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 Many a customer service assistant, nowadays: BOT 4 Animal on the state seal of Maine: MOOSE 9 Lacking slack: TAUT 13 Blackjack card worth 1 or 11: ACE 14 Friend of Mickey and Goofy: DONALD 15 Actress Kendrick: ANNA 16 “___ all good!”: ITS 17 Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill: JACKANDJILL 19 How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe: TOTASTE 21 Southeast Asian language: LAO 22 Knotted neckwear: TIE 23 Susceptible to sunburn: PALE 24 “Four score and seven years ___ …”: AGO 26 Pesky summer swarm: GNATS 28 Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall: HUMPTYDUMPTY 31 Doesn’t waste: USES 32 Dine: EAT 33 How heavy metal bands typically play: LOUDLY 37 ___ Z, a.k.a. Zoomers: GEN 38 Comedian Schumer or Poehler: AMY 39 Verbalize: SAY 40 Water, in French: EAU 41 Subject of a will: ESTATE 43 “My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it’s not remotely funny,” e.g.: PUN 44 Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto”: KARL 45 Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructure: LONDONBRIDGE 48 Energy, idiomatically:
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