NYT Crossword: answers for Thursday, December 12

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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 Strike one! : POSE

5 Word with slow or strawberry : JAM

8 “___ gusto” (“Nice to meet you,” in Spanish) : MUCHO

13 Can : JOHN

14 Spanish article : UNA

15 Paella base : ARROZ

16 Domino pip, e.g. : SPOT

17 Party crashers, perhaps : STRANGERS

19 Part of a bat that produces the best contact : SWEETSPOT

21 Small nail : BRAD

22 Express publicly : AIR

23 Saint, in Rio : SAO

25 “A Beautiful Mind” director Howard : RON

27 Balayage providers : SALONS

32 ___ Swiatek, four-time French Open winner : IGA

33 Cake part : TIER

35 Fresh : ANEW

36 Get serious hang time, as a skateboarder : CATCHAIR

40 Times for holiday parties : EVES

41 Boomer in a band : TUBA

42 It makes Max profits : HBO

43 Italian dynasty that produced four popes : MEDICI

46 Bit of kitchenware : PAN

47 “Cleopatra With the ___” (Reni painting) : ASP

48 Hosp. staffers : RNS

50 Branch of a sort : SECT

52 Three-digit numbers in parentheses : AREACODES

57 Low-key place for gnocchi : TRATTORIA

58 Toon with a monkey named Boots : DORA

60 Matcha ___ (tea-based beverage) : LATTE

61 Human thing to do : ERR

62 Waze figs. : ETAS

63 Easy to understand : CLEAR

64 Hits up on Instagram, for short : DMS

65 Meeting, informally : SESH

Down

1 A family might have matching ones, for short : PJS

2 “D’oh!” : OOPS

3 Strutted one’s stuff : SHOWBOATED

4 Maze prompt : ENTER

5 Line below a swoosh : JUSTDOIT

6 Pantry problem : ANTS

7 “I Feel Pretty” singer in “West Side Story” : MARIA

8 Mind repeating that? : MANTRA

9 “Irresistible” feeling : URGE

10 Language from which we get “Manitoba” and “Saskatchewan” : CREE

11 Motorist’s warning : HORN

12 The “40” in a malt liquor 40: Abbr. : OZS

18 x, y or z : AXIS

20 The world at your feet? : EARTH

23 Order to an attack dog : SICEM

24 Plant used in xeriscaping because of its tolerance to drought : AGAVE

26 Hogwarts exam after the O.W.L. : NEWT

28 Nonexpert : LAY

29 “While we’re discussing it …” : ONTHATNOTE

30 Novice gamers, informally : NEWBS

31 Word after one fell? : SWOOP

34 Extend, as a contract : REUP

37 Show with a “Cyber” spinoff : CSI

38 Suns that shine? : NBASTARS

39 Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857) : TANEY

44 Sign of impact : CRATER

45 Deets : INFO

49 Begat : SIRED

51 Writes in C or R, say : CODES

52 Kazakhstan’s ___ Sea : ARAL

53 Quoted figure : RATE

54 Pioneering blues guitarist Baker : ETTA

55 Unyielding : FIRM

56 ___ Tour, pop culture phenomenon of 2023-24 : ERAS

57 Pampering, for short : TLC

59 Tree with so-called helicopter seeds : ASH

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