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When solved, today’s Mini Crossword ends up with a colorful grid, with the color reflecting two of the clues. Read on for all of 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: It’s always greener on the other side of the grid
Answer: GRASS

6A clue: 7-Eleven frozen drink
Answer: SLURPEE

8A clue: Getting a D or better
Answer: PASSING

9A clue: Sculpture or painting
Answer: ART

10A clue: Poker-playing animal in a classic painting
Answer: DOG

11A clue: High Life beers, e.g.
Answer: MILLERS

13A clue: Democratic political figure ___ Tanden
Answer: NEERA

14A clue: See 1-Across
Answer: GRASS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Blindingly obvious
Answer: GLARING

2D clue: Cattle ___ (Wild West thief)
Answer: RUSTLER

3D clue: Letters between “cues” and “esses”
Answer: ARS

4D clue: They spend a lot of time on the web
Answer: SPIDERS

5D clue: Married women, in Madrid
Answer: SENORAS

6D clue: Text that gets the reply “STOP,” say
Answer: SPAM

7D clue: Stle grocery purchase
Answer: EGGS

12D clue: Broadway star ___ Michele
Answer: LEA

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Today’s NYTStrandspuzzle was a bit challenging. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, and some are long, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about therules for Strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is:We’ll be there

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Admirable traits

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:

• REAL, TUNE, TUNED, GOOD, ROOD, GULR, GULP, PEWS, STUN, STUD

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:

• LOYAL, CARING, HELPFUL, RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is GOODFRIENDS. To find it, start with the G that’s three letters down on the far left, and wind over and then down.

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Today’s NYTConnections puzzleis a real challenge. You’ll need a good sense of musical history in order to solve the purple category. 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: That’s not hpening.

Green group hint: Good plan!

Blue group hint: Editors use these.

Purple group hint: Music of the 1950s.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: “In your dreams.”

Green group: Sensible.

Blue group: Typogrhical symbols.

Purple group: Song of the Year nominees at the first Grammy Awards.

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 “in your dreams.” The four answers are impossible, never, no way and sorry.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is sensible. The four answers are clear, lucid, right and sound.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is typogrhical symbols. The four answers are brace, caret, pipe and tilde.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is Song of the Year nominees at the first Grammy Awards. The four answers are Fever, Gigi, Volare and Witchcraft.

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