New York Times Crossword Answers Today (Day, Month Year)

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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1 Rapscallion : SCAMP

6 Certain tankful : GAS

9 Kind of game that’s a pitcher’s dream : NOHIT

14 Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of “Survivor” : PALAU

15 Tuna type : AHI

16 Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294 : OHARE

17 Cove : INLET

18 On the ___ : LAM

19 Christopher who directed “Oppenheimer” : NOLAN

20 Slangy suffix with “most” : EST

21 “OK … tell me” : ILLBITE

24 N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr. : FTS

25 Exclamation from Homer : DOH

26 Hero of “The Matrix” : NEO

27 “A work of ___ that isn’t based on feeling isn’t ___ at all”: Cézanne : ART

28 “Look at Me, I’m Sandra ___” (“Grease” song) : DEE

29 Dickens’s “The Mystery of ___ Drood” : EDWIN

31 Chinese greeting : NIHAO

33 Tool for a pineapple : CORER

35 1990s sitcom featuring a bookstore : ELLEN

38 You can count on them : ABACI

39 Rating for junk bonds : CCC

42 Candymaker Wonka : WILLY

43 Chauvinist or racist : BIGOT

44 In the style of : ALA

45 Start of Caesar’s boast : ICAME

46 Actress Hatcher : TERI

47 Deposit, as an egg : LAY

48 Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for two : SIRS

49 Singer on “Give Peace a Chance” : ONO

51 “Golden Girls” actress Arthur : BEA

52 Sheds, with “off” : SLOUGHS

56 Stylish tote for an executive : WORKBAG

60 Worshiping rows : PEWS

61 Cousin of a croc : GATOR

63 The Emerald Isle : EIRE

64 “___ have to do” : ITLL

65 Like the breeds Shetland and merino : OVINE

66 TALK LIKE THIS! : YELL

67 Like a yenta : NOSY

68 Props for close-up magicians : DECKS

69 Arrogant sort : SNOT

Down

1 Worked for the C.I.A., perhaps : SPIED

2 Playground retort : CANSO

3 Super-trendy : ALLTHERAGE

4 West who said “Men are my life, diamonds are my career” : MAE

5 Set down on paper : PUTINWRITING

6 Cider unit : GALLON

7 Starbuck’s higher-up? : AHAB

8 Ape or monkey : SIMIAN

9 In the dark about something nefarious : NONETHEWISER

10 “Well, lookee there!” : OHO

11 Place to see J.F.K. : HALFDOLLAR

12 Hopping mad : IRATE

13 Past, present or future : TENSE

22 Flowery necklace : LEI

23 Multisport race, in short : TRI

30 In a prim and proper way : DECOROUSLY

32 Singer with the #1 albums “As I Am” and “Girl on Fire” : ALICIAKEYS

33 What you might call a tipsy friend : CAB

34 Last words? : OBIT

36 Symbols of wisdom : ELMS

37 12/31 : NYE

39 Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. : CAL

40 Material used to make the object “illustrated” here, in a seasonal song : CLAY

41 Coral island : CAY

50 “Yikes!” : OHGOD

51 Puts to sleep, say : BORES

52 Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) : SPIN

53 Oscar-winning Jared : LETO

54 Symbols of wisdom : OWLS

55 Word processing command : SAVE

56 Policy nerd : WONK

57 “Très ___” : BIEN

58 Singer Guthrie : ARLO

59 Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle’s game : GELT

62 ___-tac-toe : TIC