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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? There are some tough clues today. 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 to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Man’s name with the same two vowels as BOAT, fittingly
Answer: NOAH

5A clue: Watch in one sitting, as a TV series
Answer: BINGE

6A clue: Mammal that cracks open sea urchins with rocks
Answer: OTTER

7A clue: Publicist’s concern
Answer: BRAND

8A clue: Chooses, with «for»
Answer: OPTS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Like some cold brew coffee
Answer: NITRO

2D clue: How beer may be served
Answer: ONTAP

3D clue: One helping to seal the deal
Answer: AGENT

4D clue: Groups of buffalo
Answer: HERDS

5D clue: ___ the Drag Queen, «RuPaul’s Drag Race» winner who competed on «The Traitors»
Answer: BOB

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

TV watchers — today’s NYT Connections puzzle is right up your alley. There’s also a category that might have fit well on July 4. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Current happenings.

Green group hint: July 4 document.

Blue group hint: Premium TV.

Purple group hint: Not right.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: News announcement.

Green group: Nouns from a famous line in the Declaration of Independence.

Blue group: HBO shows.

Purple group: What «left» might mean.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is news announcement. The four answers are bulletin, flash, report and wire.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is nouns from a famous line in the Declaration of Independence. The four answers are happiness, liberty, life and pursuit.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is HBO shows. The four answers are Entourage, Euphoria, Insecure and Succession.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is what «left» might mean. The four answers are departed, port, progressive and remaining.

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

Today’s Wordle puzzle is a pretty tough one. It’s very sound-related, you’ll know it once you hear or see it, but it might not come instantly to mind. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

There is one vowel in today’s Wordle answer.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with T.

Wordle hint No. 4: Sounds like

Today’s Wordle answer is an onomatopoeic word, meaning it was formatted from a word that sounds like what it means.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a steady rhythmic vibration.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is THRUM.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, June 21,  No. 1463 was GLADE.

Recent Wordle answers

June 17, No. 1459: PRANK

June 18, No. 1460: MUNCH

June 19, No. 1461: CURIO

June 20, No. 1462: TAUPE