NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, July 3

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

Across

1 Org. formerly called the Bureau of Labor Standards: OSHA
5 Japanese rice cake often filled with ice cream: MOCHI
10 “___ to your knitting” (“Mind your own beeswax”): TEND
14 Related: AKIN
15 Pottery supplies: CLAYS
16 Plant harvested for its gel: ALOE
17 Observation deck?: TAROTCARDS
19 Marked, as a box: XDIN
20 Multispeaker system: STEREO
21 Most suggestive: RACIEST
23 ___ Thompson, U.S. soccer star who made her World Cup debut at 18: ALYSSA
26 A lot of farm yards?: ACRES
27 In a frenzy: AMOK
30 Much of Greenland: TUNDRA
32 “The Marvels” director DaCosta: NIA
33 Glass eye?: CRYSTALBALL
38 Feature of high heels popularized in the 1920s: TSTRAP
40 Muslim place of worship: MOSQUE
41 Metal detectors?: ICHINGCOINS
45 Founding NATO member: USA
46 Take a turn for the worse: GOSOUR
47 Number cruncher’s skill: MATH
48 Nordic toast: SKOAL
51 Inventor Tesla: NIKOLA
54 Ones splitting the billing: COSTARS
56 Pass up, using a less common spelling: FOREGO
60 With the bow, musically: ARCO
61 Predictive text?: OUIJABOARD
64 Word after golden or before Girls: MEAN
65 “The Hobbit” dragon: SMAUG
66 Roman poet who said “Ah me! Love cannot be cured by herbs”: OVID
67 Delhi wrap: SARI
68 Matchmaker in “Fiddler on the Roof”: YENTE
69 Takes in: