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 “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious ___”: Arthur Conan Doyle : FACT

5 Jerks : SPASMS

11 Potsticker vessel : WOK

14 French bread : EURO

15 Co-star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” : ELLIOTPAGE

17 Wax-coated wheel : EDAM

18 “Hold up, what?!” : WAITREALLY

19 Sitcom that popularized the phrase “What’choo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” : DIFFRENTSTROKES

21 Travels all over : TOURS

22 Spoken-word performer ___ Scott-Heron : GIL

23 Big brothers? : ABBOTS

25 Fanaticism : ZEALOTRY

30 Old Hollywood collectibles : REELS

31 Where to take the high road? : RIDGE

32 Retailer with the tagline “A Life Outdoors Is a Life Well Lived” : REI

33 Makes angry : IRES

34 ___-watch : BINGE

35 Allocate : METE

36 Goof : ERR

37 “Lord of the Flies” boy : PIGGY

38 Pizza topping : BASIL

39 Robin Williams called it “a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there” : LASVEGAS

41 Having kinks, say : CURLED

42 Earth, e.g. : ORB

43 Bump above a belt : OUTIE

44 One working on a long-distance relationship : CULTURALATTACHE

51 Dessert that, despite its name, is better classified as a pie or tart : CHEESECAKE

52 Word with room or bot : CHAT

53 Humble requests : ENTREATIES

54 Part of a succession plan : HEIR

55 Windows forerunner, in brief : DOS

56 Lowdown : SKINNY

57 Man, for one : ISLE

Down

1 Put coins in : FEED

2 Parent company of Bentley : AUDI

3 Pricey flight options, perhaps : CRAFTBEERS

4 Doofuses : TOMFOOLS

5 Some underground channels : SEWERS

6 Doesn’t just wing it : PLANS

7 Settled (on) : ALIT

8 Parks oneself : SITS

9 Turn upside down, as a Monopoly deed card : MORTGAGE

10 Beyond clean : STERILE

11 Constitutional : WALK

12 Eyeball : OGLE

13 E and G, e.g. : KEYS

16 ___ Banchero, 2023 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year : PAOLO

20 Same-old same-olds : RUTS

23 Cinematic friend of Scuttle, Flounder and Sebastian : ARIEL

24 “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore” quipper : BERRA

25 Sick burns : ZINGS

26 Risqué : EDGY

27 Dairy-heavy dessert popular throughout Latin America : TRESLECHES

28 Fix, as a bow : RETIE

29 Bond return : YIELD

31 Baltic capital : RIGA

34 Life-changing opportunity, maybe : BIGBREAK

35 Style of music with a vihuela and guitarrón : MARIACHI

37 Examines closely : PERUSES

3 Word before or after head : BUTT

40 One who’s on a roll : VOTER

41 Twee : CUTESY

43 Like many wine barrels : OAKEN

44 Kept up to speed, in a way : CCED

45 “Dream on!” : UHNO

46 “Sure, I’m game” : LETS

47 When Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor : ACTI

48 Reclined : LAIN

49 It comes down hard : HAIL

50 “Sommes” and “serai” are forms of it : ETRE






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