Today’s NYT Crossword Answers: Daily Puzzle Solutions for [Date]

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.

NYT Crossword answers today

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Across

1 “RuPaul’s Drag Race” airer : MTV

4 Self-assurance : APLOMB

10 Letter that’s sixth in the Greek alphabet, not last : ZETA

14 “I’m on vacation” email inits. : OOO

15 High-end German car, casually : BEEMER

16 Dwarf planet with the largest mass : ERIS

17 Fanatic : NUT

18 Photography option commonly represented by a 37-Across : CAMERAFLASH

20 Coffee order specification : ICED

22 Like Igor’s posture : HUNCHED

23 N.F.L. team whose helmet features a 37-Across : CHARGERS

25 Relish : LAPUP

29 Arm of the Mediterranean : AEGEAN

30 Lick … or slick : WET

32 Game whose name is shouted : UNO

33 Episode interruptions : ADS

34 Hitch : SNAG

36 Buy and then quickly sell : FLIP

37 What’s formed by connecting this puzzle’s circled letters from A to F and then back to A : LIGHTNINGBOLT

40 Port, for one : WINE

41 Far from friendly : COLD

42 Poetic praise : ODE

43 “___ So Fine” (1963 #1 hit) : HES

44 Deli order : SUB

45 Houses : ABODES

48 Ready to be drawn, perhaps : ONTAP

50 Drink with a 37-Across in its logo : GATORADE

52 Shield : PROTECT

55 Muslim denomination : SHIA

56 Character with a 37-Across on his forehead : HARRYPOTTER

60 Counterpart of flow : EBB

61 [Gasp!] : OHNO

62 Tangle : ENMESH

63 Drink aptly found within “social event” : ALE

64 Tikka masala go-with : NAAN

65 Don’t have a choice : NEEDTO

66 Dead end? : DEE

Down

1 Friend on “Friends” : MONICA

2 “Fair point!” : TOUCHE

3 Ixnay : VOTEAGAINST

4 Jackson 5 song that begins “You went to school to learn, girl” : ABC

5 Bird with a showy mate : PEAHEN

6 Madagascar mammal : LEMUR

7 Portentous signs : OMENS

8 Soldier for hire, in brief : MERC

9 Surfer dude : BRAH

10 Princess of Nintendo games : ZELDA

11 Queen Victoria has one named for her : ERA

12 “___ the Voice of the Lobster” (Lewis Carroll poem) : TIS

13 Pale wood : ASH

19 Fedora fabric : FELT

21 Coat, as with flour : DREDGE

24 This is a deep cut : GASH

26 Took the lead : PULLEDAHEAD

27 Squadron, e.g. : UNIT

28 Grammy category : POP

30 What might be out for a spell? : WAND

31 French toast ingredient : EGG

34 Haughty sort : SNOB

35 Naught : NIL

36 Big name in tourism guides : FODORS

37 Concern when transferring a title deed : LIEN

38 The Horned Frogs of the N.C.A.A. : TCU

39 Common clown name : BOBO

40 “Doctor ___” : WHO

44 Agile : SPRY

45 Certify : ATTEST

46 Pot brownie, e.g. : EDIBLE

47 Naval engineer : SEABEE

49 Kitchen cover-up : APRON

50 “Catch my drift?” : GETME

51 Was part of a series, say : ACTED

53 Neon sign word : OPEN

54 Soften, with “down” : TONE

56 Sweetie : HON

57 “I’ve got it!” : AHA

58 Molecule involved in protein synthesis : RNA

59 Greek consonant : RHO