NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints December 17
Published on: December 17, 2024 at 7:25 am
* Our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today have the right answer to every clue that you must have seen in today’s mini crossword puzzle.
NYT Mini Crosswords are designed for fast solving. You will find quick clues whose answers too you should be able to find quickly provided you use the right reasoning. Concise answers and smart wordplay characterize an NYT Mini Crossword that is ideal for those who like to enjoy short bursts of mental stimulation in their daily life.
Note: NYT Mini Crossword games are released 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 today’s NYT Mini Crossword i.e. for December 17 is as follows:
ACROSS CLUES AND ANSWERS
- Pig’s place
Answer: STY.
- Lesson from Aesop’s stories
Answer: MORAL.
- The squiggly lines over garbage cans, in cartoons
Answer: ODORS.
- Unit of weight that’s also a unit of currency
Answer: POUND.
- “___ not a big deal”
Answer: ITS.
DOWN CLUES AND ANSWERS
- “Same here”
Answer: SODOI.
- Fish aptly “swimming through” this puzzle’s circled letters
Answer: TROUT.
- Knitting project purchases
Answer: YARNS.
- Cleaning item in a bucket
Answer: MOP.
- “Acid”
Answer: LSD.
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Answer may be in conversational English
This is one aspect of NYT Mini Crosswords that you have to be mindful of. The answer to a clue need not always be a formal word in English. It can be something that we use often while speaking. For instance, if you have to find the answer to the clue ‘Unwell’, unless you do not remember that you can fill in a generic term as well, ‘NOTOK’ will not cross your mind.
Have knowledge of common short words
It will not be a bad idea if in your spare time, you refresh your knowledge of all the common three-letter words whose list you can easily find online. Often, you may think that a mini crossword puzzle will require you to think out of the box and insert words that will test your vocabulary. But three empty squares, whether they are vertical or horizontal, many a time have a most common three letter-word as their answer.