NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, January 1

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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 Rapscallion : SCAMP

6 Certain tankful : GAS

9 Kind of game that’s a pitcher’s dream : NOHIT

14 Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of “Survivor” : PALAU

15 Tuna type : AHI

16 Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294 : OHARE

17 Cove : INLET

18 On the ___ : LAM

19 Christopher who directed “Oppenheimer” : NOLAN

20 Slangy suffix with “most” : EST

21 “OK … tell me” : ILLBITE

24 N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr. : FTS

25 Exclamation from Homer : DOH

26 Hero of “The Matrix” : NEO

27 “A work of ___ that isn’t based on feeling isn’t ___ at all”: Cézanne : ART

28 “Look at Me, I’m Sandra ___” (“Grease” song) : DEE

29 Dickens’s “The Mystery of ___ Drood” : EDWIN

31 Chinese greeting : NIHAO

33 Tool for a pineapple : CORER

35 1990s sitcom featuring a bookstore : ELLEN

38 You can count on them : ABACI

39 Rating for junk bonds : CCC

42 Candymaker Wonka : WILLY

43 Chauvinist or racist : BIGOT

44 In the style of : ALA

45 Start of Caesar’s boast : ICAME

46 Actress Hatcher : TERI

47 Deposit, as an egg : LAY

48 Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for two : SIRS

49 Singer on “Give Peace a Chance” : ONO

51 “Golden Girls” actress Arthur : BEA

52 Sheds, with “off” : SLOUGHS

56 Stylish tote for an executive : WORKBAG

60 Worshiping rows : PEWS

61 Cousin of a croc : GATOR

63 The Emerald Isle : EIRE

64 “___ have to do” : ITLL

65 Like the breeds Shetland and merino : OVINE

66 TALK LIKE THIS! : YELL

67 Like a yenta : NOSY

68 Props for close-up magicians : DECKS

69 Arrogant sort : SNOT

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