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 Many a customer service assistant, nowadays : BOT
4 Animal on the state seal of Maine : MOOSE
9 Lacking slack : TAUT
13 Blackjack card worth 1 or 11 : ACE
14 Friend of Mickey and Goofy : DONALD
15 Actress Kendrick : ANNA
16 “___ all good!” : ITS
17 Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill : JACKANDJILL
19 How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe : TOTASTE
21 Southeast Asian language : LAO
22 Knotted neckwear : TIE
23 Susceptible to sunburn : PALE
24 “Four score and seven years ___ …” : AGO
26 Pesky summer swarm : GNATS
28 Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall : HUMPTYDUMPTY
31 Doesn’t waste : USES
32 Dine : EAT
33 How heavy metal bands typically play : LOUDLY
37 ___ Z, a.k.a. Zoomers : GEN
38 Comedian Schumer or Poehler : AMY
39 Verbalize : SAY
40 Water, in French : EAU
41 Subject of a will : ESTATE
43 “My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it’s not remotely funny,” e.g. : PUN
44 Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto” : KARL
45 Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructure : LONDONBRIDGE
48 Energy, idiomatically : STEAM
51 Flat tire’s lack : AIR
52 Fashion magazine with a palindromic name : ELLE
53 Commodity measured in barrels : OIL
54 Hypotheticals : IFS
56 This typeface : ITALICS
59 Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across? : FALLCLASSIC
62 Word repeated in a double negative : NOT
63 Operatic highlight : ARIA
64 Purpose : INTENT
65 Barely scratch (out) : EKE
66 Quality of a hoarse voice : RASP
67 Drunk-ish : TIPSY
68 Work with needle and thread : SEW
Down
1 Angler’s supply : BAIT
2 Eight-armed creatures : OCTOPUSES
3 The Bible has an Old and New one : TESTAMENT
4 Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker : MOAT
5 How often many people brush their teeth (avert your eyes, dentists!) : ONCEADAY
6 Acorn-bearing tree : OAK
7 Downhill skiing event : SLALOM
8 Poet St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
9 ___ Mahal : TAJ
10 R&B singer Baker : ANITA
11 Like birthday candles before the party starts : UNLIT
12 Stories : TALES
14 Turn at the turntables, for short : DJSET
18 One might be squeaky or shaped like a bone : DOGTOY
20 “Napoleon Crossing the ___” (painting series) : ALPS
25 Belly : GUT
27 Sch. in Lower Manhattan : NYU
28 Ginormous : HUGE
29 Country south of Saudi Arabia : YEMEN
30 Fallback option : PLANB
34 “Submit by” dates : DEADLINES
35 Beverage with a Big Mac, perhaps : LARGECOKE
36 Christmas season : YULE
38 Kind of clock that’s ultraprecise : ATOMIC
39 They brighten everyone’s days : SUNRISES
42 ___ carte : ALA
43 Hawaiian taro dish : POI
44 Pass idly, as time : KILL
46 Bottled water brand : DASANI
47 Respond to a stimulus : REACT
48 To date : SOFAR
49 Sparkly headwear : TIARA
50 ___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants) : ELLIS
55 Dart around : FLIT
57 Very small : TINY
58 Hearty meal in a bowl : STEW
60 Place for a snuggly cat : LAP
61 Valvoline competitor : STP