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NYT Crossword: Answers for Saturday, August 17

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The New York Times has loads of word games on offer today – with Wordle, Connections, Strands and the Mini Crossword there's something for everyone – but the newspaper's classic crossword is still the undisputed king. The daily crossword is packed with interesting information, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you bragging rights if you manage to solve it every day.

While the NYT puzzle may seem like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword puzzle is a skill and takes practice – don't be discouraged if you can't solve every single word of a puzzle.

If you're having trouble solving today's NYT Crossword, we're here to help. You'll find all the answers to today's clues below.

NYT Crossword Answers Today

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1 Location for chases in “Goldfinger” and “Quantum of Solace”: ALPS

5 Spice tea: CHAI

9 Slowly exhausting: SAPS

13 Not quite worth it: SHORT SALE

15 Get Out: SPLIT

16 “There’s more to come…” : STAY TUNED

17 Hunter on screen: HOLLY

18 English Cathedral City: ELY

19 Containers for the Ten Commandments : ARK

20 Libby Offers: E-BOOKS

22 connections: TIESIN

24 Temperamental: SPUNKIER

26 meals that traditionally include four cups of wine: SEDERS

27 Summary: HERD

28 The “Code” in Walter Isaacson’s 2021 bestseller “The Code Breaker”: DNA

29 Host: MCS

30 Where lines can be drawn in the sand: ZENGARDEN

32 Something to do “Applesauce in the cloister”: SIT

33 Expeditions, e.g.: FORDS

34 It is inspired: AIR

35 Some facilities: MEN’S ROOM

37 Low point: Abbr.: MIN

38 About 3.5 million quotations were collected for this purpose, in short: OED

39 Italian menu word: ALLA

40 Had a desire: Longed

43 Someone who is known to disappear while working: MAGICIAN

45 Reduced: ONSALE

46 Trust : BANKON

47 Subway Travelers? : OVA

48 Unchangeable: SET

49 Cheese, also known as French Gruyère: COMTE

50 This is an order! : DIRECTIVE

53 Prevention: avert

54 Add exaggerated details to: EMBROIDERY

55 Coin, once known as the “piece of eight”: PESO

56 “Chain Reaction” singer, 1985: ROSS

57 A cup on the desk, perhaps: PENS

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1 Good stuff: ASSETS

2 Leave undisturbed: LETLIE

3 Was psychologically manipulative: PLAYEDMINDGAMES

4 Sheet: SLY

5 Cranks (outside): CHURNS

6 Honk your own horn? : HORN

7 Amount: ARE

8 “I can’t say for sure”: IT DEPENDS

9 Scare: SCARE

10 “But seriously…” : ALLKIDDINGASIDE

11 Czech beer: Pilsener

1 Crowded Neighborhoods: STY

14 things you find in a well: STAIRS

15 Showrunner Rhimes: SHONDA

21 Small Towns : BURGS

23 Broken Branches: SECTS

24 Artist Cindy, known for her photographic self-portraits: SHERMAN

25 Ran away: RAN

30 Movie character who asks: “Have you ever considered that maybe there is more to life than being really, really, really incredibly good-looking?”: ZOOLANDER

31 Coming down: RAIN

32 [I won’t repeat myself in this note] : SEE ABOVE

33 sheets: FOLIO

35 million ___ March (political event of the year 2000): MOM

36 rattles: RACKET

37 The most densely populated country in Europe: MONACO

40 Buffs: LOVERS

41 Number of sides of a hendecagon: ELF

42 Moves: RESTRICTS

44 Wordless part of many songs: INTRO

47 components of the Imperial Regalia: BALLS

49 Border: CAP

51 Text qualifier: IMO

52 Word with felt or hot: TIP