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 on some days, solving a crossword is a skill that takes practice — so don’t get discouraged if you can’t fill in every single word just yet.
If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, don’t worry — we’re here to help! Below, you’ll find all the answers for today’s puzzle clues to keep you on track.
Across
- Famous palindrome starter: AMANAPLANACANAL
- “Is there more?” CARETOELABORATE
- It can be infectious after Thanksgiving: CHRISTMASSPIRIT
- Coloring sometimes confused with dun: ROAN
- Female rapper with the 2008 hit “Paper Planes”: MIA
- Makes a move: ACTS
- Lead-in to day, way, or more: ANY
- Love interest of Peter in the “Spider-Man” universe: GWEN
- Informal preposition: TIL
- Fish with a shy-sounding name: KOI
- It’s the word: MUM
- ___-Cat: SNO
- One of 12 for Katharine Hepburn: OSCARNOMINATION
- Dish that’s different from its cousins by the inclusion of potatoes: SPANISHOMELETTE
- Catchers of waves: SATELLITEDISHES
- Vein output: ORE
- Constellation with the star Regulus: LEO
- Informal hookups: IVS
- Half a candy bar?: KAT
- Reasonable: SANE
- Initials for a 20th-century president (and his wife): LBJ
- Avian symbol of good fortune in Celtic culture: WREN
- Throne: CAN
- Uncover: BARE
- Hit 1976 album whose title track won the Grammy for Record of the Year: HOTELCALIFORNIA
- Yogi Berra or Joe DiMaggio, e.g.: ITALIANAMERICAN
- Sent out feelers, so to speak: TESTEDTHEWATERS
Down
- City that’s the “heart of Africa’s art scene,” per National Geographic: ACCRA
- Capital and second-largest city of Minorca: MAHON
- Range: ARRAY
- How to turn down a Hamburger: NEIN
- They share keys with 2’s: ATS
- Nursery purchase: POT
- “I can handle this!” LEMME
- ___ LeRoy Locke, “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”: ALAIN
- Org. with a climate research program: NASA
- Required safety feature on cars, in brief: ABS
- 13-Down, e.g.: COP
- It preceded Calibri as Microsoft’s default font: ARIAL
- Kilo finder: NARC
- Plugging away: ATIT
- Some do-overs: LETS
- Chest-beating sort: GORILLA
- Kate who won an Academy Award for “The Reader”: WINSLET
- On the right radio frequency: TUNEDIN
- Cry after a close shave: IMALIVE
- Memorable title role of a 1941 film: KANE
- Handy person?: MIME
- Dark Lord of the ___ (“Star Wars” title): SITH
- Pay attention to: NOTE
- Stack of Monopoly bills: ONES
- Scapola o femore: OSSO
- Go a couple of rounds: SPAR
- ___ Tiernan, author of the “Immortal Beloved” trilogy: CATE
- Largest tributary of the Mississippi: OHIO
- Wisecrack: MOT
- Novelist Gerritsen: TESS
- Showed respect or submission, in a way: KNELT
- Arabic for “prayer”: SALAH
- Netflix category: ANIME
- Long weapon: LANCE
- Pipe material: BRIAR
- Jimmy Carter was the first president regularly seen in these: JEANS
- Slightest amount: WHIT
- ___ learning: ROTE
- Some travelers’ concerns, in brief: ETAS
- Lingo: CANT
- Person partial to humour?: BRIT
- Golfer’s concern: LIE
- Scoundrel: CAD
- Handful: FEW
- ___ pro nobis: ORA
Enjoy solving tomorrow’s crossword, and happy puzzling! 🧩