NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints December 16

NYT mini crossword

Published on: December 16, 2024 at 10:20 am

* You can tally each of your entries in the down and across columns of today’s mini crossword with our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today December 16

If you haven’t played crosswords before and would like to make a beginning without feeling intimidated, an NYT Mini Crossword could help you attain your objective. The miniature size will actually put you at ease and the thought that you will not have to fill in large columns will be quite comforting. Those who solve it daily maintain that it takes just a few minutes and with practice, you too could have a similar view. 

Note: NYT releases Mini Crossword puzzles at 10 p.m. EST  from Sunday to Friday and 6 p.m. EST on Saturday.

How To Play NYT Mini Crossword

You will be required to follow the clues for the Across and Down columns and enter letters in the white squares that will help you form words or phrases that overlap each other.

How will you know whether you have finished the puzzle?

If you finish a puzzle, you will hear a music and see a congratulatory message on your screen. If you do not see a message even on filling up the entire grid, it means there is an incorrect entry somewhere. A blue star signifies the end of an NYT Mini Crossword.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Arrow keys - It is with the arrow keys that you can choose a new direction within a square, move in the direction pointed by an arrow, and jump to either the first square in a word or the next clue.

Spacebar - With spacebar, you can switch between Across and Down columns.

Backspace (Delete on Macs) - It helps you remove one or more letters from a word.

Tab - It lets you move to the next clue.

Shift + Tab - With this keyboard shortcut, you can return to the previous clue.

Escape - The Escape button allows you to enter the Rebus mode and fill in multiple letters in a box.

NYT Mini Crossword is generally in the default pen mode wherein the letters are black in color. As you select the pencil icon, you will enter the pencil mode and the color of the letters will turn from black to gray. And the one that you confirm with Check will be blue in color.

NYT mini crossword Hints: [Revealed]

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NYT mini crossword Answers: [Revealed]

The answer to the NYT Mini Crossword for today i.e. December 16 is as follows: 

Mini-Across Answers and Clues 

We have listed all the Mini answers to Across Columns Clues of NY Times Mini Crossword for December 5, along with the answers. Check them out!

 

  • Petting zoo animal

Answer: GOAT.

  • Important feature of the sentence “I like cooking, family and friends”

Answer: COMMA.

  • Labor alliance

Answer: UNION.

  • “All ___ are off!”

Answer: BETS.

  • Triage centers, for short

Answer: ERS.

 

Mini-Down Answers and Clues

  • One who’s doomed to fail

Answer: GONER.

  • Leaves out

Answer: OMITS.

  • “Famous” cookie maker

Answer: AMOS.

  • Original color of peanut M&Ms, introduced in 1954

Answer: TAN.

  • Rubik’s ___

Answer: CUBE.

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Makes you a Problem-Solver

Happiness comes from solving problems is one of the lessons that the book ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***’ teaches its readers. No matter how small a problem is, solving it does bring some amount of happiness. NYT Minis make you a problem solver. Each successful entry is like a small victory that boosts your mental fitness.  

An ideal pastime

Playing an NYT Mini Crossword game on your phone can prove to be an ideal pastime. It will let you focus your mind and test your memory without taking too much strain. Solving a mini crossword puzzle can evoke different feelings from being able to take a quick and relaxing break and stimulating your brain instantaneously to succeeding in doing a job well.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 3 options - You can enter nytimes.com/games in a browser, install the The New York Times Games app in your iOS or Android phone, or download the New York Times News app and click the Play tab.

It does it at 10 p.m. EST from Sunday to Friday and 6 p.m. EST on Saturday.

NYT Mini Crossword resets itself at 10 p.m. EST from Sunday to Friday and 6 p.m. EST on Saturday. So, you have to choose an ideal time for yourself when you can give yourself ample time to solve the puzzle before the deadline ends and a new game appears.

You will be required to follow the clues for the Across and Down columns and enter letters in the white squares that will help you form words or phrases that overlap each other.

You will have to enter letters in the white squares based on the clues for the Across and Down columns. This way you will form words and phrases that cross each other.

You can find the NYT Mini Crossword in the link nytimes.com/games, The New York Times Games app (iOS or Android), and the Play tab of the New York Times News app.

Circles highlight the theme of an NYT Mini Crossword.

In NYT Mini Crossword, Rebus means you can enter multiple letters in a square.

Though it depends on your proficiency, an NYT Mini Crossword does not take more than a few minutes to be solved.

You need to click the Games tab of the site gameerrors.com. We solve every Mini Crossword puzzle that NYT releases every day.
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