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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I had to read through some of the clues several times to figure some of them out. 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: Amorphous shape in a lava lamp
Answer: BLOB

5A clue: «Wonderful performance!»
Answer: BRAVO

6A clue: Social media currency
Answer: LIKES

7A clue: Cars that move around a miniature map
Answer: UBERS

8A clue: Partner of relaxation
Answer: REST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Offer money corruptly
Answer: BRIBE

2D clue: Canada has an estimated 2 million of them, the most of any country in the world
Answer: LAKES

3D clue: In-your-face
Answer: OVERT

4D clue: Work overseer
Answer: BOSS

5D clue: Memory of a hectic day, perhaps
Answer: BLUR

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is full of fun clues, but they aren’t that easy to sort into groups. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times 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: Chow down.

Green group hint: Dunce cap-shaped.

Blue group hint: Fake it, maybe.

Purple group hint: Smooch site.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Eat voraciously.

Green group: Conical things.

Blue group: Pose.

Purple group: Settings for a kiss.

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 eat voraciously. The four answers are bolt, gorge, inhale and scarf.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is conical things. The four answers are Christmas tree, cone, party hat and volcano.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is pose. The four answers are bluff, front, masquerade and posture.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is settings for a kiss. The four answers are Blarney Stone, mistletoe, New Year’s Eve and wedding.

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Musicians, today’s NYT Strands puzzle should hit the right notes with some of you. 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: Strike a chord.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Rockers sometimes smash them.

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:

• CENT, CENTS, CONK, RITE, DOTE, CITE, CITES, BITE, BOGS, STOCK, HEAD, BOARD

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:

• BODY, NECK, PEGS, STRING, HEADSTOCK, FRETBOARD, BRIDGE

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is GUITAR. To find it, start with the G that is four letters down on the far-left vertical row, and wind across.