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.
Recommended Videos 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. <versus-widget x-type=«inline» x-id=«c3b27b42-3f58-427d-b3b2-3c5013ae6598»> Please enable Javascript to view this content</versus-widget> NYT Crossword answers today Across 1 Dazzling display: ECLAT 6 Tech giant based in Cupertino, Calif.: APPLE 11 Plant with bugs?: SPY 14 Formation of rugby players: SCRUM 19 Queendom in the Bible: SHEBA 20 Hint at L.G.B.T.Q.+ story lines to generate buzz: QUEERBAIT 22 Give an address: ORATE 23 What a tight deadline might require … or what’s found in 30-Across?: QUICKTURNAROUND 25 Viennese “please”: BITTE 26 Attacked: MADEWAR 27 Do perfectly: ACE 28 Hound or dog: PESTER 29 What’s-___-name: HIS 30 Question when leaving a grocery store, perhaps: WHEREDIDIPARK 34 Inaugural: MAIDEN 38 Unwanted event at a speakeasy: RAID 39 Spot for a pin: MAT 40 Lyricist Gershwin: IRA 41 Halls that may have glass ceilings: ATRIA 42 Improvise: WINGIT 44 “Everything ___ Changed” (Taylor Swift song): HAS 45 Scheme: PLOT 46 Tolerate misbehavior … or what’s found in 56-Across?: LOOKTHEOTHERWAY 49 Collectors of signatures?: CASTS 50 ___ of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII: ANNE 51 Newspaper section: ARTS 52 Tuna variety: AHI 53 Word with lock or pocket: AIR 54 Second printings, e.g.: REISSUES 56 Source of some public funding: FEDERALGRANT