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 Average grade for a 3.3 G.P.A. : BPLUS
6 Office sub : TEMP
10 Big shindig : BASH
14 Thrice-repeated words in one of Gertrude Stein’s truisms : AROSE
15 Diva’s delivery : ARIA
16 Kind of sax : ALTO
17 Sting operation at a senior center? : BOOMERBUST
19 English playwright Coward : NOEL
20 Stone of “Poor Things” : EMMA
21 Mountain range along much of the France/Italy border : ALPS
22 Uniting idea : THEME
23 Button on the back of many appliances : RESET
25 Intention : AIM
26 Mission for an F-16? : FIGHTERFLIGHT
31 Circular gasket : ORING
33 Doomed from the start, for short : DOA
34 “Go team!” : RAH
35 What the first call to a receptionist might come in on : LINEONE
38 High bar at the circus : TRAPEZE
41 Base card in solitaire : ACE
42 Prey for a mountain lion : ELK
44 Tidy one’s feathers : PREEN
45 Powdered wigs, petticoats, etc.? : FORMERFASHION
50 Worn, maybe : OLD
51 Like some flushes and screw-ups : ROYAL
52 Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
55 House of ___, ruling family of the Mideast : SAUD
56 SEP and Roth, for two : IRAS
60 Long things for a long shot : ODDS
61 Quarterback’s interception? : PASSERFAIL
63 Altar avowals : IDOS
64 Delight : GLEE
65 Official language of India : HINDI
66 Instrument for Orpheus : LYRE
67 The smallest bit : ATAD
68 Ensemble of eight : OCTET
Down
1 Nickname for George Herman Ruth : BABE
2 Busy “season” for limo drivers : PROM
3 Weaving machine : LOOM
4 Many a role in “Jarhead” : USMARINE
5 “What you ___ is what you get” : SEE
6 One of two for the Ten Commandments : TABLET
7 Blew one’s top : ERUPTED
8 ___ America : MISS
9 Unit of butter : PAT
10 Vietnamese sandwich : BANHMI
11 Common ingredient in after-sun gel : ALOE
12 Hold back, as the tide : STEM
13 Bad thing to be in, in poker … or good thing to be in, in golf : HOLE
18 Impulsive : RASH
22 “Shop ___ you drop!” : TIL
24 Breakfast brand with a “Thick & Fluffy” variety : EGGO
25 Way, way off : AFAR
26 Of higher quality : FINER
27 Go bad : ROT
28 Like a newbie : GREEN
29 State of confusion : HAZE
30 After that : THEN
31 Count played by Jim Carrey in “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” : OLAF
32 Puerto ___ : RICO
36 Jock’s counterpart : NERD
37 Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell : ELF
39 Capital of Samoa : APIA
40 Like Stephen King and Isaac Asimov : PROLIFIC
43 Body of water north of Siberia : KARASEA
46 Hairstylist’s foam : MOUSSE
47 Right-angled bend : ELL
48 Three sheets to the wind : SOUSED
49 Jekyll’s counterpart : HYDE
52 Worm’s habitat : SOIL
53 Small whirlpool : EDDY
54 Reason to say “Pee-yew!” : ODOR
55 Margarita garnish : SALT
57 Something to go off on : RANT
58 Senate helper : AIDE
59 Narrow opening : SLIT
61 Competitor of LIV Golf : PGA
62 Greek “P” : RHO
