NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, August 18

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 9 or 10, but not 11 or 12: CARD 5 Forming the bottom level: BASAL 10 Metallic sound: CLANG 15 Quick second?: ASST 19 Thickening substance obtained from seaweed: AGAR 20 Mega-: ULTRA 21 Trash-loving Muppet: OSCAR 22 Election year focus: RACE 23 Its name comes from Japanese for “to fight”: SUMO 24 Spacious: ROOMY 25 Amusement park attraction depicted above and below this answer: BUMPERCARS 27 Cry following a countdown: HAPPYNEWYEAR 30 ___ vez (this time: Sp.): ESTA 31 Sewer scurrier: RAT 32 Prof’s helpers: TAS 33 Molecule studied by 2023 Nobelist Katalin Kariko: RNA 34 Be a cast member of: ACTIN 36 N.Y.C. home of “Christina’s World”: MOMA 37 “Three o’clock”: EAST 39 Hawaiian pizza topping: HAM 42 “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmaker: YENTE 44 Titled widows: DOWAGERS 46 Two thumbs up?: YESES 48 Glass tube illuminant: NEON 49 Start to despair: LOSEHEART 50 About 3.26 light years: PARSEC 51 “Her Kind” poet Sexton: ANNE 52 Capital on the Gulf of Guinea: ACCRA 53 Insignificant amount: SOU 54 “I’ve cracked it!”: AHA 55 Suffix with cyclo-: TRON 57 Genre influenced by calypso: SKA 58 “The Shape of Water” director: DELTORO 60 Consumers: EATERS 64 Trip, with “off”: SET 65 Amusement park attraction depicted weaving through this answer: Read more on digitaltrends.com