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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 Small amounts, as of hair gel : DABS

5 Victor ___, author of “Les Misérables” : HUGO

9 Ankle bones : TARSI

14 Prefix with science or potent : OMNI

15 “Now!,” in a rush order : ASAP

16 Some fast-food sandwiches : WRAPS

17 Emmy-winning actress for “Hacks” : JEANSMART

19 Chile de ___ (very spicy pepper) : ARBOL

20 Seed used to flavor ouzo : ANISE

21 Tiny computer unit : BIT

23 Double-reed woodwind : OBOE

24 Only person in the arts ever to be named Time’s Person of the Year : TAYLORSWIFT

28 Belief systems : ISMS

32 Twerp : WIENIE

33 Numbers with four digits : THOUSANDS

35 What a subject and a verb should do : AGREE

40 With 41-Across, former “S.N.L.” regular who played Gemma and Cathy Anne : CECILY

41 See 40-Across : STRONG

42 “___ la vista!” : HASTA

43 Reduces, as profits : BITESINTO

46 Unit of corn or wisdom : KERNEL

48 ___ Congeniality (pageant title) : MISS

49 She played Serena on “Gossip Girl” : BLAKELIVELY

54 Take in, as a salary : EARN

55 ___-Caps (candy) : SNO

56 Very, very : ULTRA

61 Say hello to : GREET

63 Slogan that celebrates a young woman’s confidence and independence … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 40-/41- and 49-Across : GIRLPOWER

66 Face shapes : OVALS

67 Eight, in Ensenada : OCHO

68 Have a meal by candlelight, say : DINE

69 Small sample : TASTE

70 Gas in some lighted signs : NEON

71 Split ___ (hair problem) : ENDS

Down

1 Rapper ___ Cat : DOJA

2 “You said it, brother!” : AMEN

3 ___ B’rith (Jewish organization) : BNAI

4 Sloth and gluttony, for two : SINS

5 Nonkosher meat : HAM

6 2015 and 2019 Women’s World Cup soccer champs : USA

7 In mixed-up condition : GARBLED

8 Choices : OPTIONS

9 Carrier whose former terminal at J.F.K. is now a hotel : TWA

10 –> : ARROW

11 Companion of a priest and a minister in many a joke : RABBI

12 Parody : SPOOF

13 Part of an atoll : ISLET

18 It comes between “ready” and “go” : SET

22 Swim-bike-run race, for short : TRI

25 On vacation, say : AWAY

26 Yang’s counterpart : YIN

27 Accommodates, as on a bus : SEATS

28 Scratch that! : ITCH

29 Former stadium for the Mets : SHEA

30 Slip-on shoes, familiarly : MOCS

31 Hearts or clubs : SUIT

34 Quench : SLAKE

36 Gloomy, as news : GRIM

37 Rice-A-___ : RONI

38 Docs treating tonsillitis : ENTS

39 Inflated ones can be bruised : EGOS

41 Bear market order : SELL

43 Give rise to : BRINGON

44 Bill : INVOICE

45 Shirt that’s sometimes tie-dyed : TEE

47 Chicago trains : ELS

49 Sired : BEGOT

50 Stage before pupa in metamorphosis : LARVA

51 Regions : AREAS

52 Prepared to be knighted : KNELT

53 “Uh-huh” : YUP

57 Vein of ore : LODE

58 Mattress size smaller than a full : TWIN

59 Tear to pieces : REND

60 Greek war god : ARES

62 When doubled, it’s a fly : TSE

64 Letter after pi : RHO

65 Chaney who played Quasimodo : LON