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 Get an engine going : POWERUP8 Incurs an extra service charge, perhaps : ROAMS13 Cost-efficient : ECONOMIC15 Georges ___, Habanera composer : BIZET16 Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously : NERDSPEAK18 Clearing : GLADE19 Specially trained teams : CADRES20 Tubular! : RAD22 Movement in The Nutcracker : PLIE23 River featured in the Rig Veda : INDUS24 Fruit-filled loaf : DATEBREAD26 Pride parade participant? : LION27 Own up : COMECLEAN28 ___ fly : SAC29 Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named : JAMESROSS30 Attachments for speakers : LAPELMICS31 Blatant deceptions : NAKEDLIES32 Open for drinks : TAP35 Monarchs, e.g. : AUTOCRATS36 Baby ___ : YODA37 Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss : GAMEBOOTH38 Television star who went on the Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour in 2010 : CONAN39 Taiwanese electronics brand : ACER40 Note extender, in sheet music : DOT41 Lothlrien in The Lord of the Rings, e.g. : FOREST42 Make way for : LETBY44 They believe the radical notion that women are people, per Marie Shear : FEMINISTS46 Siren call? : BLARE47 Well, that works! : SURECURE48 OK : ALLOW49 Certain workplace protection? : DESKPADDown1 #2s, e.g. : PENCILS2 Locale of Niue and the Pitcairn Islands : OCEANIA3 Common format for an essay, informally : WORDDOC4 Bypassing play : ENDRUN5 Many early wines : ROSES6 Professional squatters? : UMPS7 Bit of Sweeney Todd fare : PIE8 Recurring role for Kate McKinnon on S.N.L. : RBG9 Extractor used on some seeds and nuts : OILPRESS10 Their petals are used to make a traditional Korean wine called dugyeonju : AZALEAS11 Turnpike feature : MEDIAN12 One taken for a ride : STEED14 Some sweet pick-me-ups : CARAMELLATTES17 Contralto singer known as the First Lady of Radio : KATESMITH21 Publicly criticizes : DECRIES24 Feature of the United States Capitol : DOMEDROOF25 They act as one : BLOCS27 Simple house style with gables : CAPECOD29 Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile : JAKOB30 Peace, dude! : LATERBRO31 Music genre for Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit : NUMETAL32 Hits the weights, say : TONESUP33 To the stars, in Latin : ADASTRA34 De-briefed? : PANTSED35 Small juice container? : AACELL36 Jester named in a Shakespeare soliloquy : YORICK37 First of four emperors in the Year of the Four Emperors : GALBA38 Stack in an ice cream shop : CONES41 Its lit! : FIRE43 Material for Robin Hoods bow : YEW45 Result of a downpour, perhaps : MUDEditors Recommendations