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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.

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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.


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NYT Crossword answers today

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1 Like the ending of a typical rom-com : PREDICTABLE
12 Murder she wrote? : CRIMENOVELIST
14 Bumping into someone, e.g. : CHANCEENCOUNTER
16 Material that goes on a foundation : POWDER
17 What’s holding up dessert? : CONE
18 Chop : AXE
19 Step on a shampoo bottle : RINSE
20 Amps (up) : PEPS
21 Site where a previously unidentified species of sea urchin was discovered in 2004 : EBAY
22 Grazing spaces : LEAS
23 Buds : PALS
24 Recognized : OFFICIAL
29 It lightens things : LEVITY
31 Cushion : PROTECT
32 Divine : FORESEE
33 At peace : SERENE
34 Popular mode of transport in Dhaka : RICKSHAW
35 ___ Bunton a.k.a. Baby Spice : EMMA
36 South Asian wood : TEAK
37 Ergo : THUS
38 Wild ___ : WEST
39 Campus figures : DEANS
44 Shakespearean prince : HAL
45 First English football club to win the European Cup, informally : MANU
46 Campus figure : BURSAR
47 Every other day, say : ONAREGULARBASIS
50 Play with one’s food? : DINNERTHEATER
51 Sets off mayhem : CAUSESARIOT

Down

1 10-legged crustacean : PRAWN
2 Some garnishes : RINDS
3 Announcer : EMCEE
4 Does, perhaps : DEER
5 Chemical suffix : INE
6 Mask : CONCEAL
7 Kojak and Friday, for two : TVCOPS
8 A long, long time : AEONS
9 Down : BLUE
10 Architect Maya : LIN
11 Prove : ESTABLISH
12 “Parasite” actor ___ Woo-shik : CHOI
13 Oil, slangily : TEXASTEA
14 Medic’s skill, for short : CPR
15 Felipe VI, en España : REY
20 Source of some smokiness in whiskey : PEAT
21 Aid in keeping rain away from walls : EAVES
22 Some sources of typhus : LICE
23 Benefit : PERK
24 Brief missions : OPS
25 One way to illustrate : FREEHAND
26 Unoriginal, as a plot : FORMULAIC
27 Hot couples : ITEMS
28 John ___, longtime W.W.E. wrestler : CENA
29 Secure : LOCK
30 Tree with red berrylike fruit : YEW
32 Command : FIAT
34 They may be guaranteed … “or your money back” : RESULTS
36 Campus protection : TENURE
37 Poetic conjunction : THO
38 Topic for collective bargaining : WAGES
39 Land that has no personal income tax : DUBAI
40 Muse with a lyre : ERATO
41 Positive : ASSET
42 Depilatory brand : NAIR
43 Campus figs. : SRS
45 It might be open for lunch : MENU
46 Uncle Remus title : BRER
48 Minuscule messenger : RNA
49 ___ moment : AHA