The New York Times offers a variety of engaging word games today, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword. However, the classic crossword puzzle still stands out as a favorite for many. It’s packed with intriguing trivia, helps sharpen your mind, and can even earn you some bragging rights if you solve it daily.
Crosswords can be challenging, but remember, solving them is a skill that improves with practice. Don’t be discouraged if you can’t finish every single puzzle right away.
If you’re struggling with today’s NYT Crossword, don’t worry—we’ve got all the answers for you right here.
NYT Crossword Answers for Today
Across
- When the stage direction “Enter three Witches” appears in “Macbeth”: ACTI
- Mower houses: SHEDS
- Admits (to): COPS
- “High” time: NOON
- Like abandoned malls: EERIE
- Chain with a “2 x 2 x 2” breakfast combo: IHOP
- Seventh heaven: CLOUDTHREE
- Purina rival: ALPO
- Virginia Tech athletes: HOKIES
- Texting format, in brief: SMS
- Lead-in to -meter: ODO
- Preach, maybe: ORATE
- March Madness round: SWEETFOUR
- Barbecue joint offering: RIBS
- Thermostat piece: DIAL
- Big name in Greek yogurt: OIKOS
- ___-Caps (movie treat): SNO
- Gym rep: CURL
- Church founded by Joseph Smith, for short: LDS
- Beatles hit written by a teenage Paul McCartney: WHENIMEIGHT
- Dedicated work: ODE
- Major league?: ARMY
- Morning hrs.: AMS
- Like a go-getter: TYPEA
- Word following sand or steel: TRAP
- Composer ___ Carlo Menotti: GIAN
- With 56-Across, hairstylist’s observation (that also applies to 17-, 25- and 34-Across?): YOURROOTS
- “Keep Climbing” airline: DELTA
- St. Louis summer setting: CDT
- Dallas sch.: SMU
- Wilbur, to Fern, in “Charlotte’s Web”: PETPIG
- Dethrone: OUST
- See 48-Across: ARESHOWING
- Gym bag emanation: ODOR
- Preprinted word on some nametags: HELLO
- Olympic blade: EPEE
- Leakes of reality TV: NENE
- “So long,” in Seville: ADIOS
- Prepared to drive: TEED
Down
- Last members of relay teams: ANCHORS
- Fill, as with crayon: COLORIN
- Acknowledged applause: TOOKABOW
- Many residents of Nunavut: INUITS
- Comedians’ collections: SETS
- “Good one”: HEH
- Blunder: ERR
- Pump option: DIESEL
- Note by a poor grade: SEEME
- Employer of Carrie Mathison on “Homeland,” for short: CIA
- “Well, whaddya know!”: OHLOOK
- Tegan and Sara, e.g.: POPDUO
- Trackable scents: SPOORS
- Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun”: DEE
- Insistently unhip: STODGY
- iPhone speaker?: SIRI
- Retail giant headquartered in Bentonville, Ark.: WALMART
- Angle: FISH
- 2021 sci-fi epic nominated for Best Picture: DUNE
- Evergreens with fragrant wood: CEDARS
- Like a wet noodle: LIMP
- One making a bed, perhaps: HOER
- Significant stretches: ERAS
- Part of a car’s exhaust system: TAILPIPE
- Afternoon attraction: MATINEE
- Obtained, informally: SNAGGED
- Bigwig: TYCOON
- Bro’s greeting: YODUDE
- Stages, as a play: PUTSON
- Went on the road: TOURED
- Lose in a logrolling match, say: GETWET
- Poker variant with four hole cards: OMAHA
- “In excelsis ___”: DEO
- Vietnamese soups: PHOS
- Uno + due: TRE
- ___ Lilly and Company: ELI
- Mo preceder: SLO
