NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, February 3

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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.

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NYT Crossword answers today

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Across

1 Make reference to : CITE

5 Person with a twisted mind : SICKO

10 Uncomfortable health class subject, for short : STDS

14 Onetime “Jeopardy!” host Trebek : ALEX

15 Stared creepily : OGLED

16 Dorito, e.g. : CHIP

17 Obsolescent classroom wall fixture : BLACKBOARD

19 Give a makeover : REDO

20 Gone up : RISEN

21 Drink of choice for Captain Jack Sparrow : RUM

22 Martial art that uses bamboo swords : KENDO

23 Chilly treat : ICEPOP

25 Hopscotch locale : SIDEWALK

27 Slimeball : DIRTBAG

29 Rather warm, as a firelit room : TOASTY

30 U.F.O. crew : ETS

31 Mouse’s bigger cousin : RAT

33 Burden : ONUS

34 Achieved, as a victory … or how you might describe 17-, 25-, 47 and 55-Across : CHALKEDUP

37 Stadium chants : OLES

38 “Wise” bird : OWL

39 Brand of motor oil : STP

42 Frog sounds : CROAKS

44 Name on dictionaries : WEBSTER

47 Need for playing pool : CUESTICK

49 Overthrow : DEPOSE

50 Slender instruments : OBOES

51 Female name that’s a body part spelled backward : RAE

53 Strategically taps the ball into the infield : BUNTS

54 Slimming surgery, for short : LIPO

55 Recreational rock climbers : BOULDERERS

57 “Q ___ queen” : ASIN

58 “Remember the ___!” : ALAMO

59 “___ dat” : TRUE

60 Captain Hook’s right-hand man : SMEE

61 Poet whose first two initials stand for “Thomas” and “Stearns” : ELIOT

62 IDs written on applications, for short : SSNS

Down

1 Trip in a taxi : CABRIDE

2 Not allowed : ILLICIT

3 Enticing ad promotions : TEASERS

4 Besides : EXCEPT

5 Weep loudly : SOB

6 Lab assistant often depicted with a hunched back : IGOR

7 Name on a mailbox at the North Pole : CLAUS

8 ___ the Frog : KERMIT

9 Abnormal : ODD

10 Makes an oopsie : SCREWSUP

11 Washington’s M.L.B. team, informally : THENATS

12 ___-squat (a whole lot of nothing) : DIDDLY

13 Give the heebie-jeebies : SPOOK

18 Door opener : KNOB

22 Reeves of “The Matrix” : KEANU

24 Go down the slopes with a chute : PARASKI

26 Drew funny little pictures : DOODLED

28 Lass : GAL

32 One end to a boxing match, for short : TKO

34 “Phew!” : CLOSEONE

35 Warms up : HEATS

36 “Gro-o-oss!” : EWW

37 Black-and-white dessert that’s sliced : OREOPIE

39 Pot smokers : STONERS

40 Experimental effort : TESTRUN

41 Pushes down, as with the thumb : PRESSES

42 Style for Picasso : CUBISM

43 Use TikTok, say : SCROLL

45 Spanish newborn : BEBE

46 Small gushes : SPURTS

47 Coke and Pepsi, but not Sprite : COLAS

48 Oahu neighbor : KAUAI

52 Tickle Me ___ : ELMO

55 Sweetie : BAE

56 One of three in an ellipsis : DOT

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