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.
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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 Site for a light bite: CAFE 5 Cy Young winners, e.g.: ACES 9 Dog leg terminus: PAW 12 Like many Keats works: ODIC 13 Swahili honorific: BWANA 14 “Lucy and ___” (2022 documentary): DESI 15 Instrument panels: WASHBOARDS 17 Landed: ALIT 18 Sweatshirt style: HOODIE 19 Syllables of laughter: HAHHAH 21 Word on a nutrition label: FAT 23 “Educated insolence,” per Aristotle: WIT 24 Gesture of reassurance: PAT 25 Long time span: AGE 26 Subject to damages: LIABLE 28 Trademark of deadpan stand-ups: WRYHUMOR 30 Lou Grant’s wife on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”: EDIE 31 Bugs, perhaps: SPIESON 33 Areas that are lower than their surrounding terrain: WELLS 35 “I’m flexible”: ANY 36 Toss out: SCRAP 40 Like the femur, among all bones in the body: LARGEST 43 Quiet period: LULL 44 What lies before you, with “the”: WAYAHEAD 47 Not ruling out: OPENTO 48 Black ___: ICE 50 Stopover: INN 51 What makes a sticker stickier?: ANI 52 Do some garden work: SOW 53 Dance floor lighting option: STROBE 55 Text massager: EDITOR 57 Ungulate feature: HOOF
