NYT's The Mini crossword answers for March 18 (2024)

FAQs

How do I access the nyt mini crossword today? ›

You can play the Mini at nytimes.com/games, in the The New York Times Games app (iOS and Android), and in the Play tab of the New York Times News app.

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

That's because The Mini and Sodoku reset their puzzles at 10:00PM on weekdays, , and 6:00 PM on weekends. This can be extremely misleading as the notion is that there is one puzzle per day, but the puzzles switch before the day is over or sometimes in the middle of the day.

Step 1: Click on the square in which you want to enter a rebus. Tap the More key on the bottom left-hand side of the screen. Step 2: Tap the Rebus key on the bottom right-hand side of the screen. This will open a larger square in which you can type multiple letters.

The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday. The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Thursday-plus" in difficulty.

Has a lingering soreness. The answer is aches.

Seasoned hand

The answer is oldpro.

Difficulty: Easy (18s) What a Mini! Two pairs of themed fills in OLD NEWS and ONE TWO make this an effective puzzle.

What is the rebus in the nyt mini crossword? ›

A rebus can be a letter, number or symbol that represents a word, but in many crosswords, the rebus will be a word or group of letters that need to be written inside a single square.

Although not present in all crossword types, circles are typically placed around letter squares in crosswords to refer to squares that will form part of a theme. After solving the crossword, the circled letters can be combined together to spell a word associated with the theme, or name the theme itself.

Tackle fill-in-the-blanks first.

Rather than starting with the first clue and going in order, scan through all of the clues and look for some easy “gimmes.” Fill-in-the-blank clues are usually common knowledge, so you should have an idea of what the right answer is.

Chunk of marble

The answer is slab.

What a little bird told me? The answer is tweet.

Puzzle Availability

Each daily crossword puzzle is available for Games and All Access subscribers the evening before it appears in the print edition. Tuesday - Saturday puzzles are available at 10 p.m. EST the previous day. Sunday and Monday puzzles are available at 6 p.m. EST the previous day.

Players can access a wide range of games in the Games tab, including: The Crossword - Access to the Daily Crossword puzzles the evening before their release in print.

Microsoft search engine

The answer is Bing.

Why isn't Connections on the NYT app? It is a common misconception that Connections is not available on the NYT app. It is currently available to play there, along with other well-known NYT titles such as Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and The Crossword.