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.
6 Frank who directed “It’s a Wonderful Life” : CAPRA
14 Storyteller of antiquity : AESOP
15 How tuna may be packed : INOIL
16 Card game that involves shouting its name : UNO
17 *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? : CROWCONTROL
19 Palindromic woman’s name : NAN
20 “Already accomplished!” : DONEIT
23 Product in high demand : HOTITEM
26 Material for a pub quiz : TRIVIA
27 During a tiebreaker, informally : INOT
28 *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? : GARBAGEUMP
31 Queen Elizabeth II’s favored dog breed : CORGI
35 *Primate with perfect pitch? : ONKEYKONG
43 Underground waterway : SEWER
47 *Kelley Blue Book? : CARCATALOG
51 “Tootsie” actress Garr : TERI
52 “Unfortunately that’s wrong” : ALASNO
56 “No more for me, thanks” : IMFULL
58 Something found in a pen or octopus : INK
59 “I love this!” … or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues : ITSADELIGHT
65 Sign between Virgo and Scorpio : LIBRA
66 “Unfortunately …” : IFEAR
3 General on a Chinese menu : TSO
4 “Was your performance a success?” : HOWDITGO
5 Disney park with Spaceship Earth : EPCOT
8 Left of a ship … or what a ship may have left : PORT
9 Locale of an annual Carnaval : RIO
10 Pollen, cat hair, etc. : ALLERGENS
11 Largest and most northern Canadian territory : NUNAVUT
18 Earth’s pull, in brief : ONEG
23 Sound of a drinker in comics : HIC
24 Yoko who sang on “Give Peace a Chance” : ONO
29 Befitting a king or queen : ROYAL
36 Low-carb kind of diet : KETO
38 “Oh. Come. On!” : GETALIFE
39 Some pod-bearing trees : ACACIAS
41 Puppeteer with “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” : FRANKOZ
49 When nothing goes right : OFFDAY
54 ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor : ELLIS
56 ID for a library volume : ISBN
57 Planet whose name is also a candy company : MARS
60 Bit of apparel that often has stripes : TIE
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