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 today
Across
1 Largest city in Nebraska : OMAHA
6 “Excuse me …” : AHEM
10 Letters on old Soviet rockets : CCCP
14 Eschew the subway, say : CABIT
15 Boo : JEER
16 Surrounding glow : AURA
17 Superscript by a brand name : TRADEMARKSYMBOL
20 Ballpark fig. : EST
21 Losing line in tic-tac-toe : OXO
22 Major in mass communication? : POPE
23 “Won’t Get Fooled Again” rockers : THEWHO
26 The “F” of FTW : FOR
27 Actress Wray of “King Kong” : FAY
30 Fighter jet’s landing spot : AIRFORCEBASE
34 Neighbor of an Uzbek : TAJIK
37 Longtime Heat coach Spoelstra : ERIK
38 Annoys : IRKS
39 Singer with the albums “21,” “25” and “30” : ADELE
40 Director Ang : LEE
41 Man of Marseilles : HOMME
42 Not doing much : IDLE
43 ___ ring : MOOD
44 Areas for altars : APSES
45 Investment banking giant : GOLDMANSACHS
48 Lead-in to “-hoo” : ANY
49 Apple platform : IOS
50 Extended period of inactivity : LAYOFF
54 Final opponent in a video game level : BOSS
56 With 57-Down, lacking in variety : ONE
58 Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo ___ Turk” : ALA
59 Best Picture winner of 1965 … or a description of the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across? : THESOUNDOFMUSIC
64 Chef’s creation : MEAL
65 “Sure, sure …” : IBET
66 Kick out : EVICT
67 Greek founder of Stoicism : ZENO
68 Stun with a jolt : TASE
69 Things on a to-do list : TASKS
Down
1 Set of white pawns in chess, e.g. : OCTET
2 Everglades ecosystem : MARSH
3 Subside : ABATE
4 Put out of sight : HID
5 Had a ball … a meatball, that is : ATE
6 Warrior in the “Iliad” : AJAX
7 Sub sandwich : HERO
8 “A spider!” : EEK
9 Logical “Star Trek” character : MRSPOCK
10 Setting for “Wet Hot American Summer” : CAMP
11 Offices with partitioned workspaces, in slang : CUBEFARMS
12 ___-Magnon man : CRO
13 Bud : PAL
18 Tie at the dock : MOOR
19 Days long ago : YORE
24 Cried loudly : WAILED
25 Take to the trail : HIKE
26 Curly-haired friend of Charlie Brown : FRIEDA
28 “I’m here if you have questions!” : ASKME
29 Green lights : YESES
31 Certain convicted criminals : FELONS
32 Twistable treats : OREOS
33 Tissue sample test : BIOPSY
34 Evergreen forest that covers much of Canada : TAIGA
35 Extra : ADDON
36 Item in a classic guessing contest : JELLYBEAN
41 “LOL” : HAHA
43 Iconic outfit for a noted chairman : MAOSUIT
46 Japanese soup flavoring : MISO
47 Staff leader? : CLEF
51 “Wonderwall” group : OASIS
52 Movie, informally : FLICK
53 “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own ___”: Daniel Patrick Moynihan : FACTS
55 1952 Winter Olympics host : OSLO
56 Poems of praise : ODES
57 See 56-Across : NOTE
59 Celebrity gossip website : TMZ
60 ___-haw : HEE
61 Org. associated with the John Tesh instrumental “Roundball Rock” : NBA
62 Got together : MET
63 2019 March Madness champs, for short : UVA
