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.

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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.

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Across

1 City sitting spot : STOOP
6 One shown in a crowd cutaway at a sporting event, perhaps : CELEB
11 Word on a diamond-shaped yellow road sign : SLOW
15 Gondola’s path : CANAL
16 Ancient Greek marketplace : AGORA
17 Yacht spot : COVE
18 *Rod-shaped parasite : EIFFELTOWER
20 Hard-core : AVID
21 Base figure, for short : NCO
22 Garden divisions : BEDS
23 Made a bundle : BALED
25 “From your lips to God’s ears” : IHOPESO
27 *Soup or sandwich : PARTYSUB
30 Point to : CITE
31 Mash-up : AMALGAM
3 “Green” : ECO
34 Fraction of a watt-hour : ERG
36 “Foyle’s ___” (British TV drama) : WAR
37 Exploits : FEATS
39 Technology used in writing the starred clues? : SPEECHTOTEXT
42 Suffix with proto- : PLASM
44 Straight, informally : HET
45 Rook’s opposite : VET
46 Take for a ride : CON
47 Most diabolical : EVILEST
50 Disturb : ROIL
54 *Embarrassment from a self-own, perhaps : BUTTDIAL
56 Businesswoman Huffington : ARIANNA
58 “Peace” : SEEYA
59 Command : FIAT
60 Noted speedway sponsor : STP
61 Laura of “Enlightened” : DERN
62 *Grade-A quality : CLOUDYSKIES
66 Call it a day : QUIT
67 Folklore foes : OGRES
68 Headdress for the archbishop of Canterbury : MITRE
69 Places to get masks : SPAS
70 Kingpin on “The Wire” : MARLO
71 Correct, as writing : EMEND

Down

1 Like the longer route, maybe : SCENIC
2 Martial art with movements like “Parting the Horse’s Mane” and “Grasp Bird’s Tail” : TAICHI
3 One way to get around town : ONFOOT
4 Clod : OAF
5 Annapolis frosh : PLEBE
6 Persian’s realm? : CATDOM
7 They often clash : EGOS
8 Forecast word : LOW
9 Poetic palindrome : ERE
10 She originated the role of Fanny in “Funny Girl” : BARBRA
11 Like pangolins : SCALY
12 Small sofa : LOVESEAT
13 Fallopian tube, e.g. : OVIDUCT
14 Make one out of two? : WED
19 18th-century French novelist whose name means “the wise man” : LESAGE
24 Charge for money, say : ATMFEE
26 Friends, in slang : PEEPS
27 Major tributary of the Missouri : PLATTE
28 Farming prefix : AGRO
29 NYY rival : BOS
32 “Well, shoot!,” more colorfully : AWHELL
35 Fix : REMEDY
38 Deleted scene, e.g. : EXTRA
39 Afro-Caribbean religion : SANTERIA
40 Plant in the mint family with healthful seeds : CHIA
41 Mobile dinner table : TVTRAY
42 Banned chemical contaminant, for short : PCB
43 Bungle : LOUSEUP
48 One half of the merger that formed Paramount Global : VIACOM
49 Insisted : SAIDSO
51 Not remote : ONSITE
52 Starting position, maybe : INTERN
53 Ran out : LAPSED
55 Rainflies can cover them : TENTS
57 Identifying words from a familiar voice : ITSME
59 Stoke : FUEL
61 Makes ineligible for competition, for short : DQS
63 N.Y.C. luggage tag letters : LGA
64 Defenseman who scored a Stanley Cup-winning “flying goal” : ORR
65 ___ Dae-jung, Nobel-winning former president of South Korea : KIM

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