NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, September 30

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 Wheel’s place on a ship: HELM 5 It beats a high card but nothing else: PAIR 9 Activist Parks: ROSA 13 Elder Obama daughter: MALIA 14 New York Times opinion writer Klein: EZRA 15 The “Iliad,” for one: EPIC 16 Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay: THESISSTATEMENT 19 Mover’s vehicle: VAN 20 Shoe brand named for a Greek goddess: NIKE 21 Loses on purpose, as an N.B.A. team: TANKS 22 Quick confirmation of feasibility: SANITYCHECK 26 Jokes around: KIDS 27 Massachusetts college town: AMHERST 31 Overused and uncreative: STALE 33 Part of the hand: PALM 35 Kinda: SEMI 36 Carry (around): LUG 37 Dose for an LSD trip: ACIDTAB 40 Jerry’s foe in old cartoons: TOM 41 Fastidious to a fault: ANAL 43 “Sadly …”: ALAS 44 Old enough: OFAGE 46 Classic ice cream order: VANILLA 48 Doughnut shapes: TORI 49 Football player in upstate New York: BUFFALOBILL 53 Animal in “Happy hump day!” memes: CAMEL 56 iPhone assistant: SIRI 57 Not worth a ___: SOU 59 Cry from someone seeking revenge … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across: