NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, August 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

Across

1 “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” band: ABBA 5 Actor Driver: ADAM 9 ___ on a true story: BASED 14 “Yippee!,” in internet-speak: WOOT 15 Rich vein of ore: LODE 16 Proverb: ADAGE 17 Young horse: FOAL 18 Garnish for a glass of iced tea: LEMONWEDGE 20 How some things are better left: UNSAID 22 Response to “Call me!”: IWILL 23 Disappoints: LETSDOWN 25 “I don’t need that back”: KEEPIT 29 Number of U.S. states without any straight borders: ONE 30 Fish-and-chips fish: COD 31 Tennis champion Swiatek: IGA 32 Appliance at a hotel breakfast bar: WAFFLEIRON 37 Tree of the tropics: PALM 38 Pseudonym: ALIAS 39 Big wad: GOB 40 Watercraft prone to tipping: CANOE 41 Something forbidden: NONO 42 Expensive cabinet material: CHERRYWOOD 44 San Jose-to-Sacramento dir.: NNE 45 “Survivor” shelter: HUT 46 Nickname for a Bronx-born U.S. congresswoman: AOC 47 Shares the same view: AGREES 49 Secluded: ISOLATED 54 Where Nissan and Nintendo are headquartered: JAPAN 56 Legendary stoner?: MEDUSA 57 Credit card industry pioneer … or a hint to 18-, 32- and 42-Across: DINERSCLUB 61 Prefix with climactic: ANTI 62 The “Iliad” and the “Odyssey,” for two: EPICS 63 Org. that runs the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA 64 Slippery part of a banana: PEEL 65 Foamy coffee order: Read more on digitaltrends.com