NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints December 16
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.