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 today
Across
1 Philosophy influenced by Aristotle’s concept of the Unmoved Mover : THEISM
7 Four-year-old in pig tales? : PEPPA
12 Dog breed with a blue-black tongue : SHARPEI
13 Strains : EXERTS
15 Members of the family Passeridae : SPARROWS
16 Upgrade, as a backsplash : RETILE
17 Some flats : CONDOS
18 Drenches : SOPS
20 “Wowzers!” : MAN
21 “The Tin Drum” protagonist : OSKAR
22 Harshly criticizes : RIPS
23 Pilot productions? : PENS
24 Gunty who wrote “The Rabbit Hutch,” winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction : TESS
25 Reunion attendee : AUNT
26 You might sleep on it : SERTA
27 Industry that emerged in the 1970s : GAMING
2 Flip : LOSEIT
30 Windy flight? : SPIRALSTAIRCASE
33 Lays waste to : HAVOCS
34 Option for a backpacker : HOSTEL
35 Apt name for a successful crypto investor? : ERICH
36 Farmer’s market sight : TENT
37 Sub : TEMP
40 Safe place : BANK
41 Mock : JAPE
42 Brazilian soccer club named for an explorer, familiarly : VASCO
43 Director Lee : ANG
44 Manufacturer of minifigures : LEGO
45 Like you and me : MORTAL
46 Showed sleepiness : NODDED
48 New member : INITIATE
50 John, in Milan : GIANNI
51 Unwelcome sight in musical chairs : NOSEATS
52 Twosomes : DYADS
53 Actress Bella of Disney’s “Shake It Up” : THORNE
Down
1 Part of the Detroit Lions schedule since 1934 : THANKSGIVINGDAY
2 Extremely solid : HARDASAROCK
3 What an “X” might mark : ERROR
4 Market events, for short : IPOS
5 Wrap (up) : SEW
6 Failing to get it : MISSINGTHEPOINT
7 Lawbreakers, informally : PERPS
8 People for whom a “no contact” rule might apply : EXES
9 ___ food : PET
10 A lot to like? : PRIMEREALESTATE
11 Ancient civilization doomed by greed, in myth : ATLANTIS
12 “What if …?,” informally : SPOSE
14 Feeling : SENSATE
15 Alexander Graham Bell, by birth : SCOT
19 Elect : OPT
22 Lines on a ski map : RUNS
23 Kind of diet high in omega-3 fatty acids : PESCETARIAN
25 Bothers : AILS
26 Excel function : SORT
28 Kind of number represented by the equation M = v/c : MACH
29 Honor roll, e.g. : LIST
30 A “whole” thing : SHEBANG
31 “Being slightly ___ is like being slightly pregnant — it tends to get worse”: Molly Ivins : PARANOID
32 Battleship corner : AONE
36 Size indicator : TAG
38 Exams with a highest possible score of 528, for short : MCATS
39 Vault opener? : POLE
41 Plural form decried by staunch “Star Wars” fans : JEDIS
42 Ticket picker : VOTER
44 Advance : LEND
45 Paste with an umami taste : MISO
47 Kind of test that’s impossible to study for? : DNA
49 Japanese art form whose name means “skill” : NOH