NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, October 27

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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 Exams first administered in 1926 : SATS

5 View from St. Moritz : ALPS

9 “I thought you were my friend!?” : ETTU

13 Load of laundry : WASH

17 Jeweler’s unit : KARAT

19 Complete journey … or what 84-Down makes in this puzzle? : ROUNDTRIP

21 Woodworker’s spinner : LATHE

22 Like Yeats, but not Keats : IRISH

23 Aids in car buying : AUTOLOANS

24 Remove from packaging : UNBOX

25 Complete some reps : DOASET

27 In the red : OWING

28 Do-to-do delivery? : OCTAVE

29 Joan Cusack and Robert Downey Jr. each spent one season on it, for short : SNL

30 Certain court documents : BRIEFS

33 In which 1 + 1 equals 10 : BINARY

36 Former senator Kennedy : TED

37 Completing a cycle, like 84-Down in this puzzle? : GOINGFULLCIRCLE

40 “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” for one : WARSONG

42 Borrower’s note : IOU

43 Like many verification codes : EMAILED

46 Impressively tough, in slang : BADASS

47 Crocheting template : PATTERN

50 Re-lease? : SUBLET

52 Nickname for a 2000s Yankee slugger : AROD

53 Montreal hockey player, to fans : HAB

54 Check scanner, for short : ATM

56 A.P.R.-lowering option : REFI

57 A.P., Reuters, etc. : WIRES

59 Hudson Bay or the Caspian : INLANDSEA

63 Hair-lightening brand : SUNIN

64 Sherlock Holmes, e.g. : LONDONER

66 Apt central entry for this puzzle : EARTH

67 The Lone Ranger, to Tonto : KEMOSABE

69 Gender-neutral possessive : ONES

71 Possesses : HAS

72 Office message : MEMO

73 Millimeter-wide photo used for conveying secret messages : MICRODOT

77 Pants, informally : BRITCHES

81 Roofed porch : LANAI

82 Late-night sub, say : GUESTHOST

86 Garfield’s predecessor : HAYES

88 Weary cry : ICANTGOON

90 Company whose name ends in an exclamation point : YAHOO

91 Steak option in northern Canada : MOOSEMEAT

93 Celebrity chef Hussain who won “The Great British Bake Off” : NADIYA

94 However : YET

95 Fit to serve, in a way : EDIBLE

96 Ireland, poetically : ERIN

97 Newlyweds’ booking : HONEYMOONSUITE

104 Behind : LATE

105 Gives a lot of attention, with “on” : DOTES

107 Old ___, Conn. : LYME

108 Supermodel with a palindromic name : EMME

109 ___ Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state : ELLEN

110 “What have we here!” : OOH

111 “They’ll grow out of that” … or a description of eight squares in this puzzle : ITSJUSTAPHASE

115 Every member of the C.I.A.’s K-9 unit : LAB

116 “___ Affaire de Femmes” (1988 French classic) : UNE

117 It can be quite sappy : TREE

118 Half of an exchange : TAT

119 “Let’s do it!” : IMIN

120 Texter’s “As I see it …” : IMO

121 Co. that introduced Dungeons & Dragons : TSR

122 Means of getting unstuck : HINT

123 Black ___ : OPS

124 Margaret Thatcher, e.g. : TORY

125 Chiding sound : TSK

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