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 Wheel’s place on a ship : HELM
5 It beats a high card but nothing else : PAIR
9 Activist Parks : ROSA
13 Elder Obama daughter : MALIA
14 New York Times opinion writer Klein : EZRA
15 The “Iliad,” for one : EPIC
16 Sentence that often appears in the first paragraph of an essay : THESISSTATEMENT
19 Mover’s vehicle : VAN
20 Shoe brand named for a Greek goddess : NIKE
21 Loses on purpose, as an N.B.A. team : TANKS
22 Quick confirmation of feasibility : SANITYCHECK
26 Jokes around : KIDS
27 Massachusetts college town : AMHERST
31 Overused and uncreative : STALE
33 Part of the hand : PALM
35 Kinda : SEMI
36 Carry (around) : LUG
37 Dose for an LSD trip : ACIDTAB
40 Jerry’s foe in old cartoons : TOM
41 Fastidious to a fault : ANAL
43 “Sadly …” : ALAS
44 Old enough : OFAGE
46 Classic ice cream order : VANILLA
48 Doughnut shapes : TORI
49 Football player in upstate New York : BUFFALOBILL
53 Animal in “Happy hump day!” memes : CAMEL
56 iPhone assistant : SIRI
57 Not worth a ___ : SOU
59 Cry from someone seeking revenge … or a hint to the ends of 16-, 22-, 37- and 49-Across : YOULLPAYFORTHIS
63 Poker buy-in : ANTE
64 A panda’s is 99% bamboo : DIET
65 Remote-controlled flier : DRONE
66 Must have : NEED
67 The “A” of M.F.A. : ARTS
68 Little drinks : SIPS

Down

1 Laughing sounds : HAHAS
2 Supreme Court justice appointed by Barack Obama : ELENAKAGAN
3 Fleur-de-___ : LIS
4 Key point : MAINIDEA
5 Irksome : PESKY
6 Empire whose capital city was Tenochtitlán : AZTEC
7 NPR host Glass : IRA
8 Tattle (on) : RAT
9 2023’s “Fatal Attraction” and “The Little Mermaid” : REMAKES
10 Word before ended, handed or minded : OPEN
11 Drop in the ocean? : SINK
12 Laws passed by Congress : ACTS
13 Cable channel that first showed “Beavis and Butt-head” : MTV
17 Plops oneself down : SITS
18 ___ A Sketch (classic toy) : ETCH
23 Zilch : NIL
24 Ceases : HALTS
25 Actress Watson : EMMA
28 Mom-and-pop store, e.g. : RETAILSHOP
29 Pollution that can change the colors of a sunset : SMOG
30 Stat of interest to a competitive crossword solver : TIME
31 Balkan native : SLAV
32 Yellowfin or bluefin : TUNA
33 Rice dish : PILAF
34 Early computer scientist Lovelace : ADA
38 Baby cow : CALF
39 Loud and unhappy sports fans, in slang : BOOBIRDS
42 Defamed in print : LIBELED
45 Sat. preceder : FRI
47 Temporarily calm period : LULL
48 Spanish bull : TORO
50 Thus far : ASYET
51 Pumps iron at the gym : LIFTS
52 Some cuts of pork : LOINS
53 The “C” of a printer’s CMYK : CYAN
54 Top-notch : AONE
55 Button to press when stepping away from a Zoom meeting : MUTE
58 Employ : USE
6 Kissing on the street, e.g., for short : PDA
61 It’s almost 80% nitrogen : AIR
62 Quadri- minus one : TRI

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