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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? The only clue that puzzled me was 6-Across, but if you fill in the other answers, you can solve it. 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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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: Cold winter blanket
Answer: SNOW

5A clue: Number of candles in a full menorah
Answer: NINE

6A clue: «Point taken»
Answer: NOTED

7A clue: Rude sound at the dinner table
Answer: BURP

8A clue: Kind of bomb developed by Oppenheimer
Answer: ATOM

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Dog’s nose and mouth
Answer: SNOUT

2D clue: ___ cold brew
Answer: NITRO

3D clue: An hour after noon
Answer: ONEPM

4D clue: Get married to
Answer: WED

6D clue: Org. infiltrated by aliens in «Space Jam»
Answer: NBA

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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.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty challenging. The purple one will either be easy for you or a true stumper. If you need help sorting the answers into groups, you’re in the right place. 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 the 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: Sporting event.

Green group hint: Really big.

Blue group hint: Questionable spot.

Purple group hint: Not A or B.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Tournament rounds.

Green group: Enormous.

Blue group: Disreputable establishment.

Purple group: What «C» 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 tournament rounds. The four answers are final, qualifier, quarter and semi.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is enormous. The four answers are bumper, giant, monster and titanic.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is disreputable establishment. The four answers are dive, dump, hole and joint.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is what «C» might mean. The four answers are Celsius, cold, one hundred and see.

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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 special twist — the answers will show up in color! There’s a reason for that. If you need hints and answers, read on.

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

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Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Palette episodes

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Rainbow shows.

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:

• NULL, COOL, ROTE, DOLE, SORT, STAR, STARS, STARE, STARES, HIDE

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:

• BLUE, BLOODS, GREEN, ACRES, GOLDEN, GIRLS, WHITE, LOTUS

(The answers are all TV shows with two-word titles, where one word is a color.)

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is COLORTV. To find it, start with the C that’s six letters down on the far-left row, and wind across.

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