NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints December 21

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Published on: December 16, 2024 at 12:52 pm

* Our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today December 21 will apprise you of the exact words that you should have filled in in today’s mini crossword puzzle. 

It will not be wrong to say that an NYT Mini Crossword is something more than a game. That’s because on one hand, it offers health benefits by lowering anxiety and increasing mindfulness and on the other, it promotes community building by letting puzzle enthusiasts share their experiences with each other.  

Note: NYT Mini Crossword puzzles for Monday to Saturday are released at 10 p.m. EST the previous day. The Sunday puzzle is released at 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 21 is as follows: 

 

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With NYT subscription, you will get the authority to visit the archive and go through past puzzles. As you go through the clues and answers of the previous NYT Mini Crosswords, your mind will make observations and inferences that you can jot down. You will probably identify some patterns too. This way you will get a hang of the way queries are posed in mini crossword puzzles and become more adept in solving them.  

 

Clues within quotations

When you see a clue that is within inverted commas, you must immediately become aware of what it is hinting at. The answer to a clue within quotes will be something that is used in spoken language. An informal word or phrase is what the suggested meaning of the clue is likely to be.

 

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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