ENYA
34 No longer being drafted, say : SENT
36 Satisfy a midday craving : NOSH
37 Is persuaded of : BUYS
39 Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar : MAGNANI
42 Mars, e.g. : WARGOD
43 Melodramatic cry of appreciation : MYIDOL
44 Character played by Kieron Moore in “David and Bathsheba” (1951) : URIAH
45 Can’t not, informally : GOTTA
47 Donnybrook : BRAWL
48 “Just made it!” : PHEW
50 Online home services marketplace : ANGI
51 Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect : DESE
52 Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie : ENDO
53 Calif. school less than an hour’s ride from Tijuana : SDSU
55 Little warbler : TIT
56 Lead follower: Abbr. : DET
