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The New York Times crossword puzzle remains one of the most iconic and challenging word games available today. With its intricate clues and diverse themes, it’s a great way to test your knowledge, improve mental agility, and, of course, earn some serious bragging rights when you complete it.
But don’t worry if you find yourself stuck on a few clues! Even the most seasoned solvers need a little help from time to time.
Here are the answers for today’s NYT Crossword:
Across
- Fanged menaces: ASPS
- Word with League or Spring: ARAB
- “What’s the big ___?”: IDEA
- Clown role in Chinese opera: CHOU
- Crayon choice: COLOR
- Dallas hoopers, informally: MAVS
- Brand of kitchen storage containers: TUPPERWARE
- Pub pints: ALES
- Mathematical suffix with quin- or sex-: TUPLE
- $1,000,000, casually: MIL
- Alley division: LANE
- Can. province between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: PEI
- The second “S” of U.S.S.R.: SOCIALIST
- Hug: EMBRACE
- Gender identity prefix: CIS
- Overly: TOO
- Strong desire: URGE
- Fracas: MELEE
- Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Across?: TWOPARTYSYSTEMS
- Egyptian symbols of life: ANKHS
- Parisian pal: AMIE
- Helpful suggestion: TIP
- “___ who you know” (networking principle): ITS
- Force of nature?: GRAVITY
- When the skeletons in one’s closet might be brought out: HALLOWEEN
- Smidgen: BIT
- Cain’s victim: ABEL
- Feeling crummy: ILL
- Call off, as a takeoff: ABORT
- Second part of a notable Latin boast: VIDI
- Alexander Hamilton, politically: FEDERALIST
- Upper hand: EDGE
- Small component of an immune response: TCELL
- Pale yellow cheese: EDAM
- Groks: SEES
- Run-D.M.C. or De La Soul: TRIO
- Actress Hatcher: TERI
Down
- Play division: ACT
- Close: SHUT
- Story that jumps off the page?: POPUPBOOK
- “Last” thing in a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece: SUPPER
- Farm measure: ACRE
- Argument: ROW
- Site of a famous 1836 battle: ALAMO
- Kind of acid used to make Silly Putty: BORIC
- “No more for me, thanks”: IMALLSET
- ___ Lama: DALAI
- Some bets in roulette: EVENS
- Flexibility, for a dancer: ASSET
- Archeological find: RELIC
- Director Kazan: ELIA
- Big name in mattresses: SERTA
- Goals: AIMS
- ___ James, 2008 film role for Beyoncé: ETTA
- Like a well-manicured lawn: MOWN
- Junkyard dog: CUR
- Student-run class?: GYM
- Digitally endorse: ESIGN
- Use one’s winnings for the next bet, in casino lingo: LETITRIDE
- Give off: EMIT
- Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.: ESPY
- Baseball franchise with a bell in its logo: PHILLIES
- “___ your other question …”: ASTO
- Ending for law or saw: YER
- “You Belong With Me” singer: SWIFT
- “Take a Chance on Me” group: ABBA
- Rainbow hue: VIOLET
- Privileged group: HAVES
- Put up with: ABIDE
- Shelf: LEDGE
- Yard sign word: ELECT
- Grandparent, e.g.: ELDER
- Folk singer Guthrie: ARLO
- Ruler at the Winter Palace: TSAR
- Name found in “Yale library,” appropriately: ELI
- “Spare me the deets!”: TMI
Now that you have all the answers, you can breeze through today’s puzzle and get that sense of accomplishment!