NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints March 28

* The attention span of online users is quite small, and this could be one of the reasons why they prefer to solve mini crossword puzzles, as it takes just a few minutes. If you played today’s game, you can find the right answers in our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today. 

The Mini that came into existence in 2014 encouraged a vast number of beginners who perhaps had never played crossword before to warm up to this game. The smaller size and the easier clues acquainted all the novices with the joy of completing that last square. Things only got better in 2015 when the game became available online and on mobile apps.

Note: The 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.