NYT Crossword: solutions for Friday, March 14

      The New York Times features a variety of word games today, including Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, ensuring there's something for everyone. However, the traditional crossword puzzle still holds its title as the favorite. The daily crossword is packed with intriguing trivia, aids in enhancing mental flexibility, and, naturally, provides bragging rights if you manage to complete it daily. While the NYT puzzle can occasionally seem overwhelming, solving crosswords is a skill that improves with practice—don’t be disheartened if you can't answer every word in a puzzle. If you're struggling with today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to assist. Below are the answers to today’s clues:

      1 Network where “Gossip Girl” was broadcast : THECW

      2 Target of an exterminator : ROACH

      3 Snack featuring celery sticks, peanut butter, and raisins : ANTSONALOG

      4 Someone who applies Band-Aids, maybe : MOM

      5 Selling opportunity for certain customers : PRESALE

      6 Speedy completion of a video game, for instance : SPEEDRUN

      7 Difficult to comprehend : MINDBOGGLING

      8 Abbr. for a QB statistic : ATT

      9 A person who wanders : STRAYER

      10 It falls heavily : HAIL

      11 Small and plucked items : UKES

      12 Currency in the Philippines : PESO

      14 State flower of the Beehive State : SEGO

      16 Familiar classic pickup lines : REOS

      19 Comment from a celebrity look-alike : IGETTHATALOT

      22 “Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall”: Shakespeare : SIN

      23 Female bear in Spanish : OSA

      26 To disregard coolly : BRUSHASIDE

      27 To become less tight : EASE

      28 Stock used by tanners : DYES

      29 Stylish : POSH

      30 Certain epizoa : LICE

      31 Either Isaac Newton or Elton John, but not Olivia Newton-John : SIR

      34 Agreement among gentlemen : YESMLADY

      37 To rip roughly : RIPOPEN

      38 Wine classification in France : CRU

      40 Logger from the Truffula forest in “The Lorax” : ONCELER

      41 Foreign title with a tilde : SAO

      43 Ceases functioning : DIES

      45 Disney’s ___ of Arendelle : ELSA

      46 Color resembling pinkish orange : CORAL

      47 They provide entertainment : HOSTS

      48 Española, for example : ISLA

      49 Read superficially : SKIM

      50 Element in the Schrödinger equation : TIME

      54 Popular TV series with three spin-offs : CSI

      56 Suffix that follows oct- : ANE