The New York Times offers a variety of engaging word games, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword. However, the classic daily crossword puzzle remains the star attraction. It’s packed with fascinating trivia, helps keep your brain sharp, and is a great way to show off if you can complete it every day.

While the NYT crossword might seem tough on some days, remember that solving crosswords is a skill that gets better with practice. Don’t get discouraged if you can’t fill in every word right away.

If you’re having trouble with today’s NYT Crossword, we’ve got you covered with all the answers you need below.

 

NYT Crossword Answers for Today

Across:

  1. “My hero!” – IMSAVED
  2. Demonstrate – SHOW
  3. Lentil-based stew – SAMBAR
  4. Wintertime traction aid – SNOWTIRE
  5. Magazine with “Maison” and “Enfants” – MARIECLAIRE
  6. Save money on city commute – SHAREACAB
  7. Use of an endowment fund – FINANCIALAID
  8. Kitchen sampler – TASTER
  9. That’s a wrap! – TORTILLA
  10. Complete group – SET
  11. Scrape (by) – EKE
  12. Hermanas de su padre – TIAS
  13. Ecosystem formed by polyps – REEF
  14. Goof – ERR
  15. Lose layers – SHED
  16. West Coast NCAA conference – PAC12
  17. Cries plaintively – WAILS
  18. “Same!” – ASDOI
  19. Newark alternative – LGA
  20. Typical length of February – 28DAYS
  21. Lauds – HAILS
  22. Walking – ONFOOT
  23. Visual file format – JPEG
  24. Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads – JKSIMMONS
  25. Writer whose work is hell to get through? – DANTE
  26. Surgeon’s co-worker – ORNURSE
  27. In which little gloves are worn – TBALL
  28. Long-lasting lip makeup – STAIN
  29. Podiatric woes – CORNS
  30. Tennis star Wawrinka – STAN
  31. “Arrr, welcome aboard me ship!” – AHOYMATEY
  32. Fermented Russian drink – KVASS
  33. Dedication preposition – FOR
  34. Short nap – 40WINKS
  35. Cuts – AXES
  36. Genesis creator – SEGA
  37. Location of elation, in an idiom – CLOUD9
  38. What astronauts do more slowly in space than on Earth – AGE
  39. College athletics airer – ESPNU
  40. Task recipient – DELEGATEE
  41. Cuts – HEWS
  42. Expiate, with “for” – ATONE
  43. Party ___ – UNITY
  44. Botanist’s study – FLORA
  45. Won without a sweat – CRUISED
  46. Mattress supports – SLATS
  47. Source of a sleep-inducing narcotic in the “Odyssey” – LOTUSTREE
  48. Give up – CEDE
  49. Brief glimpses of stars – CAMEOS
  50. Bucko – TIGER
  51. Surfing move with all of one’s toes off the board – HANG10
  52. Word with one or minute – ANY
  53. Parking spot for a camper – RVLOT
  54. Summer pests – GNATS
  55. Like old Nintendo consoles – 8BIT
  56. Put up with – BEAR
  57. Aussie boot brand – UGG
  58. Vodka sold in blue bottles – SKYY
  59. Ooze – SEEP
  60. Like Dashboard Confessional’s music – EMO
  61. Not viable from the start, for short – DOA
  62. Like a grass-roots approach – BOTTOMUP
  63. Specialty of Bordeaux – MERLOT
  64. Aces – STARPITCHERS
  65. Press-on beauty products – FAKENAILS
  66. Midtown Manhattan hot spot … or each of this puzzle’s three shaded regions? – TIMESSQUARE
  67. Reacted to a sudden noise – FLINCHED
  68. Assent that might be accompanied by eye-rolling – YESMOM
  69. Colada fruit – PINA
  70. Bicycles built for two – TANDEMS

Down:

