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The NYT Mini crossword might be a lot smaller than a normal crossword, but it isn't easy. If you're stuck with today's crossword, we've got answers for you here.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well ...

Non-English words are allowed, so long as they are familiar or inferable ... There are many options for making a crossword puzzle, including the good, old-fashioned graph-paper-and-pencil method ...

As a crossword editor, Agard claims in an interview, “My job is to help elevate their puzzle by making sure the idea works, vetoing any answers that are too obscure, revising clues to make them ...