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.
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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.
Please enable Javascript to view this content NYT Crossword answers today Across 1 Charlie Chaplin persona : TRAMP 6 Total : SMASHUP 13 Knight shtick? : HONOR 14 Reaction to an unexpected bit of humor : SPITTAKE 15 Wonderland directive : EATME 16 Hurdles before some touchdowns : REENTRIES 17 Adds to a thread : CCS 18 Subjected to a waiting game, militarily : SIEGED 20 ___-ran : ALSO 21 Question to one's best friend, maybe : WHOSAGOODBOY 24 Frasier's brother on "Frasier" : NILES 25 Where hips do lie : ROSEBED 29 Big orbiter : PLANET 31 Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning" : SUGARRAY 32 Upton Sinclair novel that inspired the film "There Will Be Blood" : OIL 33 Knotting (up) : TYING 35 Trade on : USE 36 Very hot day : SCORCHER 39 They might be written off : LOSSES 42 Journeys of escape : HEGIRAS 43 Singer Washington or Shore : DINAH 44 Bench press? : PUTMEINCOACH 48 Words of comparison : ISTO 51 Assert without proof : ALLEGE 52 ___ Locks, connection between Lake Superior and Lake Huron : SOO 53 Not learn one's lesson? : SKIPCLASS 55 Places for scheming : LAIRS 57 Fruit-flavored pop : LIMESODA 58 Stop by : ENDAT 59 Laundry service, e.g. : AMENITY 60 Film collectibles : REELS Down 1 Network on which "Gossip Girl" aired : THECW 2 Exterminator's target : ROACH 3 Snack made with celery sticks, peanut butter and raisins : ANTSONALOG 4 Band-Aid applier, perhaps : MOM 5 Buying opportunity for select customers : PRESALE 6 Completing a video game as fast as possible, say : SPEEDRUN 7 Beyond comprehension : MINDBOGGLING 8 QB stat: Abbr. : ATT 9 Wandering sort : STRAYER 10 It comes down hard : HAIL 11 They're small and plucked : UKES 12 Philippine money : PESO 14 Beehive State flower : SEGO 16 Classic pickup lines, familiarly : REOS 19 Remark from a celebrity look-alike : IGETTHATALOT 22 "Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak. : SIN 23 She-bear, in Spain : OSA 26 Coolly disregard : BRUSHASIDE 27 Loosen : EASE 28 Tanners' stock : DYES 29 Glam : POSH 30 Some epizoa : LICE 31 Isaac Newton or Elton John, but not Olivia Newton-John : SIR 34 Gentleman's agreement : YESMLADY 37 Tear with gusto : RIPOPEN 38 French wine designation : CRU 40 Truffula forest logger in "The Lorax" : ONCELER 41 Foreign title with a tilde : SAO 43 Stops working : DIES 45 Disney's ___ of Arendelle : ELSA 46 Pinkish orange : CORAL 47 They're entertaining : HOSTS 48 Española, por ejemplo : ISLA 49 Not read thoroughly : SKIM 50 Variable in the Schrödinger equation : TIME 54 Hit TV series with three spinoffs : CSI 56 Suffix with oct- : ANE