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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 Penalty assessors : REFS
5 “Be that way!” : FINE
9 Black Friday destination : MALL
13 Touch-tone phone abbr. : OPER
17 Anatomical part from the Latin for “grape” : UVEA
18 Mashhad’s country : IRAN
19 Portrayer of Mrs. Smith in 2005’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” : JOLIE
20 Cheer for a diva : BRAVA
21 Filipino meat dish : BEEFADOBO
23 Sumatran swinger : ORANG
24 Shoelace protector : AGLET
25 Citrusy breakfast treat : LEMONSCONE
26 Sue Bird or Larry Bird : BASKETBALLSTAR
28 Part of a certain chain : DAISY
30 Sound from a cappuccino maker : HISS
32 Tikka masala go-with : NAAN
33 The Tabard, in “The Canterbury Tales” : INN
34 Echelon : TIER
38 Former roles for Kamala Harris and Arlen Specter, for short : DAS
39 Component of an old PC tower : CDDRIVE
42 Avocado toast topper, perhaps : EGG
43 Like the main character in “Memento” : AMNESIC
45 Pension alternative, in brief : IRA
46 ___ Dingbats (icon-filled font) : ZAPF
48 Layer of a 42-Across : HEN
49 Hardly any : NOTALOT
50 Paging device : BEEPER
53 One may be called on to give, informally : ALUM
55 Queequeg’s figurine in “Moby-Dick,” e.g. : IDOL
56 Texter’s vociferous agreement : OMGYES
57 Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
58 Like Hadrian’s Wall in northern England : ROMAN
60 Creates a new account? : RETELLS
62 Divest : RID
64 Nickname : DUB
66 El ___ (Castilian hero) : CID
67 Sloth, for one : SIN
72 Greek H : ETA
73 Was of service to : STEADED
75 Classic candy company : NECCO
76 Like : ALA
79 Follows : ENSUES
82 Figure (out) : SUSS
83 Japan’s legislature : DIET
84 Swaths of land : TRACTS
86 N.S.A.’s home : FTMEADE
89 J. Cole’s “___ Knows” : SHE
90 Guitar’s resting place, often : KNEE
91 Snickering sound : HEH
92 One writing wrongs? : LIBELER
93 Fifth note : SOL
94 Thinks highly of : ADMIRES
97 Get stuck : JAM
98 Ja’s opposite : NEIN
99 Estadio Azteca cheer : OLE
100 Carriage, in Cambridge : PRAM
10 Of all time : EVER
103 Symbol of the National Audubon Society : EGRET
105 Imprimatur : SEALOFAPPROVAL
110 Finds : COMESACROSS
114 One of 30+ million Americans : TEXAN
115 Elizabeth’s house : TUDOR
116 Midair collision of sorts : CHESTBUMP
119 What Kwanzaa’s first principle, Umoja, means : UNITY
120 Mosque officials : IMAMS
121 Clicking sounds? : AHAS
122 Mathematician/historian Neugebauer : OTTO
123 Where Molson Coors is TAP : NYSE
124 Beer buy : CASE
125 Epithet for a G.O.P. moderate, maybe : RINO
126 Invite letters : RSVP
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