NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, January 19

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 Department store department: MENS 5 Tater: SPUD 9 Indian state along the Himalayas: ASSAM 14 Largest organ in the human body: SKIN 18 “None for me”: IMOK 19 Big name in syrup: KARO 20 Dessert you might top with gummy bears and chocolate chips, informally: FROYO 21 Practical: UTILE 22 Hard / work: DIVISIONOFLABOR 25 Place for a bob and weave: SALON 26 Measured: GRADUAL 27 Sky safety org.: FAA 28 Starting point, of sorts: PREMISE 30 Key above a tilde: ESC 31 New York × paper: PRODUCTOFTHETIMES 36 James who wrote the screenplay for “The Night of the Hunter” (1955): AGEE 38 Language suffix: ESE 39 One answering to a board, for short: CEO 40 “Strega ___” (classic children’s folk tale): NONA 41 “That’s just … wrong”: UMNO 43 Arjuna’s skill, in the “Mahabharata”: AIM 45 Come to rest, as sediment: SETTLE 47 Creature whose narrow waist is called a petiole: ANT 49 Encyclopedia filler: FACTS 51 √generate: ROOTCAUSE 54 Food that becomes its own container if you change the last letter: JAM 56 Brush wolves, by another name: COYOTES 58 Fixes a hole, say: DARNS 59 Post-spring Read more on digitaltrends.com