NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, December 18

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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 Flower in a children’s rhyme : POSY

5 One of 1,000 for Darryl Strawberry, for short : RBI

8 Computer connector : CABLE

13 Orange-and-white rental : UHAUL

15 Middle-earth foe : ORC

16 Tropical vacation destinations : ISLES

17 Orange soda brand : FANTA

18 *Mendel studied them : GREENPEAS

20 *Disconcert mightily : FRAZZLE

22 Big night : EVE

23 Something studied by the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, for short : UFO

24 Strong craving : YEN

25 Title for the supposed inventor of the sandwich : EARL

27 Cartesian conclusion : IAM

29 Throw in the trash : TOSS

31 *Tons : ALLSORTS

36 Eros, to Aphrodite : SON

37 Olympian’s weapon : EPEE

39 Characteristic : TRAIT

40 Think before placing a bet … or what solvers must do to fully appreciate each starred clue : CONSIDERTHEODDS

43 “Take me to your leader” speaker : ALIEN

44 Amazon Handmade competitor : ETSY

45 Main ingredient in many veggie hot dogs : SOY

46 *Book designer’s concern : FOOTNOTE

48 Hammer part : PEEN

50 Sad sound : SOB

51 Morel support? : STEM

53 “Check back later,” in brief : TBA

56 Hypotheticals : IFS

59 Pep : VIM

61 *Ones with good aim : ARCHERS

63 *Mess that might be sticky : SITUATION

66 Makes tolerable : EASES

67 Change with the times : ADAPT

68 Deliverer of the speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” for short : MLK

69 First name in cosmetics : ESTEE

70 Response during an eye exam : WORSE

71 Cards : IDS

72 “Hey, I’ve got a secret …” : PSST

Down

1 Like eyes after a good cry : PUFFY

2 Midwest hub : OHARE

3 Southwest point of the Texas Triangle : SANANTONIO

4 Fool, from the Yiddish : YUTZ

5 “Understood” : ROGER

6 “It’s so c-c-c-old!” : BRR

7 Refreshment served with a spoon straw : ICEE

8 Film buff : CINEASTE

9 Menace hiding in a basket of figs in “Antony and Cleopatra” : ASP

10 “Sacre ___!” : BLEU

11 Table expander : LEAF

12 Sylvan ___ (electropop duo) : ESSO

14 Vegges out : LAZES

19 Satanic : EVIL

21 Zapped with light : LASED

26 Ophelia’s vengeful brother in “Hamlet” : LAERTES

28 Eeyore-like : MOROSE

30 Beginnings : ONSETS

32 Gives permission to : LETS

33 Parts of many home inspections : RADONTESTS

34 In good order : TIDY

35 Pike and Pine, in Seattle: Abbr. : STS

36 Brand of party cups : SOLO

38 Actress Amanda : PEET

40 Lunchroom, casually : CAF

41 Think outside the box : INNOVATE

42 Like many kids post-Halloween : HYPER

47 “In memoriam” piece : OBIT

49 Play the host : EMCEE

52 Sleeveless shirts, informally : TANKS

54 Longtime Saints QB whose name has a windy homophone : BREES

55 Item in the plus column : ASSET

56 “You don’t have to tell me” : ISAW

57 Classic pet name : FIDO

58 Hollywood Boulevard sight : STAR

60 “Rent” character based on a seamstress in “La Bohème” : MIMI

62 Hinged fastener : HASP

64 Sending help? : UPS

65 Not funny anymore : OLD

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