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. Labor tactic: LAMAZE
  2. Ding-dong: DOOFUS
  3. Etymologists’ interests: ORIGINS
  4. Out-of-the-blue: ABRUPT
  5. Family inheritance?: GENEPOOL
  6. Give temporarily: LOANTO
  7. Signs up for: JOINS
  8. Apologue: FABLE
  9. Cool off, in a way: FAN
  10. Scores: ALOT
  11. How someone might be in love: MADLY
  12. Tesla, for one: MAKE
  13. “I mean, come on!”: MAN
  14. Pain ___ (French toast, in French): PERDU
  15. Like soffritto ingredients: DICED
  16. Deep fears?: SEASERPENTS
  17. Methods for sharing pirated material: BITTORRENTS
  18. Details: NITTYGRITTY
  19. One of the Goonies in “The Goonies”: MIKEY
  20. It might be fluid: OUNCE
  21. Mediocre, in modern slang: MID
  22. Whizzes: ACES
  23. Word in two African country names: CONGO
  24. Somewhat, musically: POCO
  25. Poivre go-with: SEL
  26. Videographer’s words before recording, perhaps: ANDGO
  27. Pass it on!: BATON
  28. Reach, as new heights: SOARTO
  29. Sporting venue also known as a dohyo: SUMORING
  30. Fast-food chain with palm trees on its packaging: INNOUT
  31. First word in the opening crawl for “Star Wars: Episode I”: TURMOIL
  32. Weak: FEEBLE
  33. Where you might say “That’s the spirit!”: SEANCE

Down

  1. Impasse: LOGJAM
  2. Iris feature: AREOLA
  3. Flunky: MINION
  4. One running the showing, perhaps: AGENT
  5. Whizzes: ZIPS
  6. Experimental music documentary of 2024: ENO
  7. Move slowly: DALLY
  8. Relative of a heckelphone: OBOE
  9. “Se Non ___, Quando?” (Primo Levi novel whose title translates to “If not now, when?”): ORA
  10. Trivia worth learning: FUNFACTS
  11. Moments of comprehension, in an idiom: UPTAKES
  12. High: STONED
  13. “Everything’s coming along great!”: SOFARSOGOOD
  14. Levels of corporate hierarchy, so to speak: LADDERRUNGS
  15. Censoring, in a way: BLURRINGOUT
  16. Like material you can sink your teeth into: MEATY
  17. Like mojitos: MINTY
  18. Small-minded: PETTY
  19. Sausage grinder in Italy?: DENTE
  20. Listings on a blogroll: SITES
  21. Competitor of Chewy: PETCO
  22. Stretch near a shoulder, say: BIKELANE
  23. “Zing!”: NICEONE
  24. Mountain grouping: MASSIF
  25. Courtroom request: MOTION
  26. Seriously memorable: ICONIC
  27. Computer accessory: DONGLE
  28. Big bill, casually: CNOTE
  29. City famous for its ham and cheese: PARMA
  30. Surgeon/writer Gawande: ATUL
  31. Drill: BORE
  32. Deprive (of): ROB
  33. Some fraternity letters: MUS

Hope this helps with today’s puzzle! Happy solving!

TOPICS: NYT Crossword