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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I must say, 6-Across really stumped me, but I get it now. 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: Transfusion cocktail = ___, ginger ale, grape juice and lime
Answer: VODKA

6A clue: Body guard?
Answer: APRON

7A clue: Temporary Instagram update
Answer: STORY

8A clue: Big name in hiking sandals
Answer: TEVA

9A clue: TV room
Answer: DEN

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Reaching far and wide
Answer: VAST

2D clue: Chose
Answer: OPTED

3D clue: Went by car
Answer: DROVE

4D clue: Book in a mosque, using a non-standard spelling
Answer: KORAN

5D clue: «Got ___ bright ideas?»
Answer: ANY

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle isn’t terrible if you know your Broadway shows. 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: Boogie down.

Green group hint: A portion of a business or venture.

Blue group hint: Popular arcade game.

Purple group hint: Broadway, baby.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Events with dancing.

Green group: Interest.

Blue group: Components of Whac-A-Mole.

Purple group: Musicals with last letter changed.

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 events with dancing. The four answers are ball, hoedown, hop and rave.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is interest. The four answers are claim, concern, share and stake.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is components of Whac-A-Mole. The four answers are holes, mallet, mole and timer.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is musicals with last letter changed. The four answers are carouser (Carousel), Evite (Evita), olives (Oliver) and wicket (Wicked).

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 features some complicated words. 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. 

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

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: Fringe group

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Almost on the outside.

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:

• DARK, RAGE, MORE, NEST, DINE, DINES, DINER, DINERS

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:

• EDGE, BRINK, BOUNDARY, VERGE, MARGIN, EXTREMITY

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is OUTERLIMITS. To find it, look for the O that is six letters down on the far-left row, and wind down, over, and up.