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