The New York Times offers a fantastic lineup of word games today, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword. However, the classic daily crossword continues to hold its place as a favorite among puzzle enthusiasts. With its blend of interesting trivia, mental challenges, and the satisfying sense of accomplishment, it’s a great way to sharpen your mind and enjoy some friendly bragging rights.
If today’s NYT Crossword feels a bit overwhelming, don’t worry—we’ve got the answers to help you complete it!
Today’s NYT Crossword Answers
Across
- Wonder drug : CUREALL
- Have the final turn : GOLAST
- Scolding : REPROOF
- Prominent feature of Hello Kitty : HAIRBOW
- Julian who founded WikiLeaks : ASSANGE
- Intractable situation : IMPASSE
- Some hormonal flare-ups : ZITS
- Crowd : SWARM
- Like hotel checkouts that may cost extra : LATE
- Civil rights leader ___ B. Wells : IDA
- Maximum : PEAK
- Something found near a trap : LAT
- Currency of 20 countries : EURO
- Got the word out? : SAID
- Bygone Apple products : IPODS
- Command to a getaway driver : STEPONIT
- Reality TV staple : DRAMA
- Three-time nominee for Best Director (1994, 2009, 2019) : TARANTINO
- Nation to which the island of Tortuga belongs : HAITI
- Rescues : SALVAGES
- What has posts all around a site : FENCE
- Band dates : GIGS
- Impose, as a tax : LEVY
- Foundation, e.g., for short : ORG
- Bareilles of Broadway : SARA
- Palindromic family nickname : NAN
- Smell : REEK
- Period preceding a big event : RUNUP
- Name suffix that can combine with “Henri” : ETTA
- Unit of explosive power : KILOTON
- Final circuit in a track race : BELLLAP
- One whose mentality begins with M-E? : EGOTIST
- They take marks off at school : ERASERS
- With 63-Across, tricky football play … as represented by this puzzle’s shaded squares? : DOUBLE
- See 62-Across : REVERSE
Down
- Kooks : CRAZIES
- Film that lasts a while? : RESIDUE
- Sudden riser in status : UPSTART
- Civil War and Reconstruction, e.g. : ERAS
- Longtime college basketball coach Kruger : LON
- Makes a note of : LOGS
- Not many : AFEW
- This letter: γ : GAMMA
- Body part just below the philtrum : LIP
- ___ exam : ORAL
- Biblical figure whose name is repeated in a Faulkner title : ABSALOM
- Dish with a crispy tortilla shell : TOSTADA
- They’re often sugarcoated : SWEETS
- Like some goons : HIRED
- Advanced H.S. course taught by a professoressa, say : APITALIAN
- Russian ballet company : KIROV
- Related to vision : OPTIC
- “Wake word” for an Apple device : SIRI
- Raggedy ___ : ANN
- Group of cable news talking heads : PANEL
- Author Joyce Carol ___ : OATES
- Burn, so to speak : DISS
- Playground game : TAG
- Announcement before taking a leap : HEREIGO
- She recited her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at Clinton’s first inauguration : ANGELOU
- More forgiving : GENTLER
- Game faces? : AVATARS
- Point of contact between neurons : SYNAPSE
- Like lightning and some tongues : FORKED
- Powerlifter’s sound : GRUNT
- Materialized : AROSE
- Hoda of morning TV : KOTB
- Transportation app banned in Denmark, Hungary, and Thailand : UBER
- Parisian patriarch : PERE
- Conditional word in programming : ELSE
- Up to, briefly : TIL
- Loo : LAV
Feel free to refer back to this list as you tackle the crossword! Enjoy solving!
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