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Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. ... Man or mandrill — HINT: ... Answers to NYT's The Mini Crossword for Saturday, January 18, 2025 ...
PLAN (61A: "A man, a ___, a canal: Panama" (famous palindrome)) As a word nerd, this clue makes me quite happy. A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backwards.
An exclamation mark at the end of a clue that is not part of a quotation is an indicator to interpret the clue literally. In this case, a moray is, literally, an EEL.
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.
Aric Egmont and Jennie Bass, a young couple in Boston, shared a love of crossword puzzles, and were accustomed to doing the Sunday crossword puzzle together. Intending to propose, and hoping for a great surprise, Aric approached Doug Most, the editor of the Globe Magazine, and through him, Cox and Rathvon, soliciting a special crossword. Cox ...
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues.
Every helpful hint and clue for Friday's Strands game from the New York Times. ... Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands ...
Since this has to be UP, letter 16 is a U, which can be filled into the appropriate clue answer in the list of clues. Likewise, a three-letter word starting with A could be and, any, all, or even a proper name like Ann. One might need more clue answers before daring to guess which it could be.