NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, September 1

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

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1 “My hero!”: IMSAVED 8 Demonstrate: SHOW 12 Lentil-based stew from 42-Down: SAMBAR 18 Wintertime traction aid: SNOWTIRE 19 Magazine with “Maison” and “Enfants” spinoffs: MARIECLAIRE 21 Save money on one’s city commute, say: SHAREACAB 22 One use of an endowment fund: FINANCIALAID 23 Kitchen sampler: TASTER 24 That’s a wrap!: TORTILLA 26 Complete group: SET 27 Scrape (by): EKE 28 Hermanas de su padre: TIAS 31 Ecosystem formed by polyps: REEF 32 Goof: ERR 34 Lose, as layers: SHED 37 West Coast N.C.A.A. conference that lost 10 teams in 2024: PAC12 39 Cries plaintively: WAILS 41 “Same!”: ASDOI 43 Newark alternative, in brief: LGA 44 Typical length of February: 28DAYS 46 Lauds: HAILS 49 Walking: ONFOOT 51 Visual file format: JPEG 54 Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads: JKSIMMONS 56 Writer whose work is hell to get through?: DANTE 57 Surgeon’s co-worker, casually: ORNURSE 59 In which little gloves are worn: TBALL 60 Long-lasting lip makeup: STAIN 63 Podiatric woes: CORNS 64 Tennis star Wawrinka: STAN 65 “Arrr, welcome aboard me ship!”: AHOYMATEY 69 Fermented Russian drink: KVASS 70 Dedication preposition: FOR 71 Short nap: 40WINKS 73 Cuts: AXES 75 Genesis creator: SEGA 76 Location of elation, in an idiom: CLOUD9 78 What