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.
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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 "My hero!" : IMSAVED 8 Demonstrate : SHOW 12 Lentil-based stew from 42-Down : SAMBAR 18 Wintertime traction aid : SNOWTIRE 19 Magazine with "Maison" and "Enfants" spinoffs : MARIECLAIRE 21 Save money on one's city commute, say : SHAREACAB 22 One use of an endowment fund : FINANCIALAID 23 Kitchen sampler : TASTER 24 That's a wrap! : TORTILLA 26 Complete group : SET 27 Scrape (by) : EKE 28 Hermanas de su padre : TIAS 31 Ecosystem formed by polyps : REEF 32 Goof : ERR 34 Lose, as layers : SHED 37 West Coast N.C.A.A. conference that lost 10 teams in 2024 : PAC12 39 Cries plaintively : WAILS 41 "Same!" : ASDOI 43 Newark alternative, in brief : LGA 44 Typical length of February : 28DAYS 46 Lauds : HAILS 49 Walking : ONFOOT 51 Visual file format : JPEG 54 Oscar-winning actor in Farmers Insurance ads : JKSIMMONS 56 Writer whose work is hell to get through? : DANTE 57 Surgeon's co-worker, casually : ORNURSE 59 In which little gloves are worn : TBALL 60 Long-lasting lip makeup : STAIN 63 Podiatric woes : CORNS 64 Tennis star Wawrinka : STAN 65 "Arrr, welcome aboard me ship!" : AHOYMATEY 69 Fermented Russian drink : KVASS 70 Dedication preposition : FOR 71 Short nap : 40WINKS 73 Cuts : AXES 75 Genesis creator : SEGA 76 Location of elation, in an idiom : CLOUD9 78 What astronauts do more slowly in space than on earth : AGE 79 College athletics airer : ESPNU 80 Task recipient : DELEGATEE 82 Cuts : HEWS 84 Expiate, with "for" : ATONE 85 Party ___ : UNITY 86 Botanist's study : FLORA 88 Won without a sweat : CRUISED 90 Mattress supports : SLATS 93 Source of a sleep-inducing narcotic in the "Odyssey" : LOTUSTREE 95 Give up : CEDE 96 Brief glimpses of stars, say : CAMEOS 98 Bucko : TIGER 99 Surfing move with all of one's toes off the board : HANG10 101 Word with one or minute : ANY 102 Parking spot for a camper : RVLOT 104 Summer pests : GNATS 106 Like old Nintendo consoles : 8BIT 110 Put up with : BEAR 112 Aussie boot brand : UGG 113 Vodka sold in blue bottles : SKYY 115 Ooze : SEEP 117 Like Dashboard Confessional's music : EMO 118 Not viable from the start, for short : DOA 120 Like a grass-roots approach : BOTTOMUP 123 Specialty of Bordeaux : MERLOT 125 Aces : STARPITCHERS 128 Press-on beauty products : FAKENAILS 131 Midtown Manhattan hot spot ... or each of this puzzle's three shaded regions? : TIMESSQUARE 132 Reacted to a sudden noise, say : FLINCHED 133 Assent that might be accompanied by eye-rolling : YESMOM 134 Colada fruit : PINA 135 Bicycles built for two : TANDEMS Down 1 "One moment!" : INASEC 2 ___ de rire ("dying of laughter," in French) : MORT 3 Coming-of-age celebration : SWEET16 4 Pac-Man platform : ATARI 5 Jazz trombonist Dickenson : VIC 6 Period piece : ERA 7 For which one might ask for forgiveness : DEBT 8 Do in, biblically : SMITE 9 "A Little Devil in America" writer Abdurraqib : HANIF 10 Like one Freudian stage : ORAL 11 At the bottom of the standings, perhaps : WINLESS 12 Pop-___ (book genre) : SCI 13 "It's too bad, but ..." : ALAS 14 Brightly colored birds, often : MALES 15 Winter Olympics event : BIATHLON 16 Filmmaker Aster : ARI 17 Like many Christmas ornaments : RED 18 Surfer's hand sign : SHAKA 20 Inbox greeting : ECARD 21 Accelerate, with "up" : STEP 22 Weight gained at the start of college, informally : FRESHMAN15 25 The Magic, on scoreboards : ORL 29 Not out : AWAKE 30 "___ who?" : SAYS 33 Hundred Acre Wood resident : ROO 35 Awards feat, for short : EGOT 36 Take out : DATE 38 Military honor with fired artillery : 21GUNSALUTE 40 "Are you for real?" : ISITTRUE 41 Hilton ___, Pulitzer-winning critic for The New Yorker : ALS 42 See 12-Across : INDIA 45 Performs at a wedding, say : DJS 47 Early I.S.P. : AOL 48 ___ suite (attached living space) : INLAW 50 Squad for the Invisible Woman and the Thing : FANTASTIC4 51 One table in the high school cafeteria, maybe : JOCKS 52 Left no doubts about : PROVED 53 Bring to a boil : ENRAGE 55 Executive deg. : MBA 58 Web feed inits. : RSS 60 Clues for birdwatchers : SONGS 61 Squirt : TYKE 62 Wake-up times, for short : AMS 64 Like Santa after Christmas, presumably : SOOTY 66 Noted leader of the Onondaga : HIAWATHA 67 Scandalous story : EXPOSE 68 Longed (for) : YENNED 70 Too low, musically : FLAT 72 Always-open workout spots : 24HOURGYMS 74 Soft leather : SUEDE 76 Big-budget expense for a Marvel movie, for short : CGI 77 Clear up, in a way : DEFOG 79 ___ de vie (fruit brandy) : EAU 81 Surrealist James : ENSOR 83 Stumbling sounds : ERS 87 Smartphone service inits. : LTE 88 Perfume, as at a Mass : CENSE 89 On the ___ (often, informally) : REG 90 Picket line crosser : SCAB 91 Transportation division : LANE 92 Lynne Cheney portrayer in 2018's "Vice" : AMYADAMS 93 Turnt : LIT 94 "Aw, darn!" : RATS 97 Crime series spinoff with more seasons than the original : SVU 98 Mug alternative, at a coffee shop : TOGOCUP 100 One-fifth of a British pound : 20PENCE 103 Letters of pride : LGBTQ 105 Where Ross teaches paleontology on "Friends," in brief : NYU 107 Contradicts : BELIES 108 Exclamation after misunderstanding some Gen Z slang, say : IMOLD 109 Starchy side, familiarly : TOTS 111 Ned who composed an operatic version of "Our Town" : ROREM 113 Exacting : STERN 114 ___ Strait, waterway bordering Japan : KOREA 116 Edit : EMEND 119 Lhasa ___ : APSO 121 Like the New Year festival Songkran : THAI 122 [That's ridiculous!] : PFFT 124 Golfer Jon : RAHM 125 Pen : STY 126 Word with black or bow : TIE 127 Suffix with doomer or consumer : ISM 129 French menu phrase : ALA 130 Reunion attendees : KIN