
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
- Field for a Fortnite pro: ESPORTS
- “Wheels”: VEHICLE
- Actress who said “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it”: MAEWEST
- Attendee who’s not on the guest list: CRASHER
- Took advantage of a situation, so to speak: MADEHAY
- Presented to, as for approval: RANPAST
- Tolerate: ABIDE
- Pride: lion :: gaggle: ___: GOOSE
- Like some nerves and strings: TAUT
- Come clean, with “up”: FESS
- Preceding: PRIORTO
- Takes back to the lab, maybe: RETESTS
- Seemingly forever: EON
- The N.H.L.’s Kraken, on scoreboards: SEA
- Billionaire philanthropist Broad: ELI
- “Now I get it!”: AHA
- Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g.: EMOJI
- Fresno-to-San Diego dir.: SSE
- 1-Across competitor: GAMER
- October Revolution leader: LENIN
- “___ death do us part”: TIL
- Villainous animal in “The Lion King”: HYENA
- One might be good, bad or rotten: EGG
- Japan’s ___ Period (1603-1868): EDO
- Business card abbr.: TEL
- Insult, informally: DISS
- Keto diet no-no: BREAD
- Poetry contest: SLAM
- Part of I.P.A.: ALE
- Beaucoup: ALOADOF
- Hosp. ward: ICU
- Subaru Crosstrek or Honda HR-V: MINISUV
- Wins the heart of: ENAMORS
- Diversion: PASTIME
- Repositions, as tires: ROTATES
- Assault with sound: DEAFEN
- Equipment for an angioplasty: STENTS
Down
- Jane Austen heroine: EMMA
- Car stolen by Jerry’s mechanic on an episode of “Seinfeld”: SAAB
- Spa treatment, informally: PEDI
- Had because of: OWEDTO
- Doing a musical read-through: REHEARSING
- Carry-on checkers, for short: TSA
- Place to muck about?: STY
- Old TV hookup: VCR
- Detergent in a red bottle: ERA
- Waits patiently: HANGSTIGHT
- “Guess so,” folksily: ISPOSE
- Elaine who served in two presidential cabinets: CHAO
- Not as much: LESS
- Art Deco icon: ERTE
- Salt Lake Valley people: UTE
- Appliance with a door and a crumb tray: TOASTEROVEN
- Moochers: FREELOADERS
- ___ sauce (Japanese condiment): EEL
- Source of zest: PEEL
- Variety of cooking apple: ROME
- Description of this puzzle’s circled letters, and a clue to what they spell: INONESENSE
- Actor who narrates “The Big Lebowski”: SAMELLIOTT
- Now’s partner: THEN
- ___ Lee: SARA
- Irish dances: JIGS
- Half of a cassette: SIDEA
- Yes votes: AYES
- Mildly wet: DAMP
- Epic work that begins “Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles”: ILIAD
- Judy who wrote “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”: BLUME
- ___-call list: DONOT
- Back 40 makeup: ACRES
- Tousle, as hair: MUSS
- “Like that’s ever going to happen”: ASIF
- It may be tempted: FATE
- Call ___ night: ITA
- Homo sapiens: MAN
Happy solving! Let me know if you need any further hints.