NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints December 22
Published on: December 16, 2024 at 12:55 pm
* Our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today December 22 will let you know of the precise answers that you were supposed to enter in today’s mini crossword puzzle.
You must have heard that an NYT Mini Crossword with a 5×5 grid can be solved in a few minutes. This though happens when you are practiced. Otherwise, you may find that you are able to answer a few clues fast while others could require you to see the hints and probably the whole answer if you fail to make any progress.
Note: NYT releases Mini Crossword puzzles for Monday to Saturday at 10 p.m. EST the previous day. The puzzle for Sunday 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 NYT Mini Crossword today i.e. December 22 is as follows:
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Try to benefit from crossings
When an across or down column is totally blank and its clue leaves you clueless, you can overlook it for a while and try filling other columns. As you do so, you will inadvertently enter one or more letters in the column that posed a challenge to you and by exercising your brain a little more, you could come up with the right answer. It is one of the ploys that Crossword players use and when it clicks, it leaves you ecstatic.
Be aware of letter patterns
You should be aware of some of the most common letter patterns in English that will help you find some answers more easily while solving mini crossword puzzles. TH, ER, ON, AN, ING, etc. are letter combinations that you will find in a lot of words. They can form the beginning or the end of a word. Having knowledge of letter combinations can help you make an educated guess.