NYT Crossword: answers for Tuesday, October 8
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:
- Tackle, as a crossword – SOLVE
- Hold responsible – BLAME
- ___ culpa – MEA
- Pertaining to bees – APIAN
- Small bouquets – POSIES
- “Be on the lookout” message, for short – APB
- “Beware of this sausage!”? – FEARTHEWURST
- Insult – DIS
- Genderqueer identity, informally – ENBY
- Balaam couldn’t move his – ASS
- Must – HAVETO
- French seasoning – SEL
- Camera roll contents – PHOTOS
- Small drum – TABOR
- Unexpected delight – TREAT
- Like unshorn wool? – ONTHELAMB
- Give some lip – SASS
- Call from a goat – MAA
- Frosts, as a cupcake – ICES
- Breed beef cattle? – RAISETHESTEAKS
- ___ good example – SETA
- A.A. Milne youngster – ROO
- Roughly cut – HEWN
- Charlotte’s first draft for “Some Pig”? – WHATABOAR
- Book in a cartographer’s collection – ATLAS
- Name of Athena’s shield – AEGIS
- Two up quarks and a down quark – PROTON
- Supped on – ATE
- Crude and tactless – GAUCHE
- Compete (for) – VIE
- Giant squids have ones the size of dinner plates – EYES
- College sr.’s test – GRE
- Summary of the phonetic puns at 17-, 31-, 38- and 45-Across? – MAKEENDSMEAT
- Tee preceder – ESS
- Building with many wings? – AVIARY
- Handbag – PURSE
- Thing, in legalese – RES
- Hub – NEXUS
- It’s a good thing – ASSET
Down:
- Most secure – SAFEST
- First game of the season – OPENER
- On the hook – LIABLE
- Fluctuate – VARY
- Treebeard or Beechbone, in Middle-earth – ENT
- Greets with deference – BOWSTO
- Sch. whose mascot is Mike the Tiger – LSU
- Bouncy castle filler – AIR
- Netting – MESH
- Huge tract of land – ESTATE
- Recouped, as an investment – MADEBACK
- Paragons – EPITOMES
- Sops up – ABSORBS
- Money in Mexico – PESO
- “As if!” – HAH
- Lionhearted – VALIANT
- Organizers of book fairs, for short – PTAS
- “I’m buying!” – ONME
- Tuck away for later – STASH
- Like some lions and elephants – ASIATIC
- Despise – HATE
- Novak Djokovic or Nikola Jokic, by birth – SERB
- Bend over – STOOP
- Go over the line? – REHEARSE
- “If I had to estimate …” – ATAGUESS
- Winter frost – HOAR
- Actor McGregor – EWAN
- Cocky walk – SWAGGER
- “Little Shop of Horrors” lyricist Howard – ASHMAN
- Curiosity and Perseverance, e.g. – ROVERS
- Good things to dress in when it’s cold – LAYERS
- “Relax, soldier!” – ATEASE
- End of a sonnet, often – SESTET
- Wee – TINY
- Voluminous ref. – OED
- Spot for an icicle – EAVE
- Cassowary relatives – EMUS
- Cereal with the slogan “Kid-tested. Parent-approved” – KIX
- Mer contents – EAU
- Belgian town known for its mineral baths – SPA
Congrats on solving another crossword!
