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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1 “Yikes!”: EGAD 5 Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew: RAGU 9 Last word: FINIS 14 It can bust one’s bracket: UPSET 19 Island west of Komodo National Park: BALI 20 Privy to: INON 21 Call to mind: EVOKE 22 10th of 24: KAPPA 23 Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for … “Godzilla”?: BIGGIANTMONSTER 26 ___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey: ELLIS 27 Fantasy football fodder: STATS 28 Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps: AWARD 29 Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr.: OBES 31 Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years: MICK 32 Hasten, old-style: HIE 34 Rival of Forbes: INC 35 Futuristic microscopic machine: NANOBOT 37 … “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial”?: WITNESSALIENARRIVAL 43 Essen exclamations: ACHS 45 Bile: IRE 46 Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B: ABBA 47 Grave words?: EULOGY 48 “While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping” poet: POE 49 ___ alai: JAI 50 Sam who directed “Spider-Man”: RAIMI 52 D-Day craft: Abbr.: LST 53 With 112-Down, a small laugh: TEE
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