NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, December 11

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.

 

NYT Crossword: answers for Wednesday, December 11

 

Across

  1. Field for a Fortnite pro: ESPORTS
  2. “Wheels”: VEHICLE
  3. Actress who said “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it”: MAEWEST
  4. Attendee who’s not on the guest list: CRASHER
  5. Took advantage of a situation, so to speak: MADEHAY
  6. Presented to, as for approval: RANPAST
  7. Tolerate: ABIDE
  8. Pride: lion :: gaggle: ___: GOOSE
  9. Like some nerves and strings: TAUT
  10. Come clean, with “up”: FESS
  11. Preceding: PRIORTO
  12. Takes back to the lab, maybe: RETESTS
  13. Seemingly forever: EON
  14. The N.H.L.’s Kraken, on scoreboards: SEA
  15. Billionaire philanthropist Broad: ELI
  16. “Now I get it!”: AHA
  17. Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g.: EMOJI
  18. Fresno-to-San Diego dir.: SSE
  19. 1-Across competitor: GAMER
  20. October Revolution leader: LENIN
  21. “___ death do us part”: TIL
  22. Villainous animal in “The Lion King”: HYENA
  23. One might be good, bad or rotten: EGG
  24. Japan’s ___ Period (1603-1868): EDO
  25. Business card abbr.: TEL
  26. Insult, informally: DISS
  27. Keto diet no-no: BREAD
  28. Poetry contest: SLAM
  29. Part of I.P.A.: ALE
  30. Beaucoup: ALOADOF
  31. Hosp. ward: ICU
  32. Subaru Crosstrek or Honda HR-V: MINISUV
  33. Wins the heart of: ENAMORS
  34. Diversion: PASTIME
  35. Repositions, as tires: ROTATES
  36. Assault with sound: DEAFEN
  37. Equipment for an angioplasty: STENTS

Down

  1. Jane Austen heroine: EMMA
  2. Car stolen by Jerry’s mechanic on an episode of “Seinfeld”: SAAB
  3. Spa treatment, informally: PEDI
  4. Had because of: OWEDTO
  5. Doing a musical read-through: REHEARSING
  6. Carry-on checkers, for short: TSA
  7. Place to muck about?: STY
  8. Old TV hookup: VCR
  9. Detergent in a red bottle: ERA
  10. Waits patiently: HANGSTIGHT
  11. “Guess so,” folksily: ISPOSE
  12. Elaine who served in two presidential cabinets: CHAO
  13. Not as much: LESS
  14. Art Deco icon: ERTE
  15. Salt Lake Valley people: UTE
  16. Appliance with a door and a crumb tray: TOASTEROVEN
  17. Moochers: FREELOADERS
  18. ___ sauce (Japanese condiment): EEL
  19. Source of zest: PEEL
  20. Variety of cooking apple: ROME
  21. Description of this puzzle’s circled letters, and a clue to what they spell: INONESENSE
  22. Actor who narrates “The Big Lebowski”: SAMELLIOTT
  23. Now’s partner: THEN
  24. ___ Lee: SARA
  25. Irish dances: JIGS
  26. Half of a cassette: SIDEA
  27. Yes votes: AYES
  28. Mildly wet: DAMP
  29. Epic work that begins “Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles”: ILIAD
  30. Judy who wrote “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”: BLUME
  31. ___-call list: DONOT
  32. Back 40 makeup: ACRES
  33. Tousle, as hair: MUSS
  34. “Like that’s ever going to happen”: ASIF
  35. It may be tempted: FATE
  36. Call ___ night: ITA
  37. Homo sapiens: MAN

Happy solving! Let me know if you need any further hints.

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