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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.

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.

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NYT Crossword answers today

New York Times

Across

1 U.S.’s oldest continuous women’s professional sports org. : LPGA

5 Sample sake, say : SIP

8 ___ salmon : SMOKED

14 They’re mined, all mined! : ORES

15 Kissing on a park bench, e.g., for short : PDA

16 “Fingers crossed!” : HOPESO

17 Gives a thumbs-up : VOTESYES

19 Take to the sky : AVIATE

20 Vex : EATAT

21 Pollen producer : STAMEN

23 Texter’s “I can’t believe this” : SMH

24 Made a scene? : ACTED

26 “I cannot ___ anybody anything; I can only make them think”: Socrates : TEACH

30 “Hijack” actor Idris : ELBA

32 “Nope!” : UHUH

34 Middling mark : CEE

35 Recruit successfully, as a reluctant participant : ROPEIN

37 Signs of spring : ROSEBUDS

39 At the moment : ASOFNOW

41 Finger foods served on a toothpick, maybe : CANAPES

42 “Taste the rainbow” candy : SKITTLES

44 Perplex : BEMUSE

45 Sunbather’s goal : TAN

46 First-person shooter video game franchise : HALO

47 99% fat-free, say : LEAN

48 Jazz legend Shaw : ARTIE

50 Gave it a go : TRIED

52 Surveillance device, informally : CAM

55 Followed the leader : OBEYED

57 Plenty o’ : LOTSA

59 Road sign with a unidirectional arrow : ONEWAY

62 Compliment on the green : NICEPUTT

64 The Blenheim in England, for one : PALACE

65 “___ soon?” : TOO

66 Spooky-sounding lake : ERIE

67 Reeks : STINKS

68 “Wowza!” : OMG

69 Bears’ lairs : DENS

Down

1 Is nuts for : LOVES

2 Type of event run by the 1-Across : PROAM

3 Grasp a central idea : GETTHEPOINT

4 Sailing, say : ASEA

5 Ian Fleming figure : SPY

6 “I.e.,” spelled out : IDEST

7 Frenchman who developed an anthrax vaccine : PASTEUR

8 Decorative pillowcase : SHAM

9 Make noticeable progress : MOVETHENEEDLE

10 Offer a thought : OPINE

11 Hawaii’s Mauna ___ : KEA

12 Fig. at a body shop : EST

13 A deer, a female deer : DOE

18 Betray : STABINTHEBACK

22 Like some temporary committees : ADHOC

25 Common cooking oil : CANOLA

27 Traditional Chinese medicine component … in which a practitioner might 3-, 9- and 18-Down? : ACUPUNCTURE

28 Relinquishes : CEDES

29 Hermann who wrote “Siddhartha” : HESSE

31 One side of the political aisle, with “the” : LEFT

33 Functional : USABLE

35 Believer in Jah, familiarly : RASTA

36 Herr Schindler in “Schindler’s List” : OSKAR

38 “Roll Tide!” school, in brief : BAMA

40 Eudora ___, Pulitzer-winning author for “The Optimist’s Daughter” : WELTY

43 Kia S.U.V. : SORENTO

49 Sioux City native : IOWAN

51 “A pain in the neck,” e.g. : IDIOM

53 Actor Sean of “Stranger Things” : ASTIN

54 Aussie buds : MATES

56 So-called “windows to the soul” : EYES

58 Take in the paper? : OPED

59 Photo ___ : OPS

60 Revolutionary Turner : NAT

61 Horror director Roth : ELI

63 Gear tooth : COG