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The New York Times Crossword remains a favorite for word game enthusiasts, and it’s a fantastic mental workout. Whether you’re taking on Wordle, Connections, Strands, The Mini Crossword, or the full-size crossword, each challenge sharpens a different set of skills. Here’s a breakdown of today’s NYT Crossword answers to help you if you’re stuck on any tricky clues.
Today’s NYT Crossword Answers
Across:
- ROBUST – Hearty
- ABSORB – Suck up
- IREPEAT – “This cannot be stressed enough …”
- RATHER – Fairly
- BASSCLEF – Cello parts are written in it
- NIPPLE – Occasionally censored part of the 12-Down
- ATT – Quarterback’s stat: Abbr.
- TUNAOIL – Canned liquid rich in essential fatty acids
- LEA – Broadway’s Salonga
- LOIS – Lowry who wrote “The Giver”
- SOLVE – Work out
- DENS – Where the lions sleep tonight, presumably
- DREAM – Concoct, with “up”
- USE – Go through
- PRATT – One of the “Hollywood Chrises”
- MASTERCLASS – Flawless display of technique
- CONEOFSHAME – Dog’s post-surgery wear, familiarly
- BRAINFREEZE – Head cold?
- ARENA – Play place
- TIL – “It was news to me,” in online shorthand
- ADMIT – Take in
- SOPS – Concessions
- PEELS – Some compost bin detritus
- YODA – Iconic role for Frank Oz
- ICE – Main ingredient of the Puerto Rican dessert piragua
- TANNINS – Compounds in tea and wine
- TEL – It’s a no.
- TOMLIN – Fonda’s co-star on “Grace and Frankie”
- DNATURAL – Another name for C##
- IDIOTS – Yo-yos
- GRANITE – Mount Rushmore’s makeup
- SEXTOY – What might be included in an act of congress
- KRONER – Scandinavian capital
Down:
- RIBALD – Bawdy
- ORATOR – Podium figure
- BESTIE – Closest confidant, informally
- UPS – High times
- SECT – Sunni or Shia, e.g.
- TALUS – Bone connected to the fibula
- ARNIE – Nickname for an early 2000s governor of California
- BAIL – Flake
- STP – Indy label
- OHPLEASE – “Come on, that’s just ridiculous”
- RELENTS – Lets up
- BREAST – See 18-Across
- TENOUTOFTEN – Perfect score
- FALSEFRIEND – Misleading cognate, like the German “Gift” which actually means “poison”
- OVERSELLING – What hucksters may be guilty of
- SAMOANS – Ethnic minority in New Zealand
- DRAMEDY – It’ll make you laugh, it’ll make you cry
- MANIA – Fever pitch
- PLAZA – Square
- SEN – Kamala Harris, once: Abbr.
- CHE – “Guerrillero Heroico” subject, familiarly
- CREPEMIX – Timesaver for a breakfast chef
- BROCODE – Male protocol popularized by “How I Met Your Mother”
- ASITIS – “Currently …”
- MOTRIN – Tylenol alternative
- IDEATE – Conceptualize
- TALLER – Like firstborn children vis-à-vis second-born children, statistically
- PANSY – Violet variety
- SNARK – Tone of many tweets
- TITO – “La Clemenza di ___” (Mozart opera)
- STAR – Have the lead
- LOT – Fate
- UNO – Show ‘Em No Mercy (card game variant)
Good luck with your next puzzle attempt, and may the clues be ever in your favor!
