NYT Crossword: answers for Saturday, July 13
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
Across
1 In ___ (completely): TOTO5 Where “music and passion were always the fashion,” in song: COPA
9 Frustrating players in Go Fish: LIARS
14 Some Depression-era public art: WPAMURALS
16 Fanfare: ECLAT
17 “We’ve been had!”: ITSASETUP
18 Author whose given name was Alan Alexander: MILNE
19 Fertilizer compounds: NITRATES
20 N.Y.C. neighborhood in which the first pizzeria in the United States was opened (1905): NOLITA
21 Olympian Sebastian: COE
22 Mire: FEN
23 Broadway honor: TONYNOD
24 Debut feature for DreamWorks Animation: ANTZ
26 Fling: HURL
27First Muslim actor to win an Academy Award: MAHERSHALAALI
33 “Fat chance!”: LIKEHELLIWILL
35 Alley oops?: SEVENTENSPLIT
37 Slips: ERRS
38 About: ASTO
39 Serving dishes?: GOSSIPY
43 Org. whose members work to get tips?: NBA
46 Strictly adhere (to): HEW
47 Indie rock’s Tame ___: IMPALA
48 “Oh, why not!”: YEAHSURE
50 Traffic hang-up: SNARL
51 Twisted Sister’s genre: HAIRMETAL
52 Hint: TINGE
53 Notoriety: ILLREPUTE
54 Parts of jazz combos: SAXES
55 Take-out order?: DELE
56 Gave a bit of Halloween “decoration,” for short: TPED
Down
1 Engine type: TWINCAM2 Word often in parentheses on a form: OPTIONAL
3 Sample offer: TASTETHIS
4 Michael K. Williams’s role on “The Wire”: OMAR
5 Iraklion is its
