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 “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious ___”: Arthur Conan Doyle: FACT 5 Jerks: SPASMS 11 Potsticker vessel: WOK 14 French bread: EURO 15 Co-star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy”: ELLIOTPAGE 17 Wax-coated wheel: EDAM 18 “Hold up, what?!”: WAITREALLY 19 Sitcom that popularized the phrase “What’choo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?”: DIFFRENTSTROKES 21 Travels all over: TOURS 22 Spoken-word performer ___ Scott-Heron: GIL 23 Big brothers?: ABBOTS 25 Fanaticism: ZEALOTRY 30 Old Hollywood collectibles: REELS 31 Where to take the high road?: RIDGE 32 Retailer with the tagline “A Life Outdoors Is a Life Well Lived”: REI 33 Makes angry: IRES 34 ___-watch: BINGE 35 Allocate: METE 36 Goof: ERR 37 “Lord of the Flies” boy: PIGGY 38 Pizza topping: BASIL 39 Robin Williams called it “a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there”: LASVEGAS 41 Having kinks, say: CURLED 42 Earth, e.g.: ORB 43 Bump above a belt: OUTIE 44 One working on a long-distance relationship:
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