NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints December 18
Published on: December 16, 2024 at 12:37 pm
* Our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today will let you know how exactly you should have solved today’s mini crossword puzzle.
NYT Mini Crosswords have a small 5×5 grid and on most days, you will see 3 to 5 clues for the down and across columns. However, the creators of this puzzle have now become a little flexible because on weekends, they allow the grid to expand some time, prompting those who try to solve it to insert one or two words that have more than 5 letters.
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 NYT Mini Crossword today i.e. December 18 is as follows:
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Watch out for puns
Sometimes, a clue can have a pun and when you take a pause and think about the other option, you may realize that it is the right answer. One giveaway is that the clue will probably end with an interrogation mark. So, if a clue reads “On being crushed, the grape let out a little”, its answer covering four squares is going to be WINE and not WHINE.
Practice holds the key to time management
Agreed if you have a good vocabulary and a sharp IQ, you will manage to solve mini crossword puzzles in minutes. However, if you aren’t that adept, you can gain speed only through practice. The more puzzles you are going to solve, the faster you will be as you will learn tricks that can only be mastered through practice.