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.

1 Wood turner : LATHE

6 Frank who directed “It’s a Wonderful Life” : CAPRA

11 Yuletide beverage : NOG

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

21 Dodge : EVADE

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

33 Move like the Blob : OOZE

34 Informal top : TEE

35 *Primate with perfect pitch? : ONKEYKONG

39 Puppet alien of TV : ALF

42 Greek cheese : FETA

43 Underground waterway : SEWER

47 *Kelley Blue Book? : CARCATALOG

51 “Tootsie” actress Garr : TERI

52 “Unfortunately that’s wrong” : ALASNO

53 Sleazy hotel : FLEABAG

55 “Shush!” : CANIT

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

64 Year in Spain : ANO

65 Sign between Virgo and Scorpio : LIBRA

66 “Unfortunately …” : IFEAR

67 Declares, informally : SEZ

68 Teeny-tiny : EENSY

69 Run-down : SEEDY

1 Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC

2 ___ Lingus : AER

3 General on a Chinese menu : TSO

4 “Was your performance a success?” : HOWDITGO

5 Disney park with Spaceship Earth : EPCOT

6 Movie house : CINEMA

7 Opposing : ANTI

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

12 One way to stop : ONADIME

13 Flipped out : GONEAPE

18 Earth’s pull, in brief : ONEG

22 Struggle : VIE

23 Sound of a drinker in comics : HIC

24 Yoko who sang on “Give Peace a Chance” : ONO

25 Crag : TOR

26 Big name in tea : TAZO

29 Befitting a king or queen : ROYAL

30 ___ choy : BOK

32 Babyish : INFANTILE

36 Low-carb kind of diet : KETO

37 H, to Homer : ETA

38 “Oh. Come. On!” : GETALIFE

39 Some pod-bearing trees : ACACIAS

40 Fitness guru Jack : LALANNE

41 Puppeteer with “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” : FRANKOZ

44 Fly catcher : WEB

45 Time in history : ERA

46 Big truck : RIG

48 CBS forensic drama : CSI

49 When nothing goes right : OFFDAY

50 Sticky stuff : GLUE

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

61 “Golly!” : GEE

62 Owned : HAD

63 Attempt : TRY