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.Please enable Javascript to view this contentNew York TimesAcross1 Rapscallion : SCAMP6 Certain tankful : GAS9 Kind of game thats a pitchers dream : NOHIT14 Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of Survivor : PALAU15 Tuna type : AHI16 Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294 : OHARE17 Cove : INLET18 On the ___ : LAM19 Christopher who directed Oppenheimer : NOLAN20 Slangy suffix with most : EST21 OK tell me : ILLBITE24 N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr. : FTS25 Exclamation from Homer : DOH26 Hero of The Matrix : NEO27 A work of ___ that isnt based on feeling isnt ___ at all: Czanne : ART28 Look at Me, Im Sandra ___ (Grease song) : DEE29 Dickenss The Mystery of ___ Drood : EDWIN31 Chinese greeting : NIHAO33 Tool for a pineapple : CORER35 1990s sitcom featuring a bookstore : ELLEN38 You can count on them : ABACI39 Rating for junk bonds : CCC42 Candymaker Wonka : WILLY43 Chauvinist or racist : BIGOT44 In the style of : ALA45 Start of Caesars boast : ICAME46 Actress Hatcher : TERI47 Deposit, as an egg : LAY48 Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for two : SIRS49 Singer on Give Peace a Chance : ONO51 Golden Girls actress Arthur : BEA52 Sheds, with off : SLOUGHS56 Stylish tote for an executive : WORKBAG60 Worshiping rows : PEWS61 Cousin of a croc : GATOR63 The Emerald Isle : EIRE64 ___ have to do : ITLL65 Like the breeds Shetland and merino : OVINE66 TALK LIKE THIS! : YELL67 Like a yenta : NOSY68 Props for close-up magicians : DECKS69 Arrogant sort : SNOTRelatedDown1 Worked for the C.I.A., perhaps : SPIED2 Playground retort : CANSO3 Super-trendy : ALLTHERAGE4 West who said Men are my life, diamonds are my career : MAE5 Set down on paper : PUTINWRITING6 Cider unit : GALLON7 Starbucks higher-up? : AHAB8 Ape or monkey : SIMIAN9 In the dark about something nefarious : NONETHEWISER10 Well, lookee there! : OHO11 Place to see J.F.K. : HALFDOLLAR12 Hopping mad : IRATE13 Past, present or future : TENSE22 Flowery necklace : LEI23 Multisport race, in short : TRI30 In a prim and proper way : DECOROUSLY32 Singer with the #1 albums As I Am and Girl on Fire : ALICIAKEYS33 What you might call a tipsy friend : CAB34 Last words? : OBIT36 Symbols of wisdom : ELMS37 12/31 : NYE39 Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. : CAL40 Material used to make the object illustrated here, in a seasonal song : CLAY41 Coral island : CAY50 Yikes! : OHGOD51 Puts to sleep, say : BORES52 Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) : SPIN53 Oscar-winning Jared : LETO54 Symbols of wisdom : OWLS55 Word processing command : SAVE56 Policy nerd : WONK57 Trs ___ : BIEN58 Singer Guthrie : ARLO59 Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzles game : GELT62 ___-tac-toe : TICEditors Recommendations