NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints July 31, 2025

* Words used in everyday parlance often feature in an NYT Mini Crossword. Find these and other answers in our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today.  

You need to brush up on your knowledge of different topics if you really wish to become adept at playing the NYT Mini Crossword. One of the things that you can do is read about different types of animals and aquatic creatures. Words like ‘Koi’, ‘Eel’, ‘Fox’, etc. were seen in some of the recent crossword puzzles. So, this is another facet of The Mini that you should be familiar with and work on.   

Note: NYT Mini Crossword puzzles are released for Monday to Saturday 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.