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.

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.

 

NYT Crossword answers for today:

Across:

  1. Tough loss for a poker player – BADBEAT
  2. Far from flavorless – ZESTY
  3. Root words? – GOTEAMGO
  4. Well-insulated homes – IGLOOS
  5. Purely hypothetical, perhaps – UNTESTED
  6. Pack the car – LOADUP
  7. It’ll rock your world – SEISM
  8. Objective – GOAL
  9. Surrealist with a museum in Barcelona – MIRO
  10. What comes between dusk and dawn? – TIL
  11. Grp. that cares about care – AMA
  12. Carefully analyze – DISSECT
  13. Going through the motions – ONAUTOPILOT
  14. Org. whose website has a “Register Your Drone” page – FAA
  15. Vets-to-be – GIS
  16. Triumphs for one’s country, maybe – WINSGOLD
  17. Grinding place to work – MILL
  18. Chipotle competitor – QDOBA
  19. Lines of text that are less useful on paper – URLS
  20. “Care to join?” – AREYOUIN
  21. Peaked – ILL
  22. Logic gate that flips its input – NOT
  23. Opportunities to soak up adulation – VICTORYLAPS
  24. Like some tuition – INSTATE
  25. 2013 film in which Scarlett Johansson is heard but never seen – HER
  26. SoCal sluggers, on scoreboards – LAA
  27. One of 27,520 for Disney World – ACRE
  28. Snow globes, e.g. – ORBS
  29. Ones putting the finishing touches on 61-Across – ICERS
  30. Composer for whom Poland’s largest airport is named – CHOPIN
  31. Baker’s dozen, perhaps – CUPCAKES
  32. Greek moon goddess – SELENE
  33. Common business in Wisconsin – CREAMERY
  34. Side in a game of Battleship – FLEET
  35. Good standing in the Navy? – SEALEGS

Down:

  1. Specification for a cut – BONEIN
  2. Feared fifth-century leader – ATTILA
  3. Middle’s middle – DEES
  4. Rice variety – BASMATI
  5. One administering compressions, for short – EMT
  6. Lovers’ divide, maybe – AGEGAP
  7. Memo pad header – TODO
  8. Real moneybags – ZILLIONAIRE
  9. ___ death, concept associated with LSD trips – EGO
  10. Lambastes – SLAMS
  11. Simply delectable – TODIEFOR
  12. “I could go either way on that” – YOURCALL
  13. Zeal – GUSTO
  14. Common expenses for political campaigns – SPOTADS
  15. Extemporize – ADLIB
  16. Debugging soft wear? – MOSQUITONET
  17. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: Abbr. – STS
  18. Reprehensible – UGLY
  19. “Nope, uh-uh, not me!” – IWONT
  20. Port caller – GULL
  21. Nuts – MANIACS
  22. Title for Bobby Flay on reality TV – IRONCHEF
  23. “Time to blow this popsicle stand!” – LETSROLL
  24. Who’s cutting onions? – DICER
  25. Fertility doctor’s focus – OVA
  26. Expressed in an imaginative and beautiful way – LYRICAL
  27. “A likely story …” – OHSURE
  28. Source of a draft – ALEKEG
  29. Tools used on potatoes – PARERS
  30. Having a mouth, say – SASSY
  31. Prairie home – TEPEE
  32. Keeps informed, in a way – BCCS
  33. Showed – CAME
  34. Like 59-Across’s fourth and final scherzo – INE
  35. ___ protein, substitute used in Beyond Meat products – PEA
TOPICS: NYT Crossword