NYT Crossword: answers for Tuesday, September 24

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 Bread served with baba ghanouj : PITA5 Consent (to) : ACCEDE11 Symbol in the sky above Gotham City : BAT14 Reddit Q&As : AMAS15 Like the Bosporus, notably : NARROW16 Zendaya's role on "Euphoria" : RUE17 Washington post? : VALLEYFORGE19 Sampled a beet, say : ATE20 Comedy club host : EMCEE21 Lengthen with unnecessary material, as a speech : PAD22 Molecule bit : ATOM23 State trees of Massachusetts : ELMS26 Hair removal brand : NAIR28 London lad : CHAP31 San Francisco examiner? : FORTYNINER36 Was out in front : LED37 Nickname for dad : PAPA38 What tahini is made from : SESAME39 Walker who wrote "The Color Purple" : ALICE41 [Not my typo] : SIC43 Pie variety whose pronunciation inspires debate : PECAN44 Comes down as a wintry mix : SLEETS46 Road crew's supply : SALT48 Single or double : HIT49 Boston herald? : PAULREVERE51 Beltway bigwigs : POLS52 What baking soda and vinegar simulate, in a classic science fair experiment : LAVA53 Facts and figures : DATA55 Signals on set : CUES58 ___-warrior (certain activist) : ECO60 Surveys : SCANS64 One of 20 quadrillion worldwide, per a recent estimate : ANT65 Kansas City star? : TRAVISKELCE68 Item in a tailor's kit : PIN69 Untapped, as potential : LATENT70 Derrière : REAR71 Southwest forecast, for short : ETA72 Personnel in vestments : CLERGY73 Evidence of healing :

1 Smooth over, in a way : PAVE2 Muslim leader : IMAM3 Bathroom powder : TALC4 What someone counting sheep wishes to be : ASLEEP5 Choice for the indifferent : ANY6 Half-___ (coffee order) : CAF7 Trim, as a photo : CROP8 Like a drive in the woods? : ERRANT9 Hot summer period named for the constellation Sirius : DOGDAYS10 Doe : deer :: ___ : sheep : EWE11 Nanny's nightmare : BRAT12 Bronco or Beetle, e.g. : AUTO13 Overflow (with) : TEEM18 Fish that can swim backward : EEL22 Greet the day : ARISE24 R.I.S.D. grad's degree : MFA25 Absorbs, with "up" : SOPS27 Bumbling : INEPT28 Necklace fastener : CLASP29 Very, in slang : HELLA30 "Bye-bye," to Bonaparte : ADIEU32 Hike : RAISE33 Kind of chip named for its inventor, Ignacio Anaya : NACHO34 Part of an online thread : EMAIL35 Uses Airbnb or Vrbo : RENTS37 World Heritage Site in Jordan : PETRA40 Prison divisions : CELLS42 One way to pay : CARD45 Multiple : SEVERAL47 Grazing land : LEA50 Clear out : VACATE51 Hoosier hoopers : PACERS54 [Shaking my head] : TSK55 Item of apparel for Zorro or Dracula : CAPE56 Condo, e.g. : UNIT57 Sicilian volcano : ETNA59 Concluded : OVER61 Smart ___ (wiseacre) : ALEC62 Org. for the SEC and ACC : NCAA63 Belgrade native : SERB65 Extra attention, in brief : TLC66 Gerund suffix : ING67 Total dump : am Hill is a journalist and the gaming guides editor at Digital Trends. He's also written tech guides for Input and has...