NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, July 17

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.

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NYT Crossword answers today

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1 Over 3,500 feet, for the George Washington Bridge: SPAN 5 Takes care of: SEESTO 11 “As if!”: HAH 14 Change: ALTER 16 Secure, as to a pole: TETHER 17 Nail polish brand with colors like “Berry Fairy Fun” and “Aurora Berry-alis”: OPI 18: YOUREWELCOME 20 Start to “starter”: NON 21 Caribbean country whose capital is Castries: STLUCIA 22 With it, in old slang: HEP 23 Waited for a customer service representative, say: HELD 24 Work station: DESK 25: ILOVEYOU 27 :PLEASE 30 Unwritten code?: DNA 31 “___ told …”: ALL 32 Representative’s affirmative: YEA 33 “Shogun,” e.g.: SAGA 35 Major undertaking?: COLLEGE 39 Diana of Motown: ROSS 41 Melancholy: SOMBER 43 Portent: OMEN 44 What “down” means in diner lingo: ONTOAST 46 Future D.A.’s exam: LSAT 48 Multivolume ref.: OED 49 “It’s c-c-c-cold!”: BRR 50 Divide, as a deck of cards: CUT 52 :THANKS 54 With 65-Across, source of this puzzle’s pictorial clues: AMERICAN 57 Rival of Read more on digitaltrends.com