NYT Crossword: answers for Friday, October 4

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 [Chef’s kiss]: MWAH 5 Tablet that’s impossible to swallow?: IPAD 9 Some ballpark figures: RBIS 13 Burgundy specialty: PINOTNOIR 15 Fair sight: BOOTH 16 Place to conceal oneself: HIDEYHOLE 17 Onetime home of the world’s largest pineapple plantation: LANAI 18 Lock horns (with): SPAR 19 Customarily: ASARULE 21 Part of a speaker’s introduction: BIO 24 Inscrutable sorts: ENIGMAS 26 Word said with a salute: SIR 27 Email status: UNREAD 29 Initialism that precedes “+”: LGBTQIA 31 Pluses and minuses, e.g.: SIGNS 32 Common suspect in a murder mystery: HEIR 3 It has an alumni magazine called Shipmate, in brief: USNA 35 Pennsylvanie, e.g.: ETAT 36 Frequent Missy Elliott collaborator: CIARA 37 “Citizen ___” (2021 documentary about a tennis icon): ASHE 3 Take in a spread: DINE 39 Code inits.: HTML 40 Down state?: BLUES 41 Landing site for Raptors and Eagles: AIRBASE 43 Once, for one: NUMERO 44 Business name abbr.: LLC 45 Many: LOADSOF 47 Make soaking wet: SOP 48 “This is heaven!”: AHBLISS 50 Acrobat displays: PDFS 52 Prepare to swing, say: TEEUP 53