There are plenty of word games in today’s New York Times — Wordle, Connections, Strands, and Mini Crossword have something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is packed with fascinating facts, helps you improve your mental flexibility, and, of course, gives you bragging rights if you manage to complete it every day.
While it may seem impossible at times to solve the NYT crossword puzzle, solving it takes skill and practice – don’t be discouraged if you can’t solve every word.
If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT crossword, we’re here to aid. We’ve got all the answers to today’s clues below.
Answers to Today’s NYT Crossword
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1 Postal lists: USS
4. Substance? : ATOMY
9. Bidding round phrase: IPASS
14 0% : NOTONEBIT
16 Initiate as campaign: MOUNT
17. An idea for a novel novel?: PLOT
18 Stanley Tucci’s Character in “The Devil Wears Prada”: NIGEL
19 Half a train? : CHOO
20 “I’ll Take the Blame”: ITSONME
22 Like some curries and currants: RED
23. The flattest state in the US: Abbreviation: FLA
26 Can be booked for trips: CARERS
28 Gradual losses: EROSION
31 Forty Winks: CATNAP
32 He acted like a rebel: WENTROGUE
34 Destroyed: RAT
35 Waiter’s question after ordering a drink: ISPEPSIOK
37 “Six days ___ you will work…”: Outputs: SHALT
40Starting Line: LET’S GET STARTED
44 Dress casually: YELLAT
46 True Bell: RESONATE
47 John Steinbeck’s Hometown: SALINAS
49 Absorb : EAT
50 Part of a violin quartet? : PEG
51 “What is ___?” : VERDICT
53 Constellation named after an instrument: LYRA
54 Really: LEGAL
55 Preference for people with long legs, maybe: AISLESEAT
59 This and that: THESE
60 Perfect Romantic Evening: DREAMDATE
61 Nathan ___, physicist who collaborated with Einstein on the theory of wormholes: ROSEN
62 trickles: DRIP
63 Something made for dinner, in low: RES
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1 Remove as a cap: UNSCREW
2 “In Your Face!” : SOTHERE
3 Used to support: STOODON
4 Unclear Quantity: ANY
5 10-digit number: TEL
6 Kimono decoration: OBI
7. Like some refrigerators and donuts: MINI
8 Decides to leave: STETS
9. Testament of Human Nature? : IMNOTAROBOT
10 “Okay”: POINTTAKEN
11 Add to: AUGMENT
12 To look with contempt: SNEERAC
13 Card Letters: STL
15. Color for the Master: GOLD
21 Qualification in brackets: SIC
23 The football action begins: FIRSTANDTEN
24 Creating a Drum Machine: LOOP
25 Jibril of Islam, for example: ANGEL
27 Plant with worms, maybe: SPY
29 A classic poem whose theme is “the black ocean, leaping and wide”: STILLIRISE
30 Really: GREAT
33 Name in cosmetics: ESTEE
36 Rae from American Fiction: ISSA
37 Introduction to “Operation”: SYS
38 Dismissal, informal: HEAVEHO
39 He says: I STAND UP
41 Long break between classes: GAPYEAR
42. Develop through experimentation: ITERATE
43 Cancels: NEGATIVES
45 Southeast Asian Language Group: TAI
48 Lots and lots: SCADS
52 Flag: TIRE
53 Alt tab? : LSD
54 Page Layout Option: Shortcut: LTR
56 See:
57 After the lap: LAP
58 letters on the rescue vehicle: EMS
