NYT Crossword: answers for Saturday, November 16

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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.

NYT Crossword answers today

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Across

1 Goober : DORK

5 Outlaws : BANS

9 Not deliberate : HASTY

14 Headquarters of Talofa Airways : APIASAMOA

16 Leads down the aisle at a wedding, informally : USHES

17 Ballerina who popularized “The Nutcracker” : TALLCHIEF

18 Sandbar : SHOAL

19 Word on Saudi Arabia’s flag : ALLAH

20 2002 movie with the tagline “Higher education just hit a new low” : SLACKERS

22 A great deal : MUCH

24 Revel noisily : ROISTER

26 Angel hair topper? : HALO

27 Place : SITE

28 Element between platino and mercurio : ORO

29 Big bands : JAZZORCHESTRAS

32 Italian province on the Swiss border : COMO

33 Holy book, in one spelling : KORAN

34 Does a job for a summer? : ADDS

35 Phrase on ID tags : FAMOUSPOTATOES

38 Wordle score that elicits the message “Genius” : ONE

39 Pulse, e.g. : SEED

40 Veet rival : NAIR

41 Cold palate cleansers : SORBETS

43 About 91,500 are produced by a gal. of propane : BTUS

44 Goes green, maybe : FEELSILL

46 “___ Dragon” (1977 Disney film) : PETES

50 Big dipper : LADLE

51 Like some asteroids : NEAREARTH

53 Hurdles for would-be doctors : ORALS

54 Is cautious : TAKESCARE

55 Represent : ACTAS

56 Piece with a point : OPED

57 Mind : HEED

Down

1 Crunched stuff : DATA

2 ___ Lee, activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday : OPAL

3 Small stream : RILL

4 Home to “a real pipperoo” of song : KALAMAZOO

5 Grinchy shout : BAH

6 Like participants in the rite of rumspringa : AMISH

7 Present time : NOEL

8 Something to wear while watching the game : SAFARIHAT

9 College basketball powerhouse : HUSKIES

10 Flicks, as a butt : ASHES

11 Food that can be prepared quickly : SHORTORDER

12 Buzzy promos : TEASERADS

13 Valentino competitor, for short : YSL

15 Woodstock artist : SCHULZ

21 Housemate, e.g. : COTENANT

23 Camping kits for preparing meals : COOKSETS

25 Host of “The Joy of Painting” : ROSS

26 Continually criticized : HAMMEREDAT

27 Young haddock : SCROD

29 Subject of New York City’s first public statue of a woman (1915) : JOANOFARC

30 Enlists for, as an unwelcome task : ROPESINTO

31 Prime minister of Ireland : TAOISEACH

32 Corp. money managers : CFOS

36 Good-for-nothing : USELESS

37 Brownish grays : TAUPES

42 Model Hadid who wore a spray-on dress at a 2022 Paris fashion show : BELLA

43 Poet whose line “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom” is quoted in “Bull Durham” : BLAKE

45 Antepenultimate word in a noted Neil Armstrong quote : LEAP

47 All-Star point guard Young : TRAE

48 Being, to Sartre : ETRE

49 Shake off : SHED

50 “Mahalo nui ___” (words from a grateful Hawaiian) : LOA

52 Like three-balls : RED

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