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 Does OK : MANAGES

8 Org. in “Outbreak” and “Contagion” : CDC

11 Instagram, for one : APP

14 Grads of Barnard College, e.g. : ALUMNAE

15 “You can do it!” : RAH

16 First chairman of China : MAO

17 “Any option is fine by me” : ASYOUPLEASE

19 100% : ALL

20 Drop anchor : MOOR

21 “Or so the motto goes” : ASTHEYSAY

23 Verb that sounds like its opposite : RAZE

26 Stiffens, as one’s back : SEIZESUP

27 With 33-Down and 51-Across, “What a surprise!” : ASILIVE

30 Sonneteer’s contraction : TIS

31 Instagram post, for short : PIC

32 “___ Hold ‘Em” (2024 Beyoncé single) : TEXAS

35 Brusque : TERSE

39 Yapper : TRAP

41 Subscriber’s option : RENEW

43 Wry Mort : SAHL

44 Hole in one’s head : SINUS

46 Obsolescent PC storage medium : CDROM

48 Is no longer : WAS

49 According to : PER

51 See 27-Across : BREATHE

53 Plant biologist, by another name : BOTANIST

58 Actress Kate or Rooney : MARA

59 “Currently …” : ASWESPEAK

61 Kazan who directed “A Streetcar Named Desire” : ELIA

64 Color TV pioneer : RCA

65 “By a stroke of luck …” : ASITHAPPENS

68 Campaigned : RAN

69 Beachgoer’s goal, maybe : TAN

70 Huffington who founded The Huffington Post : ARIANNA

71 Bit of work : ERG

72 Woolly mama : EWE

73 24/7 : NONSTOP

Down

1 Palindromic term of address : MAAM

2 “What’s more …” : ALSO

3 Many a resident of Spanish Harlem : NUYORICAN

4 Unprincipled : AMORAL

5 Serengeti grazer : GNU

6 “The Fall of the House of Usher” monogram : EAP

7 Emmy-winning Ward : SELA

8 Container for milk cartons : CRATE

9 “Drat!” : DASHIT

10 Brand of orange crackers : CHEEZIT

11 Stockpile : AMASS

12 Micronesian nation composed of 200+ islands : PALAU

13 Individual coral organism : POLYP

18 Suffix with host or priest : ESS

22 Column of boxes on a questionnaire : YESES

24 Bit of acne : ZIT

25 At any time : EVER

27 Co-ops and condos: Abbr. : APTS

28 Apple assistant : SIRI

29 Business bigwig : EXEC

33 See 27-Across : AND

34 Certain Balkan native : SERB

36 Innate skill : RAWTALENT

37 Exile of 1979 : SHAH

38 “What ___ can I say?” : ELSE

40 Cocoon dwellers : PUPAE

42 Early bird’s prize : WORM

45 Opposite of numb : SENSATE

47 ___ culpa : MEA

50 Coarse-toothed cutter : RIPSAW

52 South American corn patties : AREPAS

53 Ballet rail : BARRE

54 Witty Wilde : OSCAR

55 Southern way of speaking : TWANG

56 River through Paris : SEINE

57 Bit of ink : TAT

60 ___ Academy, online education nonprofit : KHAN

62 ___ particular order : INNO

63 Right away : ASAP

66 Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally : ARO

67 A.T.M. need : PIN






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