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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NYT Crossword answers today
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1 Stuff in Santa’s footprints: ASH 4 Exchanged for cash, in a way: PAWNED 10 West Coast wine valley: NAPA 14 Buffett or Cook, for short: CEO 15 Words after “Because” in a parent’s explanation: ISAYSO 16 “Metamorphoses” poet: OVID 17 A.F.C. South team (“Look in the lake! It’s … ah, never mind”): TENNESSEETITANS 20 Triumphant shout: HOORAH 21 Spot for abs or apple seeds: CORE 22 Time spent in a seat: TERM 23 Investigative journalism (“What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things”): MUCKRAKING 28 Staggering this way and that: AREEL 30 Fe, to chemists: IRON 31 1/16 of a gallon: CUP 32 Napoleon Dynamite’s best friend: PEDRO 33 Asia’s disappearing ___ Sea: ARAL 34 Creates, as a goal: SETS 35 Imperial unit of volume (“There’s another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …”): CUBICFOOT 38 Agile: SPRY 41 Good old-fashioned butt-kicking: ROUT 42 Corporate emblems: LOGOS 46 Rage: IRE 47 Place for ham-handed workers?: DELI 48 Window dressing: DRAPE 49 Professional proofreader (“Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!”):
