NYT Crossword: answers for Friday, July 5

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.

NYT Crossword answers today

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1 Activity at a company retreat: TRUSTFALL 10 Inspiration for Old Major in Orwell’s “Animal Farm”: LENIN 15 Crossed arms or yawning, e.g.: SOCIALCUE 16 Like Superman in his Fortress of Solitude: ALONE 17 Training announcement?: ALLABOARD 18 Dark shade of brown: UMBER 19 Mens ___: REA 20 Historical region of France that lent its name to a food: BRIE 21 Kept one’s partner awake, say: SNORED 22 “My Love Is Like … Wo” singer, 2003: MYA 23 Ocasek of the Cars: RIC 24 They fill a break: ADS 25 Savory jelly: ASPIC 28 Big success: SMASHHIT 31 It connects to one of the heart’s four valves: AORTA 32 Cutesy farewell: TATA 33 Character in Genesis and “The Dukes of Hazzard”: ENOS 35 Request for assistance: ALITTLEHELPHERE 38 Nigerian-born pop singer: SADE 39 Was behind: OWED 40 “What can I tell you?” gesture: SHRUG 41 Festival with a throwback theme, briefly: RENFAIRE 43 Like some dichotomous questions: YESNO 44 Burn letters?: SPF 45 What 0! equals: ONE 46 Beethoven’s cry: ACH 47 Chapter and verse separators: COLONS 49 Will Hunting’s expertise in “Good Will Hunting”: MATH 51 Poor mark: DEE 54 Confer upon: AWARD 55 Hard fall?: HAILSTORM 57 High and mighty, perhaps: REGAL 58 To an annoying degree: ADNAUSEAM 59 Texter’s “For real?”: SRSLY Read more on digitaltrends.com