NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, November 20

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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 Dapper sartorial choices : ASCOTS

2 Reef predator with extendable pharyngeal jaws : MORAYEEL

3 Self-pitying lament : POORME

4 Show on which Julia Louis-Dreyfus got her big break, in brief : SNL

5 Hammerstein of Rodgers and Hammerstein : OSCAR

6 Artificial bronze : SPRAYTAN

7 Fiery sorts, it’s said : LEOS

8 B.Y.O.B. part : OWN

9 Say hello to : GREET

10 Makeshift shield during a food fight : LUNCHTRAY

11 What a rear exit may lead to : ALLEYWAY

12 Pore over : READ

13 Pennsylvania home of minor-league baseball’s SeaWolves : ERIE

18 ___ Dhabi : ABU

22 Got steamed : SAWRED

24 A.S.A.P. : PDQ

25 Corporate $$$ overseers : CFOS

28 Abuses the listserv, say : SPAMS

30 “For a quart of ___ is a dish for a king”: Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” : ALE

31 W-9 info : SSN

33 Land on the Gulf of Oman, for short : UAE

34 Bank withdrawal charge : ATMFEE

36 Air marshal’s org. : TSA

37 Sch. that’s home to the Warner Bros. Archives : USC

38 Potential rescue pet : STRAY

39 Culture group : BACTERIA

41 Like a lime green suit : LOUD

44 They’re open to interpretation : GRAYAREAS

46 Hee-haws : BRAYS

49 Athens’s rival in the Peloponnesian War : SPARTA

51 Spanish Harlem, e.g. : BARRIO

52 Wedding reception cry : ATOAST

53 Goal of self-improvement, perhaps : NEWYOU

55 In our ___ (among us) : MIDST

57 The “U” of 71-Across : UNION

58 ___ Deighton, British spy novelist : LEN

59 Declining industry of Appalachia : COAL

60 Strong and healthy : HALE

61 Shark bait : CHUM

64 Jazz instrument : SAX

65 Berlin Marathon units: Abbr. : KMS

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