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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s just a little bit tricky, especially 6-Across. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: 😉
Answer: WINK

5A clue: Where the Bengals and Buckeyes play
Answer: OHIO

6A clue: Made some sounds in «Old MacDonald Had a Farm»
Answer: MOOED

7A clue: Pet adoption org.
Answer: ASPCA

8A clue: Red body part for Santa
Answer: CHEEK

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Sound of a joke flying over your head
Answer: WOOSH

2D clue: «Fingers crossed!»
Answer: IHOPE

3D clue: Sister’s daughter
Answer: NIECE

4D clue: ___ moment
Answer: KODAK

6D clue: Computer brought to a Genius Bar
Answer: MAC

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Looking for the most recent regular 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 and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. If you know team uniforms well, you might have a shot. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

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

Yellow group hint: Whoops!

Green group hint: Once there was a ballpark.

Blue group hint: Winter athletes.

Purple group hint: Uniform hues.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Mistake.

Green group: MLB stadium names.

Blue group: Famous American alpine skiers.

Purple group: Teams that wear black and white.

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

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is mistake. The four answers are blunder, error, flub and howler.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is MLB stadium names. The four answers are Busch, Coors, Fenway and Nationals.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is famous American alpine skiers. The four answers are Miller, Shiffrin, Street and Vonn.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is teams that wear black and white. The four answers are Juventus, Nets, Newcastle and White Sox.

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

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one, with a creative theme. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

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

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: You’re styling!

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Big hairy deal.

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:

• GATE, BEAT, BATE, WHAT, HATE, BRAN, BRAND, SINS, LATE, HAIR, BEAN, TINE, TINES, TINS, SONS

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 have 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:

• FACIAL, WAXING, HAIRCUT, BRAIDING, EXTENSIONS

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is BEAUTYSALON. To find it, start with the B that’s four letters down on the far left row, and wind across and then down.

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