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 that 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. Below are all the answers for today’s clues.

 

NYT Crossword Answers for Today

Across

  1. Bread served with baba ghanouj: PITA
  2. Consent (to): ACCEDE
  3. Symbol in the sky above Gotham City: BAT
  4. Reddit Q&As: AMAS
  5. Like the Bosporus, notably: NARROW
  6. Zendaya’s role on “Euphoria”: RUE
  7. Washington post?: VALLEYFORGE
  8. Sampled a beet, say: ATE
  9. Comedy club host: EMCEE
  10. Lengthen with unnecessary material, as a speech: PAD
  11. Molecule bit: ATOM
  12. State trees of Massachusetts: ELMS
  13. Hair removal brand: NAIR
  14. London lad: CHAP
  15. San Francisco examiner?: FORTYNINER
  16. Was out in front: LED
  17. Nickname for dad: PAPA
  18. What tahini is made from: SESAME
  19. Walker who wrote “The Color Purple”: ALICE
  21. Pie variety whose pronunciation inspires debate: PECAN
  22. Comes down as a wintry mix: SLEETS
  23. Road crew’s supply: SALT
  24. Single or double: HIT
  25. Boston herald?: PAULREVERE
  26. Beltway bigwigs: POLS
  27. What baking soda and vinegar simulate, in a classic science fair experiment: LAVA
  28. Facts and figures: DATA
  29. Signals on set: CUES
  30. ___-warrior (certain activist): ECO
  31. Surveys: SCANS
  32. One of 20 quadrillion worldwide, per a recent estimate: ANT
  33. Kansas City star?: TRAVISKELCE
  34. Item in a tailor’s kit: PIN
  35. Untapped, as potential: LATENT
  36. Derrière: REAR
  37. Southwest forecast, for short: ETA
  38. Personnel in vestments: CLERGY
  39. Evidence of healing: SCAB

Down

  1. Smooth over, in a way: PAVE
  2. Muslim leader: IMAM
  3. Bathroom powder: TALC
  4. What someone counting sheep wishes to be: ASLEEP
  5. Choice for the indifferent: ANY
  6. Half-___ (coffee order): CAF
  7. Trim, as a photo: CROP
  8. Like a drive in the woods?: ERRANT
  9. Hot summer period named for the constellation Sirius: DOGDAYS
  10. Doe : deer :: ___ : sheep: EWE
  11. Nanny’s nightmare: BRAT
  12. Bronco or Beetle, e.g.: AUTO
  13. Overflow (with): TEEM
  14. Fish that can swim backward: EEL
  15. Greet the day: ARISE
  16. R.I.S.D. grad’s degree: MFA
  17. Absorbs, with “up”: SOPS
  18. Bumbling: INEPT
  19. Necklace fastener: CLASP
  20. Very, in slang: HELLA
  21. “Bye-bye,” to Bonaparte: ADIEU
  22. Hike: RAISE
  23. Kind of chip named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya: NACHO
  24. Part of an online thread: EMAIL
  25. Uses Airbnb or Vrbo: RENTS
  26. World Heritage Site in Jordan: PETRA
  27. Prison divisions: CELLS
  28. One way to pay: CARD
  29. Multiple: SEVERAL
  30. Grazing land: LEA
  31. Clear out: VACATE
  32. Hoosier hoopers: PACERS
  34. Item of apparel for Zorro or Dracula: CAPE
  35. Condo, e.g.: UNIT
  36. Sicilian volcano: ETNA
  37. Concluded: OVER
  38. Smart ___ (wiseacre): ALEC
  39. Org. for the SEC and ACC: NCAA
  40. Belgrade native: SERB
  41. Extra attention, in brief: TLC
  42. Gerund suffix: ING
  43. Total dump: STy
TOPICS: NYT Crossword