NYT Crossword: answers for Thursday, January 9

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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 Eat dirt, say : BITEIT

7 Info at JFK or LAX : ETA

10 One image on a Monopoly board : JAIL

14 Longtime Ford S.U.V. : BRONCO

15 Bring trouble to : VEX

16 Knight of film : JEDI

17 Charlie horse : CLYDESDALE

19 “To suffer ___ which Hope thinks infinite”: Shelley : WOES

20 Fictional thief Lupin : ARSENE

21 Papa bear : PANDA

22 Body with many pages : SENATE

24 Awesome, in 1990s slang : PHAT

26 Sierra Leone : SERGIO

27 Tango number : THIRTEEN

31 Twin actress Mary-Kate or Ashley : OLSEN

32 Harbor markers : BUOYS

33 Longtime wire service inits. : UPI

34 Haunted house feeling : FEAR

35 Italian for “baked” : COTTA

36 Mystery writer, in brief? : ANON

37 Danger in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon : TNT

38 Point at, in a way : NODTO

39 Pizzeria purchase : SLICE

40 Golf course : GAZPACHO

42 Whiskey soda : WELCHS

43 Yours, in French : ATOI

44 Dave or Ray of the Kinks : DAVIES

45 Quebec city : QUITO

48 Cut some slack? : TAUTEN

50 Strong push : URGE

51 Alpha male (double) : ARTHURASHE

55 Stands at first, say : ISON

56 Vivacious, theatrical and passionate type, it’s said : LEO

57 Info in a job posting : SALARY

58 Casting director’s offering : PART

59 Candy in plastic dispensers : PEZ

60 “Maybe. Give me time to think” : ILLSEE

Down

1 “Fleabag” airer : BBC

2 Off-line, to those online : IRL

3 Plaything : TOY

4 Put at risk : ENDANGER

5 Cold-weather driving hazard : ICERAIN

6 Lob in the direction of : TOSSTO

7 Film writer/director Goldberg : EVAN

8 Kind of lens for long-distance shots : TELEPHOTO

9 Bit of medieval weaponry : AXE

10 Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015) : JJWATT

11 Long, long time : AEON

12 Pointed the finger at : IDED

13 TV journalist Ling : LISA

18 Poor mark : DEE

21 Links figures : PARS

22 Singer Gomez : SELENA

23 Fake : ERSATZ

25 Casual greeting : HIYA

26 Leader of Germany? : SOFTG

27 Entire, in Italian : TUTTO

28 ___ Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics : EUNICE

29 Time periods : EPOCHS

30 To the ___ (with style) : NINES

32 Notable site of enlightenment : BODHITREE

35 Pixar film set in the fictional town of Santa Cecilia : COCO

36 At the end of the day : ALLINALL

38 Grp. whose alphabet is used eight times in this puzzle : NATO

39 More than a few : SEVERAL

41 One of 3,000+ annually for IBM : PATENT

42 1960s dance craze : WATUSI

44 “Obviously!” : DUH

45 Groucho Marx specialty : QUIP

46 ___ Major : URSA

47 Composer Stravinsky : IGOR

49 The whole shebang : ATOZ

51 Challenge for a skier : ALP

52 One of the founding airlines of Star Alliance : SAS

53 Realm of Charlemagne, for short : HRE

54 Fashion designer’s asset : EYE

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