The New York Times offers a variety of word games to cater to all tastes. With Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone. However, the traditional daily crossword puzzle remains the star of the show. It’s filled with interesting trivia, helps boost mental agility, and gives you bragging rights if you complete it daily.
Crosswords can be challenging, but remember that solving them is a skill that improves with practice. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get every word right away.
If you’re stuck on today’s NYT Crossword, we’ve got the answers you need right here.
NYT Crossword Answers Today
Across
- St. Teresa’s birthplace : AVILA
- Appealing subject? : LAW
- Upon which a dragonfly frequently lays its eggs : POND
- Ready for action, informally : RARINTOGO
- Strait of ___, narrowest part of the English Channel : DOVER
- “There are no words …” : ICANTEVEN
- Setting of a date for Edward and Vivian in “Pretty Woman” : OPERA
- Quench : SATE
- Boyfriend of Nancy Drew : NED
- “Wait!” : NOTNOW
- Remedy for some redness : EYEDROP
- Playing a sudden-death round, perhaps : INOT
- Things that are head and shoulders above the rest? : PROFILEPICS
- It might turn red or blue : SWINGSTATE
- Reaction to a funny text : LMAO
- Long rides : LIMOS
- Farmers business: Abbr. : INS
- New York college known for opinion polling : SIENA
- What “waftaroms” represent in the comics : ODOR
- Was unfairly criticized, informally : GOTABADRAP
- Flipped : WENTBANANAS
- “Listen up!” : AHEM
- Gave a hard time : HASSLED
- Physiologist whose namesake exercise is part of an Army fitness test : BURPEE
- “You couldn’t mean ME?” : MOI
- Prepare to take off : TAXI
- Happening : AFOOT
- Small-time, as stakes : PENNYANTE
- Hangs : LOLLS
- Warning related to pollution : SMOGALERT
- Dinghy destination, perhaps : ISLE
- “___ out!” : YER
- Outside tables? : MESAS
Down
- Surface : ARISE
- Holiday time, informally : VACAY
- Incandescent, so to speak : IRATE
- Like many winter coats : LINED
- “The ___ and the Dove” (Aesop fable) : ANT
- Fairy tale elixir : LOVEPOTION
- Like Parmigiano Reggiano : AGED
- Currency equivalent to 100 jeon : WON
- Screw cap alternative : POPTOPLID
- What might prompt you to flip the bird? : OVENTIMER
- Name hidden in “hard-line Roman Emperor” : NERO
- Prepare to duel : DRAW
- Choir section : TENORS
- Lorna of romance : DOONE
- River traveled by passenger boats known as dahabeahs : NILE
- Final Fantasy and others, for short : RPGS
- Coca-Cola brand : FANTA
- Acceptance speech cliché : ITSANHONOR
- Site of a New Testament miracle : CANA
- It may get into a lather : SOAP
- Like old computers, irritatingly : SLOW
- Extensive : WIDE
- “Nothing can stop me!” : IMONAROLL
- Locale with the ZIP code 88888 : NORTHPOLE
- Lip : SASS
- Flirting ability, in slang : GAME
- Non-silence of the lambs? : BAAING
- Some salad slices : BEETS
- Tired : STALE
- Alley ways : LANES
- Over the top : EXTRA
- Turns down a sweet offer, perhaps? : DIETS
- Neighbor of Java : BALI
- They’re out of this world : UFOS
- Internet phenomenon : MEME
- K-pop sensation of 2012 : PSY
- Sub-Saharan crop : YAM
