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 Site for a light bite : CAFE
5 Cy Young winners, e.g. : ACES
9 Dog leg terminus : PAW
12 Like many Keats works : ODIC
13 Swahili honorific : BWANA
14 “Lucy and ___” (2022 documentary) : DESI
15 Instrument panels : WASHBOARDS
17 Landed : ALIT
18 Sweatshirt style : HOODIE
19 Syllables of laughter : HAHHAH
21 Word on a nutrition label : FAT
23 “Educated insolence,” per Aristotle : WIT
24 Gesture of reassurance : PAT
25 Long time span : AGE
26 Subject to damages : LIABLE
28 Trademark of deadpan stand-ups : WRYHUMOR
30 Lou Grant’s wife on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” : EDIE
31 Bugs, perhaps : SPIESON
33 Areas that are lower than their surrounding terrain : WELLS
35 “I’m flexible” : ANY
36 Toss out : SCRAP
40 Like the femur, among all bones in the body : LARGEST
43 Quiet period : LULL
44 What lies before you, with “the” : WAYAHEAD
47 Not ruling out : OPENTO
48 Black ___ : ICE
50 Stopover : INN
51 What makes a sticker stickier? : ANI
52 Do some garden work : SOW
53 Dance floor lighting option : STROBE
55 Text massager : EDITOR
57 Ungulate feature : HOOF
58 Author’s concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle’s theme : WORDCHOICE
62 Sufficient, informally : ENUF
63 Bold, energetic and ambitious type, it’s said : ARIES
64 Speed : ZOOM
65 Collector’s goal : SET
66 Give, but expect back : LEND
67 Words to a betrayer : ETTU
Down
1 Major food source animal : COD
2 Computing pioneer Lovelace : ADA
3 Swerve wildly from side to side, as a car : FISHTAIL
4 ___ Park, neighborhood of Los Angeles : ECHO
5 Anticipate : AWAIT
6 Mind : CARE
7 Burnt bit of brisket : END
8 Confidently struts : SASHAYS
9 ___ Bay, neighborhood of the Bronx : PELHAM
10 Italian cheese : ASIAGO
11 Fail to act decisively in the face of a challenge : DITHER
13 Legislative collectives : BODIES
14 One of three in an SOS message : DAH
16 Part of a pipe : BOWL
20 Melancholy Musketeer : ATHOS
21 Raced, as away from danger : FLED
22 Right hand : AIDE
24 Feeds (on) : PREYS
27 “Twilight” protagonist : BELLA
28 Lavishly regaled, in a way : DINED
29 Scooby-Doo, to Scrappy-Doo : UNCLE
32 Druid, e.g. : PAGAN
34 Indian honorific : SAHIB
37 Goes hog-wild : RUNSRIOT
38 Prefix with cumulus : ALTO
39 Move forward resolutely : PLOD
41 Fountain of Youth’s promise : RENEWAL
42 Old-timey medicines : TONICS
44 Things listed on a wedding registry : DISHES
45 Play opener : ACTONE
46 “Stee-RIKE three!” follower : YEROUT
48 Essence : PITH
51 Put two and two together, say : ADDED
54 Not quite right : OFF
55 Whistle-blower Brockovich : ERIN
56 Sludge : OOZE
59 Rich rock : ORE
60 Private sleeping accommodations? : COT
61 Big bird : EMU
