The New York Times offers a variety of word games today, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, but the daily crossword puzzle remains a standout favorite. It’s packed with trivia, enhances mental agility, and provides some nice bragging rights if you finish it daily.
Crossword puzzles can seem daunting, but don’t get discouraged if you can’t solve every clue. It’s a skill that improves with practice.
If you’re stuck on today’s NYT Crossword, here’s a complete list of answers to help you out:
NYT Crossword Answers for Today
Across
- Manages
- CDC (Org. in “Outbreak” and “Contagion”)
- App (Instagram, for one)
- Alumnae (Grads of Barnard College, e.g.)
- Rah (“You can do it!”)
- Mao (First chairman of China)
- As You Please (“Any option is fine by me”)
- All (100%)
- Moor (Drop anchor)
- As They Say (“Or so the motto goes”)
- Raze (Verb that sounds like its opposite)
- Seizes Up (Stiffens, as one’s back)
- As I Live (“What a surprise!” with 33-Down and 51-Across)
- ’Tis (Sonneteer’s contraction)
- Pic (Instagram post, for short)
- Texas (“___ Hold ‘Em” (2024 Beyoncé single))
- Terse (Brusque)
- Trap (Yapper)
- Renew (Subscriber’s option)
- Sahl (Wry Mort)
- Sinus (Hole in one’s head)
- CD-ROM (Obsolescent PC storage medium)
- Was (Is no longer)
- Per (According to)
- Breathe (See 27-Across)
- Botanist (Plant biologist, by another name)
- Mara (Actress Kate or Rooney)
- As We Speak (“Currently …”)
- Elia (Kazan who directed “A Streetcar Named Desire”)
- RCA (Color TV pioneer)
- As It Happens (“By a stroke of luck …”)
- Ran (Campaigned)
- Tan (Beachgoer’s goal, maybe)
- Arianna (Huffington who founded The Huffington Post)
- Erg (Bit of work)
- Ewe (Woolly mama)
- Nonstop (24/7)
Down
- Ma’am (Palindromic term of address)
- Also (“What’s more …”)
- Nuyorican (Many a resident of Spanish Harlem)
- Amoral (Unprincipled)
- GNU (Serengeti grazer)
- EAP (“The Fall of the House of Usher” monogram)
- Sela (Emmy-winning Ward)
- Crate (Container for milk cartons)
- Dash It (“Drat!”)
- Cheez-It (Brand of orange crackers)
- Amass (Stockpile)
- Palau (Micronesian nation composed of 200+ islands)
- Polyp (Individual coral organism)
- -ess (Suffix with host or priest)
- Yeses (Column of boxes on a questionnaire)
- Zit (Bit of acne)
- Ever (At any time)
- Apts. (Co-ops and condos: Abbr.)
- Siri (Apple assistant)
- Exec (Business bigwig)
- And (See 27-Across)
- Serb (Certain Balkan native)
- Raw Talent (Innate skill)
- Shah (Exile of 1979)
- Else (“What ___ can I say?”)
- Pupae (Cocoon dwellers)
- Worm (Early bird’s prize)
- Sensate (Opposite of numb)
- Mea (___ culpa)
- Ripsaw (Coarse-toothed cutter)
- Arepas (South American corn patties)
- Barre (Ballet rail)
- Oscar (Witty Wilde)
- Twang (Southern way of speaking)
- Seine (River through Paris)
- Tat (Bit of ink)
- Khan (___ Academy, online education nonprofit)
- In No (___ particular order)
- ASAP (Right away)
- Aro (Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally)
- Pin (A.T.M. need)
