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The New York Times crossword puzzle is a great way to test your vocabulary and trivia knowledge. Solving it every day can improve your mental agility, and it’s a fun challenge that gives you bragging rights if you manage to complete it. But not every day is a breeze — some clues can leave you scratching your head. So if you find yourself stuck, don’t worry!
We’ve got the answers for today’s NYT Crossword below.
Across
- Sarcastic “Yeah, right!”: IBET
- King with a golden touch: MIDAS
- “___ Worry, Be Happy”: DONT
- Emperor Claudius’s successor: NERO
- Words to live by: CREDO
- Facts and figures: INFO
- Smack with a hand: SLAP
- Beach project that rarely survives high tide: SANDCASTLE
- Actress Fisher of “Eighth Grade”: ELSIE
- Lock up, as a playoff spot: CLINCH
- Numbskull: CHUCKLEHEAD
- Moody rock subgenre: EMO
- The Maple Leafs, on scoreboards: TOR
- Understood: GOT
- Lumberjack: LOGGER
- Blueprint detail, in brief: SPEC
- Sgts. and cpls.: NCOS
- Midday times: NOONS
- State of total happiness: HOGHEAVEN
- From which Britain “Brexited,” for short: THEEU
- Opera solo: ARIA
- “College GameDay” airer: ESPN
- Fireplace floor: HEARTH
- Govt. code crackers: NSA
- Rocker Reed: LOU
- Even so: YET
- Sandwich specialty of Maine: LOBSTERROLL
- Bordeaux red wine: CLARET
- Sauna covering: TOWEL
- Make a subtle insult, or a hint to four highlighted groups of letters in this puzzle: THROWSHADE
- Bic products: PENS
- Word that can precede vegetable or beer: ROOT
- Roof overhangs: EAVES
- Dirección from Monterrey to Miami: ESTE
- Coniferous trees with red berrylike fruit: YEWS
- Bride’s wedding purchase: DRESS
- “Now!,” in a hospital: STAT
Down
- Fleas and flies: INSECTS
- Hotel worker with baggage: BELLHOP
- Crossword solver’s correction mark: ERASURE
- Subject matter: TOPIC
- Award show hosts, for short: MCS
- 401(k) alternative: IRA
- Dame Judi: DENCH
- Confuse: ADDLE
- Outgoing: SOCIAL
- Spinal segment: DISC
- Currently traveling: ONTHEGO
- Super Bowl org.: NFL
- Front part of a shoe: TOE
- Hoops phrase uttered after a basket plus a foul: ANDONE
- Hosp. heart readout: EKG
- Like the odds of an unlikely event: LONG
- ___ Sketch (classic toy): ETCHA
- Gents: MEN
- Surgery sites, for short: ORS
- Departed: GONE
- “Moonstruck” Oscar winner: CHER
- Opposite of ‘neath: OER
- Canonized person: SAINT
- Make illegal: OUTLAW
- Floral arrangement holder: VASE
- Your of yore: THY
- Start of a donkey’s bray: HEE
- Humbly admit a mistake: EATCROW
- Like the rightmost lane on a highway: SLOWEST
- Italian cornmeal dish: POLENTA
- { }, in math: NULLSET
- Goofed (around): HORSED
- One might be liberal in college: ART
- Joy of daytime television: BEHAR
- Fend (off): STAVE
- Boxing ring boundaries: ROPES
- A whole bunch: LOTS
- Attempt: TRY
- Soil-breaking tool: HOE
- ___ Moines, Iowa: DES
- Pluralizing letter: ESS
Now you’re all set to complete today’s crossword puzzle!