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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.
1 Musical nickname since the 1980s : LESMIZ
2 What servers and sleuths each hope to do : GETATIP
3 Kenneth of “Oppenheimer” : BRANAGH
4 Turner backed by the Ikettes : TINA
5 Car roof option : HARDTOP
6 Person I used to be : OLDME
7 Response to “You were snoring all night again” : WASI
8 Moving day need : TRUCK
9 Blended hair coloring effect : OMBRE
10 Soak (up) : SOP
11 Dance move requiring upper body and core strength : THEWORM
12 Dog park figure : OWNER
13 Clique : POSSE
14 Loretta who played “Hot Lips” Houlihan : SWIT
15 Connection to a carburetor : FUELLINE
16 Length of William Henry Harrison’s presidency : ONEMONTH
17 Diner’s request at the end of a meal : BOX
19 Masters of the written word? : EDGARLEE
24 Engineering discipline, casually : AERO
26 Italian scooter brand : VESPA
28 Elevator load limit, often : ONETON
33 Not supporting, perhaps : MAIN
35 “Save the ___” (modern conservation slogan) : BEES
39 Submitted : SENTIN
41 “OMG … that’s hysterical!” : IMDYING
43 Each planet’s orbit is one : ELLIPSE
44 Milky Way component : NOUGAT
45 Park City resident : UTAHN
46 Pocket detritus : LINT
47 Get there : ARRIVE
48 Word with true or soon : TOO
50 East Coast convenience store chain : WAWA
54 Opposite of maigre : GRAS
55 Flat floater : RAFT
56 Unit once defined as the area a team of oxen could plow in one day : ACRE
58 Equus africanus, for one : WILDASS
59 Young disciple of an old Titian : ELGRECO
62 Pep : ENERGY
63 Is inadequate : WONTDO
65 Target of a certain “Eater” : ODOR
66 Liu of “Barbie” : SIMU
67 Thunder shower? : ESPN
69 ___ Domingo, Best Actor nominee for 2023’s “Rustin” : COLMAN
70 Throat malady : STREP
71 Gloat opposite 64-Across : IWIN
74 Artist Chagall : MARC
77 In which letters are spelled with digits, for short : ASL
78 Former French president Jacques : CHIRAC
80 Mad to the max : CROSSEST
81 Four for a TI-84, for short : AAAS
82 Above the strike zone, to a baseball announcer : UPSTAIRS
83 Brando’s role in “A Streetcar Named Desire” : KOWALSKI
85 Sharp pain : STAB
88 “Pretty please?” : CANTI
89 Alternative to litmus paper : PHSTRIP
90 When many school days end : THREEPM
92 One might jump out of a window : POPUPAD
93 Driver’s license, e.g. : STATEID
97 No longer on duty: Abbr. : RETD
99 Like convertibles : SPORTY
101 Broadway gossip : YENTE
102 Force out : EXPEL
103 Famous family in atomic theory : BOHRS
104 “Nice to ___ you!” (online salutation) : EMEET
105 Backdrop for a memorable kiss : ALTAR
108 Nonsense, to Brits : TOSH
110 Nickname for Francisco : PACO
111 Mystique : AURA
112 One getting a pass, for short : VIP
113 Carry-___ (some luggage) : ONS
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