Mini Crossword Answers Archive
TodayHint archives every NYT Mini Crossword once it has finished being the current one anywhere on Earth, so each entry below ships in full: every printed clue, the extra nudge we wrote for it, and the answer folded a second level down. Each date opens that grid's complete write-up — the same clue-by-clue ladder as the live Mini Crossword page, built from the clues as they were printed.
A date only earns a page here once it has stopped being "the current grid" in every time zone on the planet — roughly a day and a half after its print date — so nothing here is speculation about an unpublished puzzle. Once a page exists it never changes: the clues, the grid size and the answers are exactly what shipped that day. A date missing from the list below is either still current somewhere in the world or hasn't finished processing yet.
No grids have been archived yet. Pages appear here once a date has stopped being the current grid everywhere on Earth, so the first ones land a day or two after launch. In the meantime, the live Mini Crossword page has the current puzzle.
Stuck on the grid that's live right now? The current Mini Crossword clues and answers page gives every clue its own nudge, so one square can be unstuck on its own. New to crosswords? How to play the Mini Crossword covers crossings, abbreviation flags, plural and tense agreement, and the wordplay conventions that trip newcomers up long before the vocabulary does.
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The live NYT Strands hints, spangram and answers page
Six theme words plus the spangram, with a read-only board that traces each answer.
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The live NYT Connections hints and answers page
Sixteen tiles, four groups, and a graded hint ladder from nudge to full answer.