NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, October 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.

NYT Crossword answers today

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1 Massive stars: IDOLS 6 Associate of the gods Pothos and Himeros (Longing and Desire): EROS 10 Train in the Washington-Baltimore area: MARC 14 Distortions in the space-time continuum: WARPS 19 Got by: DIDOK 20 Blow: GUST 21 Surname of three baseball brothers: ALOU 22 Turn away: AVERT 23 Title for a tutorial on musical composition?: KNOWINGTHESCORE 26 Interior design: DECOR 27 Susan who wrote “The Orchid Thief”: ORLEAN 28 Actress Gardner: AVA 29 Tickle Me Elmo maker: TYCO 31 How many elements on the periodic table have the letter “J” in their names: NONE 32 Impromptu: ADHOC 34 Spot for a stud: EAR 36 Put into motion: ACTUATE 38 Underworld thug: GOON 41 … a primer on playing dreidel?: GOINGOVERTHETOP 45 In the center of: AMIDST 48 Some I.C.U. workers: RNS 49 Alternative to Hinge or Bumble: TINDER 50 On which Maya Rudolph has played Kamala Harris, in brief: SNL 51 Enjoys a lazy Sunday, say: LOAFS 53 2020 nonfiction best seller subtitled “The Origins of Our Discontents”: CASTE 54 Over or under: BET 57 … a volume on vapor dynamics?: