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 St. Teresa’s birthplace: AVILA 6 Appealing subject?: LAW 9 Upon which a dragonfly frequently lays its eggs: POND 13 Ready for action, informally: RARINTOGO 15 Strait of ___, narrowest part of the English Channel: DOVER 16 “There are no words …”: ICANTEVEN 17 Setting of a date for Edward and Vivian in “Pretty Woman”: OPERA 18 Quench: SATE 19 Boyfriend of Nancy Drew: NED 20 “Wait!”: NOTNOW 21 Remedy for some redness: EYEDROP 23 Playing a sudden-death round, perhaps: INOT 24 Things that are head and shoulders above the rest?: PROFILEPICS 29 It might turn red or blue: SWINGSTATE 33 Reaction to a funny text: LMAO 34 Long rides: LIMOS 35 Farmers business: Abbr.: INS 36 New York college known for opinion polling: SIENA 37 What “waftaroms” represent in the comics: ODOR 38 Was unfairly criticized, informally: GOTABADRAP 40 Flipped: WENTBANANAS 42 “Listen up!”: AHEM 43 Gave a hard time: HASSLED 48 Physiologist whose namesake exercise is part of an Army fitness test: BURPEE 50 “You couldn’t mean ME?”: MOI 51 Prepare to take off: TAXI 52 Happening: AFOOT 53 Small-time, as stakes: PENNYANTE 55 Hangs: LOLLS 56 Warning related to pollution: SMOGALERT 57 Dinghy destination, perhaps: ISLE 58 “___ out!”: YER 59 Outside tables?: MESAS
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