NYT Crossword Answers Today

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.

New York Times

Across

1 Get an engine going : POWERUP

8 Incurs an extra service charge, perhaps : ROAMS

13 Cost-efficient : ECONOMIC

15 Georges ___, “Habanera” composer : BIZET

16 Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously : NERDSPEAK

18 Clearing : GLADE

19 Specially trained teams : CADRES

20 “Tubular!” : RAD

22 Movement in “The Nutcracker” : PLIE

23 River featured in the Rig Veda : INDUS

24 Fruit-filled loaf : DATEBREAD

26 Pride parade participant? : LION

27 Own up : COMECLEAN

28 ___ fly : SAC

29 Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named : JAMESROSS

30 Attachments for speakers : LAPELMICS

31 Blatant deceptions : NAKEDLIES

32 Open for drinks : TAP

35 Monarchs, e.g. : AUTOCRATS

36 Baby ___ : YODA

37 Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss : GAMEBOOTH

38 Television star who went on the “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” in 2010 : CONAN

39 Taiwanese electronics brand : ACER

40 Note extender, in sheet music : DOT

41 Lothlórien in “The Lord of the Rings,” e.g. : FOREST

42 Make way for : LETBY

44 They believe “the radical notion that women are people,” per Marie Shear : FEMINISTS

46 Siren call? : BLARE

47 Well, that works! : SURECURE

48 OK : ALLOW

49 Certain workplace protection? : DESKPAD

Down

1 #2s, e.g. : PENCILS

2 Locale of Niue and the Pitcairn Islands : OCEANIA

3 Common format for an essay, informally : WORDDOC

4 Bypassing play : ENDRUN

5 Many early wines : ROSES

6 Professional squatters? : UMPS

7 Bit of “Sweeney Todd” fare : PIE

8 Recurring role for Kate McKinnon on “S.N.L.” : RBG

9 Extractor used on some seeds and nuts : OILPRESS

10 Their petals are used to make a traditional Korean wine called “dugyeonju” : AZALEAS

11 Turnpike feature : MEDIAN

12 One taken for a ride : STEED

14 Some sweet pick-me-ups : CARAMELLATTES

17 Contralto singer known as the “First Lady of Radio” : KATESMITH

21 Publicly criticizes : DECRIES

24 Feature of the United States Capitol : DOMEDROOF

25 They act as one : BLOCS

27 Simple house style with gables : CAPECOD

29 Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile : JAKOB

30 “Peace, dude!” : LATERBRO

31 Music genre for Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit : NUMETAL

32 Hits the weights, say : TONESUP

33 “To the stars,” in Latin : ADASTRA

34 De-briefed? : PANTSED

35 Small juice container? : AACELL

36 Jester named in a Shakespeare soliloquy : YORICK

37 First of four emperors in the “Year of the Four Emperors” : GALBA

38 Stack in an ice cream shop : CONES

41 It’s lit! : FIRE

43 Material for Robin Hood’s bow : YEW

45 Result of a downpour, perhaps : MUD