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 Tackle, as a crossword: SOLVE 6 Hold responsible: BLAME 11 ___ culpa: MEA 14 Pertaining to bees: APIAN 15 Small bouquets: POSIES 16 “Be on the lookout” message, for short: APB 17 “Beware of this sausage!”?: FEARTHEWURST 19 Insult: DIS 20 Genderqueer identity, informally: ENBY 21 Balaam couldn’t move his: ASS 22 Must: HAVETO 24 French seasoning: SEL 25 Camera roll contents: PHOTOS 28 Small drum: TABOR 29 Unexpected delight: TREAT 31 Like unshorn wool?: ONTHELAMB 33 Give some lip: SASS 36 Call from a goat: MAA 37 Frosts, as a cupcake: ICES 38 Breed beef cattle?: RAISETHESTEAKS 42 ___ good example: SETA 43 A.A. Milne youngster: ROO 44 Roughly cut: HEWN 45 Charlotte’s first draft for “Some Pig”?: WHATABOAR 48 Book in a cartographer’s collection: ATLAS 52 Name of Athena’s shield: AEGIS 53 Two up quarks and a down quark: PROTON 56 Supped on: ATE 57 Crude and tactless: GAUCHE 59 Compete (for): VIE 60 Giant squids have ones the size of dinner plates: EYES 61 College sr.’s test: GRE 62 Summary of the phonetic puns at 17-,
