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Grab 2nd-Gen Echo Buds Noise Canceling Earbuds and a 3rd-Gen Echo Dot for $70 (Save $90)

Whether you want to stream your music at home or on the go, this deal has you covered.

If you’ve been wrangling with a decision on investing in a smart speaker for the home or true-wireless earbuds you can take on the go, Amazon has you covered. Right now you grab a pair of Echo Buds 2 and a 3rd-gen Echo Dot bundle for just $70 — saving you $90 off the list price. Essentially, you’re getting a smart speaker free with your purchase of Amazon’s noise canceling earbuds, so you don’t have to choose. This deal expires tonight, so be sure to get your purchase in before then if you want to snag this bundle at this price.

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Amazon’s second-gen Echo Buds are a good option if you want true-wireless headphones with noise canceling ability that don’t cost an arm and a leg. These buds have an improved design and fit over their predecessors; are compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, allowing you to operate the earbuds via hands-free voice commands; and have an IPX4 water-resistance rating, meaning they’re protected against sweat so you can wear them during your workouts without worry. These earbuds also get up to five hours of playback on a single charge, with up to 15 hours of listening time total with the charging case.

The 3rd-gen Echo Dot is no longer the latest and greatest Echo Dot model on the market, but it is still a solid smart speaker. The fabric design provides a richer sound than previous models and you can even pair it with other Echo Dot devices and Bluetooth speakers for stereo audio or Alexa access all around your home. Whether you want to play music, check the weather, set reminders or more, you can do it all hands-free.

So don’t stress about whether you prefer to listen to your streaming services at home or on the go — with this deal, you don’t have to choose.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, April 19

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 19.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword looked daunting, with those extra Saturday clues the puzzle has every week. But I found the clues pretty easy, and 1-Across even put a familiar childhood song in my head. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Subject of a song that ends «Next time won’t you sing with me?»
Answer: ABCS

5A clue: Play at a loud volume
Answer: BLARE

6A clue: Totally convinced of
Answer: SOLDON

7A clue: It wrote this clue: «Virtual assistant with the gift of gab (4, 3). Let me know if you’d like any tweaks!»
Answer: CHATGPT

8A clue: Mascara targets
Answer: LASHES

9A clue: Place to make a lifelong promise
Answer: ALTAR

10A clue: Best coast for sunsets
Answer: WEST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: The whole package, so to speak
Answer: ALLTHAT

2D clue: Honey ___, animal that «don’t care» in a meme
Answer: BADGER

3D clue: Makes smaller, as a photo
Answer: CROPS

4D clue: Like emails you can’t take back
Answer: SENT

5D clue: Acts like a braggart
Answer: BOASTS

6D clue: Rock that easily fractures
Answer: SHALE

7D clue: Grabber of stuffed animals in an arcade
Answer: CLAW

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.