The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, theres something for everyone but the newspapers 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 dont get discouraged if you cant get every single word in a puzzle.Recommended VideosIf youre having trouble completing todays NYT Crossword, were here to help. Weve got all the answers for todays clues down below.RelatedNew York TimesAcross1 Goober : DORK5 Outlaws : BANS9 Not deliberate : HASTY14 Headquarters of Talofa Airways : APIASAMOA16 Leads down the aisle at a wedding, informally : USHES17 Ballerina who popularized The Nutcracker : TALLCHIEF18 Sandbar : SHOAL19 Word on Saudi Arabias flag : ALLAH20 2002 movie with the tagline Higher education just hit a new low : SLACKERS22 A great deal : MUCH24 Revel noisily : ROISTER26 Angel hair topper? : HALO27 Place : SITE28 Element between platino and mercurio : ORO29 Big bands : JAZZORCHESTRAS32 Italian province on the Swiss border : COMO33 Holy book, in one spelling : KORAN34 Does a job for a summer? : ADDS35 Phrase on ID tags : FAMOUSPOTATOES38 Wordle score that elicits the message Genius : ONE39 Pulse, e.g. : SEED40 Veet rival : NAIR41 Cold palate cleansers : SORBETS43 About 91,500 are produced by a gal. of propane : BTUS44 Goes green, maybe : FEELSILL46 ___ Dragon (1977 Disney film) : PETES50 Big dipper : LADLE51 Like some asteroids : NEAREARTH53 Hurdles for would-be doctors : ORALS54 Is cautious : TAKESCARE55 Represent : ACTAS56 Piece with a point : OPED57 Mind : HEEDDown1 Crunched stuff : DATA2 ___ Lee, activist who led the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday : OPAL3 Small stream : RILL4 Home to a real pipperoo of song : KALAMAZOO5 Grinchy shout : BAH6 Like participants in the rite of rumspringa : AMISH7 Present time : NOEL8 Something to wear while watching the game : SAFARIHAT9 College basketball powerhouse : HUSKIES10 Flicks, as a butt : ASHES11 Food that can be prepared quickly : SHORTORDER12 Buzzy promos : TEASERADS13 Valentino competitor, for short : YSL15 Woodstock artist : SCHULZ21 Housemate, e.g. : COTENANT23 Camping kits for preparing meals : COOKSETS25 Host of The Joy of Painting : ROSS26 Continually criticized : HAMMEREDAT27 Young haddock : SCROD29 Subject of New York Citys first public statue of a woman (1915) : JOANOFARC30 Enlists for, as an unwelcome task : ROPESINTO31 Prime minister of Ireland : TAOISEACH32 Corp. money managers : CFOS36 Good-for-nothing : USELESS37 Brownish grays : TAUPES42 Model Hadid who wore a spray-on dress at a 2022 Paris fashion show : BELLA43 Poet whose line The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom is quoted in Bull Durham : BLAKE45 Antepenultimate word in a noted Neil Armstrong quote : LEAP47 All-Star point guard Young : TRAE48 Being, to Sartre : ETRE49 Shake off : SHED50 Mahalo nui ___ (words from a grateful Hawaiian) : LOA52 Like three-balls : REDEditors Recommendations