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 J.Lo or J-Law : ALISTER
8 Brief : INFORM
14 Target of a seasonal shot : FLU
17 Harmful algal blooms : REDTIDES
19 Liqueur sharing its name with an island : CURACAO
21 Actor Somerhalder : IAN
22 Rock group clashes over album art? : CDCASEDIVIDESACDC
25 Common allergen : NUT
26 Possessive in the Lord’s Prayer : THY
27 Picked up on : NOTICED
28 Cartoonist Chast : ROZ
29 Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally : ARO
30 “Veni, vidi, ___” : VICI
32 Kind of sauce at a sushi bar : EEL
33 “So cute!” : ADORABLE
36 Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player? : PACERSSELFLESSRECAP
42 Celebration whose name literally means “taro leaf” : LUAU
43 Salve targets : SORES
44 You might go for a spin in one : TUTU
45 Doohickey : ITEM
48 “Secret Celebrity Renovation” airer : CBS
50 Word with high or secret : SOCIETY
54 Top score in a dunk contest : TEN
55 Director Burton : TIM
56 Doohickey : THINGY
59 Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” : STEED
61 Buffalo hockey player : SABRE
63 Slangy request to a German to play it cool? : KLAUSACTCASUALK
70 Big brand in the frozen aisle : OREIDA
72 Greta of “Grand Hotel” : GARBO
73 Brisket cooker : SMOKER
74 What happened when the bust went sideways? : NARCINAPANICRAN
79 Comment that breaks the fourth wall : ASIDE
80 “You’re ___ luck, my friend” : OUTTA
81 Place with swinging doors, stereotypically : SALOON
83 “The Great Gatsby” antagonist : TOM
84 “That’s gotta hurt!” : OOF
87 Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser : METGALA
91 Origami, e.g. : ART
92 Early invader of Britain : DANE
93 Event inspiring many TikTok proposals : PROM
95 Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure : ATARI
97 Calf-length dress : MIDI
99 Headline regarding a children’s author controversy? : SEUSSIGNITINGISSUES
106 Player in a baseball stadium : ORGANIST
107 Sucker : SAP
108 Post-workout feeling : ACHE
110 Femur-to-tibia connector, for short : ACL
111 Barbecue coating : RUB
112 Rile up : AGITATE
116 Progressive competitor : AIG
117 Java : JOE
118 Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread? : IRISHSIDEDISHSIRI
123 Actress Ortiz : ANA
124 Hard to pin down : ELUSIVE
125 Mammal seen in Monterey Bay : SEAOTTER
126 Traveling caller, perhaps : REF
127 Pair in a telescope : LENSES
128 Subjects of many evening photographs : SUNSETS
Down
1 Character’s development path : ARC
2 Certain flat-screen, for short : LEDTV
3 Aid in recovering a lost pet : IDCHIP
4 “Don’t freak out!” : STAYCALM
5 “Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion”: Cassius : TIS
6 Idyllic spot for two : EDEN
7 Try again from the top : REDO
8 They might hang around the house during the holidays : ICICLES
9 In the buff : NUDE
10 Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers : FRED
11 Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica : OAS
12 Pioneer in color TV : RCA
13 Keyboard shortcuts : MACROS
14 Version shown at the movie theater : FINALCUT
15 Nobel honoree : LAUREATE
16 Biblical preposition : UNTO
18 Google search results : SITES
20 Nose wrinklers : ODORS
23 Contests : VIES
24 Foe of the Bolsheviks : CZAR
31 R.N.’s assignment, maybe : ICU
33 Knighted Guinness : ALEC
34 Stop it : DESIST
35 Use DraftKings or FanDuel : BET
37 A person : EACH
38 Inventor who wrote “Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All” : RUBIK
39 ___ Blancos, nickname for soccer’s Real Madrid : LOS
40 To’s counterpart : FRO
41 Many a dad joke : PUN
45 “OK, the gloves are off!” : ITSON
46 Diadem lookalike : TIARA
47 After burner? : EMBER
49 Show that spawned “MacGruber,” for short : SNL
51 Abbr. after a series : ETC
52 Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches : TEAS
53 Overly agreeable sort : YESMAN
56 Monotony : TEDIUM
57 Mad (about) : GAGA
58 Chinese dollar : YUAN
60 Pairs : DUOS
62 Having mucho dinero : RICO
64 Indian honorific : SRI
65 Basics : ABCS
66 ___ Felton, title detective of “The Puzzle Lady Mysteries” : CORA
67 Japanese dog breed : AKITA
68 Unfairly enticed : LEDON
69 Krispy ___ : KREME
71 Money paid for a hand : ANTE
75 A.B.A. member: Abbr. : ATT
76 Early polytheists : PAGANS
77 In the style of : ALA
78 Conventions : NORMS
82 First name in soul : OTIS
84 Covert ___ : OPS
85 Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies : OREOCONE
86 Unlike a shamrock : FOURLEAF
88 Fighting : ATIT
89 Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short : LAT
90 Shapiro of NPR : ARI
92 Forms from a mold : DIECASTS
94 Flavor enhancer, for short : MSG
96 Guts : INSIDES
98 Singer ___ Lipa : DUA
100 Garment worn with a choli : SARI
101 Harden (to) : INURE
102 Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944 : GIBILL
103 Airport area : GATE
104 Devices that often get swiped : IPADS
105 Certain Muslim : SHIITE
109 “Great” or “snowy” bird : EGRET
110 Just barely open : AJAR
112 “The way things are going …” : ASIS
113 Cry “Uncle!” : GIVE
114 Skinny pieces of clothing : TIES
115 Son of Isaac and Rebecca : ESAU
119 Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles : SUE
120 QVC alternative : HSN
121 Snookums : HON
122 Org. with a return policy? : IRS
