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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 Cabinet member Haaland : DEB
2 Item fit into a thole : OAR
3 Largest NATO member : USA
4 Graduation day wear at the University of Hawaii : LEIS
5 Distinguished athletes : ALLPROS
6 Dungeons & Dragons character with healing powers : CLERIC
7 Hissing tire’s problem : LEAK
8 Afflict : AIL
9 Website that contributed to the decline of road atlases : MAPQUEST
10 “Pearls” in a drink : BOBA
11 Word with error or experience : USER
12 Creature in the animated film “Abominable” : YETI
15 Pi’s last name in “Life of Pi” : PATEL
17 Bloodwork and such, in medical lingo : LABS
18 Severe : HARSH
21 Energizes : AMPSUP
22 Italian fashion capital, to Italians : MILANO
23 Truly legendary : ICONIC
25 Time period : SPAN
27 Alternative to white or wheat : RYE
28 Tennis champion Naomi : OSAKA
29 “Hooray for me!” : IDIDIT
30 Obtain through logic : DERIVE
31 Balanced : EVENED Group of problem solvers? : MATHTEAM
37 Bounce off the walls, say : ECHO
38 Prez depicted in a wheelchair at his D.C. memorial : FDR
40 Verb on an invoice : REMIT
41 Speak to : ADDRESS
43 Garments worn by caber tossers : KILTS
44 Pot : REEFER
45 Ran out of battery : DIED
49 Madly in love : GAGA
50 Plastic option, for short : AMEX
51 School that’s home to Grace Hopper College : YALE
52 Bird symbolizing obsolescence : DODO
53 Acronymic achievement for Viola Davis : EGOT
55 South America’s ___ de la Plata : RIO
56 Sunbeam : RAY
57 Soccer org. for Chelsea and Manchester United : EPL
58 Symbol atop the pyramid on a dollar bill : EYE
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