NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, October 6

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.

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

1 Remained under cover? : SLEPTIN8 John Singer Sargent portrait that scandalized Paris in 1884 : MADAMEX15 Just peachy : AOK18 "Time to start the day!" : UPANDATEM20 What Beyoncé Knowles goes by : ONENAME21 Tournament pass : BYE22 Mrs. B you'll die when you hear what happened to "me" this summer. : teve Jobs called it "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life" : LSD25 Municipal regulations: Abbr. : ORDS26 Soccer star Hamm : MIA27 Make airtight : SEAL28 "Shall we?" reply : LETS29 ___ degree : NTH30 Windfalls : BONANZAS35 Digestive enzyme : LIPASE37 So we're at the convenience store and WOW I find a 5$ dollar bill on the floor : tewart's successor on "The Daily Show" : NOAH43 Needy : POOR44 James Joyce short story set in a bazaar : ARABY45 Surprise surprise! Whom should walk in? Just my best friend ever! : ld West actress? : MAE54 "Queen of the Jungle," in comics : SHEENA55 Grp. with an in-season tournament beginning in 2023 : NBA56 "You say it, you pay it" containers : SWEARJARS59 Tandoor bread : NAAN60 Multi-movement works : SUITES63 Progeny : SCIONS64 Me and Jamie ask if we can get a couple of scratchers : title role for Audrey Tautou : AMELIE71 Bottoms of boots : TREADS72 Ending with spy or ransom : WARE76 Indelicacy : CRUDENESS79 "Licensed to ___" (Beastie Boys album) : ILL80 They might be said to be dancing or raging : FLAMES82 Draw conclusions, in brief? : OTS83 My mom buys them, and she knows how much I loooooooove lottery tickets : arilyn who sang "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" : MCCOO90 Inappropriate to say, maybe : UNPC91 Greetings from Brazil : OLAS92 "Scratch them your self girls," she says, so we do : eature of Japan's flag : REDSUN101 Tool with metal jaws : CALIPERS102 Bad thing to do during a meeting : NAP104 Confront : FACE105 Bumps off : ICES108 Introspective question : AMI109 Et ___ : ALIA110 One of four rhyming letters : ETA111 OMG can you believe it! We won the mall!!! : either's partner : NOR11 Polar sky phenomena : AURORAE119 Devilish : DEMONICAL120 Ones ordering shots, for short : DRS12 Ransack : PILLAGE122 Wrestler's outfit :

1 Bandmate of Ginger, Scary, Posh and Baby : SPORTY2 Cry from a crow's nest : LANDHO3 Fangorn Forest inhabitants, in fiction : igma follower : TAU6 "What was ___ do?" : ITO7 Volleyer in a doubles match : NETMAN8 What a stooge! : MOE9 Good "Wheel of Fortune" buy for ox burrows : DENS11 Prefix with chamber : ANTE12 "Thank you," on Oahu : MAHALO13 Actor Estevez : EMILIO14 Strikes (out) : XES15 Rank in the Merchant Marine : ABLESEAMAN16 Eateries whose patrons dine with tiny forks : OYSTERBARS17 Sneaker brand : KEDS18 Thick Japanese noodle : UDON19 German possessive : MEINE23 Labyrinthine : MAZY28 Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR30 Lightly fry : BROWN31 The "O" in a H.O.R.S.E. poker tournament : OMAHA32 N.Y.C. neighborhood just below Astor Place : NOHO33 Ancient symbols of royalty : ASPS34 Spoiled brat : SNOT36 Smartphone predecessor, for short : PDA38 Neglected : UNTENDED39 Impressed responses : OOHS40 Waxed : GREW41 Most spiders have eight : EYES45 QVC alternative : HSN46 "Eureka!" : AHA47 Thompson of the box-office bomb "Howard the Duck" : LEA48 Bearded beasts : GNUS49 Newspaper notice : OBIT50 Trouble : EATAT51 "No playing" signs : RESTS52 A pop : EACH57 Lip : RIM58 Longtime guitarist for the Eagles : JOEWALSH60 World's most recycled material : STEEL61 Drop the ball : ERR62 Bier holder : STEIN65 Flamenco shout : OLE66 One in a historic trio : NINA67 Thick plank of a ship : WALE68 Loaf : IDLE69 Monet manager? : ARTCURATOR70 Mustangs and Firebirds : MUSCLECARS73 "Te ___" (Rihanna song) : AMO74 Fire (up) : REV75 Suffix with Milan or Bhutan : ESE76 Give for free : COMP77 Legato mark : SLUR78 Terms and conditions, e.g.: Abbr. : SYNS80 Auditor's target : FILER81 Exams for aspiring clerks, in brief : LSATS84 International grp. based in Vienna : OPEC85 Home of Pauley Pavilion: Abbr. : UCLA86 Lead-in to coin, for a meme currency : DOGE88 Adjective used with "ye" : OLDE89 Yiddish exclamations : OYS93 "Certainement!" : OUIOUI94 Straighten, as hair : UNCURL95 Shortcoming : FLAW96 Fainthearted : TIMID97 Voices one's views : OPINES98 Braid : ENLACE99 Upbraid : RAILAT103 Dark cloud : PALL104 Ward (off) : FEND106 Darwinian subj. : ECOL107 Tegan and ___ (pop duo) : SARA109 "Thanks ___!" : AMIL111 Yammer : YAP112 Get after : NAG113 Timeout signal : TEE114 "Ew!," in a text : TMI115 Darlin' : HON116 Home to the Cotswolds: Abbr. : am Hill is a journalist and the gaming guides editor at Digital Trends. He's also written tech guides for Input and has...