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 Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln : BAR
4 Marine animal with distinctive eye patches : ORCA
8 Promote oneself : BOAST
13 Had beef, perhaps : ATE
14 Sport : WEAR
15 Writes with a point? : ETCHES
17 Selecting for a jury : IMPANELING
19 Nickname alternative to Teddy : THEO
20 Bash : FETE
21 “If it’s brown, lay down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s ___, say goodnight!” (bear advice) : WHITE
23 Vinyl records, slangily : WAX
24 Stinging jellyfish : SEANETTLE
26 North Dakota’s most populous city : FARGO
28 Epsilon follower : ZETA
29 They end in diciembre : ANOS
31 “Darn it!” : NUTS
32 Emphasis-providing suffix : ASS
33 Thick Japanese noodle : UDON
34 Words of protest : BUTS
35 “Who’s interested?” … or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them : ANYTAKERS
38 Get ready to fly : TAXI
40 Ancient Peruvian : INCA
41 “Also also …,” for short : PPS
44 Hefty read : TOME
45 “Dude!” : BRUH
46 Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway’s “Waitress” : SARA
47 Frank Sinatra’s reads “The best is yet to come” : HEADSTONE
50 Arrogantly confident : COCKY
52 City that’s home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr. : ATL
53 Actress Salma : HAYEK
55 Radiator sound : HISS
56 Proponents of crystal healing : NEWAGERS
58 On the same side : ALLIED
61 Totally forgets to do something, informally : SPACES
62 Sports team’s assignment : SEED
63 DiFranco who played Persephone in “Hadestown” : ANI
64 Tip-off that you’ve forgotten something in the toaster : SMOKE
65 Move gradually : EDGE
66 GPS option: Abbr. : RTE

Down

1 Antioxidant-infused water brand : BAI Costs of withdrawing : ATMFEES
3 Emphasizes, in a way : REPEATS
4 Baby that’s up all night? : OWLET
5 Big name in outdoor gear : REI
6 “Must this conversation happen again?” : CANWENOT
7 Cry of frustration : ARGH
8 Fighting fish : BETTA
9 Last choice, often : OTHER
10 Crush : ACE
11 Take to the door : SHOWOUT
12 Security deposit payers : TENANTS
16 Makes more alluring, with “up” : SEXES
18 Flour in Indian cuisine : ATTA
22 Theoreticals : IFS
24 Singer with the 2023 #1 hit “Kill Bill” : SZA
25 Word after leading or lunch : LADY
27 Serengeti herd : GNUS
30 Live : ONAIR
33 Prefix with directional : UNI
34 Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna) : BRA
35 Got rid of : AXED
36 Really got to work, with “down” : KNUCKLED
37 Second : ECHO
38 Abdominal floor exercises : TOETAPS
39 Mishmash : AMALGAM
41 Cook until a crust forms : PANSEAR
42 Roll call response : PRESENT
43 Voice : SAY
44 Becomes less tense : THAWS
45 “I tell ya …” : BOY
46 Personal stake, in a metaphor : SKIN
48 Animated film character with a Scottish accent : SHREK
49 French cup : TASSE
51 Reproach : CHIDE
54 Deftness : EASE
57 Prefix with system : ECO
59 Table support : LEG
60 Block in Atlantic City : DIE

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