NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, October 6

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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1 Remained under cover?: SLEPTIN 8 John Singer Sargent portrait that scandalized Paris in 1884: MADAMEX 15 Just peachy: AOK 18 “Time to start the day!”: UPANDATEM 20 What Beyoncé Knowles goes by: ONENAME 21 Tournament pass: BYE 22 Mrs. B you’ll die when you hear what happened to “me”this summer.: DONTQUOTEMEONTHIS 24 Steve Jobs called it “one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life”: LSD 25 Municipal regulations: Abbr.: ORDS 26 Soccer star Hamm: MIA 27 Make airtight: SEAL 28 “Shall we?” reply: LETS 29 ___ degree: NTH 30 Windfalls: BONANZAS 35 Digestive enzyme: LIPASE 37 So we’re at the convenience store and WOW I find a 5$ dollarbill on the floor: YOURMONEYSNOGOODHERE 42 Stewart’s successor on “The Daily Show”: NOAH 43 Needy: POOR 44 James Joyce short story set in a bazaar: ARABY 45 Surprise surprise! Whomshould walk in? Just my best friend ever!: HALTWHOGOESTHERE 53 Old West actress?: MAE 54 “Queen of the Jungle,” in comics: SHEENA 55 Grp. with an in-season tournament beginning in 2023: NBA 56 “You say it, you pay it” containers: SWEARJARS 59 Tandoor