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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Sound of hard impact — HINT: It starts with the letter "B"
Answers to NYT's The Mini Crossword for Sunday, February 16, 2025 Don't go any further unless you want to know exactly what the correct words are in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Answers
From today's title, I was on the lookout for a synonym of the word TRACK hidden in each theme answer in reverse, going BACK. (There's an idea for another puzzle!) Filling in CHOO-CHOO TRAIN ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Clues and answers must always match in part of speech, tense, aspect, number, and degree. A plural clue always indicates a plural answer and a clue in the past tense always has an answer in the past tense. A clue containing a comparative or superlative always has an answer in the same degree (e.g., [Most difficult] for TOUGHEST). [6]
Patrick D. Berry (born 1970) is an American puzzle creator and editor who constructs crossword puzzles and variety puzzles. He had 227 crosswords published in The New York Times from 1999 to 2018. His how-to guide for crossword construction was first published as a For Dummies book in 2004.
GOT UP: The word GOT is found at the top (i.e. UP) in each vertical theme answer: GO THE DISTANCE, GOTHIC CATHEDRAL, and GOTHAM KNIGHTS. Today's title let me know exactly what to look for theme-wise.
The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) is a crossword-solving tournament held annually in February, March, or April. Founded in 1978 by Will Shortz , who still directs the tournament, it is the oldest and largest crossword tournament held in the United States ; the 2023 event set an attendance record with more than 750 competitors.