  1. “One moment!” – INASEC
  2. ___ de rire (“dying of laughter,” in French) – MORT
  3. Coming-of-age celebration – SWEET16
  4. Pac-Man platform – ATARI
  5. Jazz trombonist Dickenson – VIC
  6. Period piece – ERA
  7. For which one might ask for forgiveness – DEBT
  8. Do in, biblically – SMITE
  9. “A Little Devil in America” writer Abdurraqib – HANIF
  10. Like one Freudian stage – ORAL
  11. At the bottom of the standings, perhaps – WINLESS
  12. Pop-___ (book genre) – SCI
  13. “It’s too bad, but …” – ALAS
  14. Brightly colored birds, often – MALES
  15. Winter Olympics event – BIATHLON
  16. Filmmaker Aster – ARI
  17. Like many Christmas ornaments – RED
  18. Surfer’s hand sign – SHAKA
  19. Inbox greeting – ECARD
  20. Accelerate, with “up” – STEP
  21. Weight gained at the start of college, informally – FRESHMAN15
  22. The Magic, on scoreboards – ORL
  23. Not out – AWAKE
  24. “___ who?” – SAYS
  25. Hundred Acre Wood resident – ROO
  26. Awards feat, for short – EGOT
  27. Take out – DATE
  28. Military honor with fired artillery – 21GUNSALUTE
  29. “Are you for real?” – ISITTRUE
  30. Hilton ___, Pulitzer-winning critic for The New Yorker – ALS
  31. See 12-Across – INDIA
  32. Performs at a wedding – DJS
  33. Early ISP – AOL
  34. ___ suite (attached living space) – INLAW
  35. Squad for the Invisible Woman and the Thing – FANTASTIC4
  36. One table in the high school cafeteria, maybe – JOCKS
  37. Left no doubts about – PROVED
  38. Bring to a boil – ENRAGE
  39. Executive deg. – MBA
  40. Web feed inits. – RSS
  41. Clues for birdwatchers – SONGS
  42. Squirt – TYKE
  43. Wake-up times, for short – AMS
  44. Like Santa after Christmas, presumably – SOOTY
  45. Noted leader of the Onondaga – HIAWATHA
  46. Scandalous story – EXPOSE
  47. Longed (for) – YENNED
  48. Too low, musically – FLAT
  49. Always-open workout spots – 24HOURGYMS
  50. Soft leather – SUEDE
  51. Big-budget expense for a Marvel movie, for short – CGI
  52. Clear up, in a way – DEFOG
  53. ___ de vie (fruit brandy) – EAU
  54. Surrealist James – ENSOR
  55. Stumbling sounds – ERS
  56. Smartphone service inits. – LTE
  57. Perfume, as at a Mass – CENSE
  58. On the ___ (often, informally) – REG
  59. Picket line crosser – SCAB
  60. Transportation division – LANE
  61. Lynne Cheney portrayer in 2018’s “Vice” – AMYADAMS
  62. Turnt – LIT
  63. “Aw, darn!” – RATS
  64. Crime series spinoff with more seasons than the original – SVU
  65. Mug alternative, at a coffee shop – TOGOCUP
  66. One-fifth of a British pound – 20PENCE
  67. Letters of pride – LGBTQ
  68. Where Ross teaches paleontology on “Friends,” in brief – NYU
  69. Contradicts – BELIES
  70. Exclamation after misunderstanding some Gen Z slang – IMOLD
  71. Starchy side, familiarly – TOTS
  72. Ned who composed an operatic version of “Our Town” – ROREM
  73. Exacting – STERN
  74. ___ Strait, waterway bordering Japan – KOREA
  75. Edit – EMEND
  76. Lhasa ___ – APSO
  77. Like the New Year festival Songkran – THAI
  78. [That’s ridiculous!] – PFFT
  79. Golfer Jon – RAHM
  80. Pen – STY
  81. Word with black or bow – TIE
  82. Suffix with doomer or consumer – ISM
  83. French menu phrase – ALA
  84. Reunion attendees – KIN

Feel free to use these answers to help solve today’s crossword and improve your puzzle-solving skills for tomorrow’s challenge!

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