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 Hotel room staple : TVSET
6 “Hound Dog” singer Big ___ Thornton : MAMA
10 Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation : MUST
14 Way : ROUTE
15 Reality show winner since 2002 : IDOL
16 Bridge piece : IBAR
17 Spotted, in a way : ACNED
18 Meaning of a finger wag : NOPE
19 Zip : NONE
20 People to hang out with : PALS
21 Mood : VIBE
22 Fish whose egg casings are called “mermaid’s purses” : SKATE
23 Oslo Accords signatory, for short : PLO
24 Fail to tail : LOSE
25 Not spent anymore : RESTED
26 Two-time Oscar nominee Joan : CUSACK
28 Go no further : HALT
29 “We’ll let ourselves in” : DONTWAITUPFORUS
34 Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize : ORGANTRANSPLANT
35 Masters of bad impersonations? : IDENTITYTHIEVES
36 Pub fixtures : LOOS
37 Takes root : SETSIN
38 Incite : URGEON
41 Tony winner Judith : IVEY
42 Letters on a Busch Stadium hat : STL
44 She played Julia in 2009’s “Julie & Julia” : MERYL
45 Cut and polish, maybe : EDIT
46 Big bird : RHEA
47 Two shakes : ASEC
48 Spin out on the ice? : AXEL
49 Reasons for some street closures : FAIRS
50 In ___ (unmoved) : SITU
51 Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month : OPAL
52 “ER” actress Laura : INNES
53 Go berserk : SNAP
54 Slim winning margin : NOSE
55 Quite the party : BIGDO
Down
1 Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival : TRAPP
2 One of a singing duo? : VOCALCORD
3 Solarium : SUNLOUNGE
4 Périodes chaudes de l’année : ETES
5 With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond : TED
6 Skimpy garments : MINISKIRTS
7 Building block : ADOBE
8 Brood : MOPE
9 Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” : ALE
10 Deluxe wraps? : MINKSTOLES
11 Menace in “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania” : UBOAT
12 “À votre ___!” : SANTE
13 Out on a limb, say : TREED
21 Calling : VOCATION
22 Something to wallow in : SELFPITY
24 Spade, for one : LAWNTOOL
25 Naughty list? : RAPSHEET
27 Vessel that hasn’t crossed the Canadian border since 1993 : STANLEYCUP
28 The so-called “Rocket City” of the South : HUNTSVILLE
29 Emphatic agreement : DOI
30 When doubled, a pop nickname : TAY
31 Gorgeous : RAVISHING
32 Not yet explored, as a tomb : UNENTERED
33 Map abbrs. : STS
38 Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short : UMASS
39 Amber, e.g. : RESIN
40 Van Susteren of TV news : GRETA
41 They might be bright : IDEAS
43 See 5-Down : LASSO
45 National, formerly : EXPO
46 Asian royal : RANI
48 Chicago’s ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building : AON
49 Small invention : FIB
