NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, October 14

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.

NYT Crossword answers today

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1 Takes a snooze: NAPS 5 Guitarist Joe of the Eagles: WALSH 10 Summertime specification at Starbucks: ICED 14 Sport with sculls: CREW 15 Downward dog, e.g.: ASANA 16 When repeated, a chant in “Animal House”: TOGA 17 *Entertainment news show since 1996: ACCESSHOLLYWOOD 20 “Go ahead, I’m an open book!”: ASKAWAY 21 Eats like a king: FEASTS 22 Barbecue bite with a bone: RIB 23 TV remote batteries, usually: AAAS 24 *Winner of an annual Southern pageant: MISSMISSISSIPPI 32 Those opposed: ANTIS 33 Belonging to the lady: HERS 34 Broke trail, say: LED 35 Biblical perpetrator of fratricide: CAIN 36 Single curl or squat: REP 37 What Facebook, Inc. was renamed in 2021: META 38 Leatherworker’s tool: AWL 39 Dorothy’s pet dog: TOTO 40 Princess in the Mario games: PEACH 41 *”Yeah, so what? Big deal.”: WELLWHOOPDEEDOO 45 [Clears throat]: AHEM 46 Superlative suffix: EST 47 “Rats!”: DARNIT 50 Establishment with kittens and cappuccinos: CATCAFE 54 Statistical feat achieved four times in N.B.A. history … or what the answers to