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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, April 24

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 24.

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There are a couple of Q words in today’s NYT Mini Crossword. Sometimes, those can be tricky, but today, they were pretty simple. 6-Across threw me for a while, as I was mentally searching for a word related to typing slowly on a keyboard, but boy, was I off the mark. 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.

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

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Tiny cotton swab
Answer: QTIP

5A clue: Leaves on the stove too long
Answer: BURNS

6A clue: They’re used to hunt and peck
Answer: BEAKS

7A clue: «I’m trying to focus here!»
Answer: QUIET

8A clue: Button that might make a «Whoosh!» sound
Answer: SEND

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Word pronounced like its first letter (which is followed by four vowels)
Answer: QUEUE

2D clue: Feature of an extravagant wedding dress
Answer: TRAIN

3D clue: Signed, as a contract
Answer: INKED

4D clue: Verbal alternative to a tap on the shoulder
Answer: PSST

5D clue: Verbal alternative to a tap on the shoulder
Answer: BBQS

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers many online games, but only some 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.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 24, #417

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 417 for April 24.

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Todays NYT Strands puzzle might be tricky, since it’s an unusual category of words. If you need some hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: coarse material.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: doesn’t feel good to touch.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

CAUL, PIMP, STAND, STANDS, COLA, COLAS, SAND, TUFF, POOF, PAPS, TANS, SAUL, CAULS, ROBS, SACK, CLOTH, CLOTHS, ROUGH, PEAS

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you’ve got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: