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 Tackle, as a crossword : SOLVE
6 Hold responsible : BLAME
11 ___ culpa : MEA
14 Pertaining to bees : APIAN
15 Small bouquets : POSIES
16 “Be on the lookout” message, for short : APB
17 “Beware of this sausage!”? : FEARTHEWURST
19 Insult : DIS
20 Genderqueer identity, informally : ENBY
21 Balaam couldn’t move his : ASS
22 Must : HAVETO
24 French seasoning : SEL
25 Camera roll contents : PHOTOS
28 Small drum : TABOR
29 Unexpected delight : TREAT
31 Like unshorn wool? : ONTHELAMB
33 Give some lip : SASS
36 Call from a goat : MAA
37 Frosts, as a cupcake : ICES
38 Breed beef cattle? : RAISETHESTEAKS
42 ___ good example : SETA
43 A.A. Milne youngster : ROO
44 Roughly cut : HEWN
45 Charlotte’s first draft for “Some Pig”? : WHATABOAR
48 Book in a cartographer’s collection : ATLAS
52 Name of Athena’s shield : AEGIS
53 Two up quarks and a down quark : PROTON
56 Supped on : ATE
57 Crude and tactless : GAUCHE
59 Compete (for) : VIE
60 Giant squids have ones the size of dinner plates : EYES
61 College sr.’s test : GRE
62 Summary of the phonetic puns at 17-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across? : MAKEENDSMEAT
66 Tee preceder : ESS
67 Building with many wings? : AVIARY
68 Handbag : PURSE
69 Thing, in legalese : RES
70 Hub : NEXUS
71 It’s a good thing : ASSET

Down

1 Most secure : SAFEST
2 First game of the season : OPENER
3 On the hook : LIABLE
4 Fluctuate : VARY
5 Treebeard or Beechbone, in Middle-earth : ENT
6 Greets with deference : BOWSTO
7 Sch. whose mascot is Mike the Tiger : LSU
8 Bouncy castle filler : AIR
9 Netting : MESH
10 Huge tract of land : ESTATE
11 Recouped, as an investment : MADEBACK
12 Paragons : EPITOMES
13 Sops up : ABSORBS
15 Money in Mexico : PESO
18 “As if!” : HAH
23 Lionhearted : VALIANT
25 Organizers of book fairs, for short : PTAS
26 “I’m buying!” : ONME
27 Tuck away for later : STASH
30 Like some lions and elephants : ASIATIC
32 Despise : HATE
34 Novak Djokovic or Nikola Jokic, by birth : SERB
35 Bend over : STOOP
38 Go over the line? : REHEARSE
39 “If I had to estimate …” : ATAGUESS
40 Winter frost : HOAR
41 Actor McGregor : EWAN
42 Cocky walk : SWAGGER
46 “Little Shop of Horrors” lyricist Howard : ASHMAN
47 Curiosity and Perseverance, e.g. : ROVERS
49 Good things to dress in when it’s cold : LAYERS
50 “Relax, soldier!” : ATEASE
51 End of a sonnet, often : SESTET
54 Wee : TINY
55 Voluminous ref. : OED
58 Spot for an icicle : EAVE
60 Cassowary relatives : EMUS
63 Cereal with the slogan “Kid-tested. Parent-approved” : KIX
64 Mer contents : EAU
65 Belgian town known for its mineral baths : SPA

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