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 Fills, as a moving van: LOADSUP 8 “Incorrect!”: ITISNT 14 Country on the Gulf of Guinea: GABON 19 “Oh, really?,” informally: IZZATSO 20 River through the Black Forest: DANUBE 21 Corkscrew-shaped pasta: ROTINI 22
All crossword fans love this puzzle; anyone who doesn’t love this puzzle can’t be a *real* crossword fan!: NOTRUESCOTSMAN 24 Capable: UPTOIT 25 “Seat” for a toddler: KNEE 26 Bygone auto inits.: REO 27 Pieces of apparel that might have concert dates printed on them: TEES 28 Mars, a star: BRUNO 29 Flash: SEC 30
Why was this chosen as today’s puzzle? Because it’s great! What makes it great? I mean, it was chosen for publication!: CIRCULARREASONING 35 Kind of candidate: PHD 36 Plastic ___ Band: ONO 37 Sport with the rank yokozuna (“grand champion”): SUMO 38 Light beige: ECRU 39 Tear: SPREE 42 Comic book sound: POW 44 What “you better not” do, in “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”: POUT 46 Nintendo avatar: MII 47
I sent this crossword to 100 friends, and two of them really liked it!: CHERRYPICKING 53 Fixed sum, for some: STIPEND 55 Make like a nomad: ROAM 56 Story ___: ARC 57 “What did I say?!”: SEE 58 Hint of color: TINGE 59 Balance provider: ATM 60 Shrank (from): SHIED 62 16th birthday present, sometimes: CAR 63 Locale:
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