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 Undesirable airplane seatmate : ARMRESTHOG11 Sound from a hedge clipper : SNIP15 This is a waste of my time : WHYAMIHERE16 Strike one! : POSE17 Body shops? : MORTUARIES18 Combats ___ tes dfenseurs! (La Marseillaise line) : AVEC19 Poet Bradstreet : ANNE20 Abbr. in some job titles : ASST21 Coward of the theater world : NOEL22 Largest U.S. union, with about three million members, in brief : NEA23 Funding source for the Great Wall of China : SALTTAX26 Org. in 2015s Bridge of Spies : CIA27 Brass : GALL28 Felt in the Christmas spirit? : ELFHATS30 The Way, in Islam : SHARIA33 A, B, and C, but not T and V : VITAMINS34 Under control : TAMED35 One working on a column? : CPA36 Sight in Monets Boating on the River Epte : CANOE37 Current events : RIPTIDES39 Spreads : STREWS40 Novel technology? : EREADER41 Jam : SPOT42 Old atlas inits. : SSR43 In the 80s or 90s, say : OVERPAR45 Take another direction : ZIG48 Its fit for a king : SASH50 Classic novel of the South Seas : OMOO51 Some photomontage art : DADA52 ___ Mountains, Kyrgyz/Tajik border range : ALAI53 Theyll show you a thing or two : TOURGUIDES56 Weight of an adult elephant, very imprecisely : TONS57 Initiative : ENTERPRISE58 Segments of curling matches : ENDS59 Holders of orbs : EYESOCKETSDown1 Ugh, thats the worst! : AWMAN2 It passes through many Swiss banks : RHONE3 Loy of filmdom : MYRNA4 Thing of interest? : RATE5 Foe in a 1932 Australian war : EMU6 Cheap Thrills pop star : SIA7 Clutches : THRALL8 Job that might require a fence : HEIST9 Aeschylus trilogy of tragedies : ORESTEIA10 The forest, in a metaphor : GESTALT11 Extend across : SPAN12 Number at filling stations? : NOVOCAINE13 Oh-h-h-h, that makes sense : ISEEITNOW14 They support many student movements : PECLASSES23 Joined a union : SAIDIDO24 ___ nage (cooked in a broth) : ALA25 Certain something : XFACTOR27 Barbie director Gerwig : GRETA29 Asian grocery chain : HMART30 Consumed with grief? : STRESSATE31 Where locks are picked? : HAIRSALON32 S&P 500 part : AMPERSAND33 Some corp. execs : VPS35 Confirmation, e.g. : CEREMONY38 Ardent supporter : DEVOTEE39 Place whose name has an appropriate final vowel sound : SPA41 Reproductive cells : SPORES44 Dispatch (toward) : ROUTE45 ___ Smith, The Autograph Man novelist : ZADIE46 Namely : IDEST47 Sublimation products : GASES49 Indicator of deflation : HISS51 Long-bladed thrusting dagger : DIRK54 Miracle-___ : GRO55 Lines at a grocery store : UPCEditors Recommendations